If size means nothing... Could a PRIME Calzaghe beat Mike Tyson??

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  1. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    ROFLMAO What's comin next ? Joe would **** himself if Mike Tyson gave him that stare :patsch
     
  2. 4T9

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    Calzaghe would eat one upper cut and never wake up
     
  3. Caper

    Caper How about a fair shake? banned Full Member

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    Maybe if joe was the little guy from Nintendos mike Tyson's punch out.....train hard by running a couple of miles by some water front and wear a grey hooded sweater and you'll eventually become champ.
     
  4. HerolGee

    HerolGee Loyal Member banned Full Member

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    joe wouldn't get in the ring in his dreams with a HW, even the worst ones like say corrie sanders. even corey sanders tbh. thus is the sheer magnitude of the stupidity of this thread.
     
  5. Imperial1

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    If size means nothing , whats the need for weight classes then:patsch
     
  6. puncherschance

    puncherschance Boxing Addict Full Member

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    if they were the same weight tyson would knock slappys head off
     
  7. JM22

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    Calzaghe could had been from the 1800 and he would still slap so he isn't killing NOBODY!:D
     
  8. hussleman

    hussleman Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Leon Spinks would beat Joe c. with ease!
     
  9. DrBanzai

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    The shot to sh-it spinks with no knees and no desire to win that fought Tyson, or the good version of him?
     
  10. Brighton bomber

    Brighton bomber Loyal Member Full Member

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    Size doesn't mean nothing but it doesn't mean everything either. If it did then Valuev would have ruled this era not the Klitschko's.

    Simply having a size advantage alone is not the deciding factor in the outcome of the fight. The success of non natural heavyweights like Holyfield, RJJ, Toney, Haye and Byrd at heavyweight should prove that weight isn't everything.

    Nothing worse than some idiot poster who just uses size to prove a point. "Oh Wlad, Vitali, Bowe and Lewis were too big to lose to random undersized opponent!" No attempts to breakdown styles, weaknesses or strengths or differences in each era just straight to the size differential. A total lack of insight or understanding on the art of boxing itself.
     
  11. madballster

    madballster Loyal Member Full Member

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    I Calzaghe was born in 1880 he would have freak power, lightning fast punches that pulverize bones and some weird legend attached to him "He killed two guys with his bare hands outside of a bar".

    But Calzaghe was active in the modern days, so he must be

    a) lacking skill
    b) have horrible stamina
    c) physically weak
     
  12. plank46

    plank46 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    great post.
     
  13. Beremith

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    1940's Calzaghe KO1 90's Tyson.
     
  14. RememberingC.S.

    RememberingC.S. Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Since when we pretend a super middleweight to be able to beat an heavyweight? In the '50s, that was possible and happened, but the sport have evolved since then.
     
  15. shoe

    shoe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    some of the fantasies around here are amusing and sometimes they're just stupid.