Change an atribute of a heavyweight boxer, who would be the best then?

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  1. Theron

    Theron Boxing Addict banned

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    If you could change one thing about a heavyweight boxer from any era - reach, height, power, speed ect. Which heavyweight would of been the most unstoppable ? e.g If Joe Frazier had a long reach, if Earnie Shavers had an iron chin or if Gene Tunney could punch ect ect.
     
  2. The Kurgan

    The Kurgan Boxing Junkie banned

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    If Andrew Golota could keep his cool under pressure.
     
  3. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If Foreman had the handspeed of Mike Tyson. Foreman was already pretty accurate, even with his large swings, add Mike Tyson speed to those and people are getting hospitalized every fight, including Ali.
     
  4. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Give Kenny Norton a steel chin.
     
  5. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I'd lilke to see Tyson with a bit more long term focus, discipline and mental resolve.
     
  6. Andrei00

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    Two-handed Joe Frazier.
     
  7. yancey

    yancey Active Member Full Member

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    Mike Tyson gets a heart and attitude transplant from Joe Frazier.
     
  8. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    I'd make Bob Fitzsimmons ten feet tall so he could walk around stepping on people, and every punch his opponents threw would be a low blow and illegal.
     
  9. Webbiano

    Webbiano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nice pick bro. I'll take a fairly obvious choice and take an iron chinned Lennox Lewis. I'm sure Ali and Holmes with devastating punch power will also come up fairly often as well.
     
  10. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Add the defensive artistry of Willie Pep to George Foreman and you'd have the Mutant Heavyweight Champion from Mars.
     
  11. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    As good as that is RC can the best is 10 foot Fitz. Now that's a super heavyweight.
     
  12. BillB

    BillB Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Max Baer with the heart and dedication of Marciano. He would make for a HW no one could have beaten.
     
  13. Squire

    Squire Let's Go Champ Full Member

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    Wladimir with his brother's chin?

    A fleet footed George Foreman?

    Valuev with Wlad's jab would be a nightmare

    Holyfield with Tyson power
     
  14. MagnaNasakki

    MagnaNasakki Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Muhammad Ali with the power of George Foreman.

    He'd be able to, quite literally, pick the round. Any fight, any opponent. Joe Louis in the first? Joe Louis is getting kayoed in the first. Mike Tyson in the second? Done.

    Having this kind of power with the style of punching Ali produced is impossible, but if the laws of physics were so altered to make it so, he'd have been the definition of an unbeatable force, and would have retired undefeated.
     
  15. TheSouthpaw

    TheSouthpaw Champion Full Member

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    It would still be Ali in my book...or a tight race between him and Louis...Nobody beats Ali in his prime...NOBODY!