Would butterbean have been a serious contender ..

Er no

 

So Povetkin and Klitschko were pulling their fists back to Siberia before punching. Not to mention their balance, footwork and strategy where much better than the amateurish spit Galento and Baer were doing.:-( Then we can get onto the matter of conditioning. Galento didn't even look like he could use a push mower to cut the grass in the front yard without having a coronary.

 

Most of that is just made up for publicity.

You just have to look at pictures of Galento to see he was fat but NOT anywhere near as fat as someone like Butterbean.
The fact is he fought 10 and 15 rounders, whereas Butterbean liked to stay on the 4-rounders !

 

would someone butterbeans size even exist in post depression starving ass America?

no food.

 

Povetkin was lunging in trying to get to the bigger Wlad only to be nearly hugged to death. And i never said that fight represented the entire division the way you suggested the Galento-Baer fight did. Many fights both then and now look amatuerish and ugly, that doesnt mean they are the poster for every division. But my point, which you have conveniently strayed from is Galento could fight 15 rounds against good opposition where as Butterbean was strictly a four round fighter against hand picked tomato cans. There is no comparison in their careers. Galento was nothing great, but he proved he could be formidable on occasion. Butterbean was a circus act that never proved a thing except he could be popular for his schtick.

 

yeah, because previous generations hws all were built like greek gods. ken norton and mike weaver stood out back then, because they did look like greek gods. holmes, ****ey, etc, looked like drunks pulled from a barstool.

 

holmes and coooney looked just like butterbean yeh?

great claim mate. keep it coming.

 

never said they looked like butterbean, you idiot. take a remedial reading class.

 

so whats your claim, that holmes looks like a drunk?

how does he look like a drunk? even in his last real HW title fight against Tyson at 36, he looked kinda trim for his age, I would say.

be detailed. back up your point, don't run away from it.

 

the certainly weren't body beautifuls. they were fat too. probably getting in on 20% body fat. butterbean is probably over 40%.

 

big beer bellies, no muscle tone.

 

holmes looked good even at 36 with Tyson, a little hang at the waist normal for that age.



Are you choosing to compare to butterbean or not? you appear to be doing so again.

 

holmes big beer belly?


I do mean when he was hw champ.


What do you mean?

 

he had a belly, and love handles. when he was champ.