Combine any fighters physical attributes with anothers mental toughness

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  1. BrutalForeman

    BrutalForeman Active Member Full Member

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    ...to create the ideal fighter.
    I would take Liston and give him the mental toughness and drive of Marciano.

    Not that either fighter was mentally weak or without physical gifts, but That ^^ fighter would be unbeatable.
     
  2. Perry

    Perry Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tyson with Marcianos toughness would be as unbeatable as they come.
     
  3. BCS8

    BCS8 VIP Member

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    Transplant Marciano into Wlad and watch the bodies hit the floor ;)
     
  4. Eddie Ezzard

    Eddie Ezzard Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Foreman1 and Foreman mark 2. Tyson and Holyfield. In fact, give any fighter Holyfield's mental make up and it'll improve him considerably. Kirkland Laing and Colin Jones, Errol Christie and Mark Kaylor to give a few British examples.
     
  5. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Not with Wlad's chin... that would be a recipe for disaster.
     
  6. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Agreed.

    Wlad didn’t have a problem, once he learned to work around his chin.
     
  7. foreman&dempsey

    foreman&dempsey Boxing Addict banned

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    foreman 70s and foreman 90s and he kicks the ass of ali
     
  8. BillB

    BillB Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Leon Spinks' ability with Bruce Seldon's toughness.

    Interesting combo.
     
  9. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Mental toughness is not the issue here, but imagine if you could put Jack Blackburn’s brain in Joe Louis’s body!

    That could be the ultimate Frankenstein’s monster!
     
  10. Eddie Ezzard

    Eddie Ezzard Boxing Addict Full Member

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    F&D. We've agreed on something!

    At least tell me you think my other choices are pants. ;)
     
  11. lbarrow

    lbarrow Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Definitely Tyson with holyfields heart is my biggest one. And maybe on a lower level Audley Harrison with Danny Williams heart and bravery to get into a fight a bit more could have been near to a world title that way.
     
  12. escudo

    escudo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mayweather's ability with Duran's agressive mentality and we are looking at the undisputed GOAT, bar none.
     
  13. DarthYoda

    DarthYoda Member Full Member

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    Add Henry Akinwandes charisma and you have a superstar.
     
  14. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Combine Eddie Mustafa Muhammad's talent and skills with the drive and mental toughness of Matthew Saad Muhammad. Michael Spinks would have been in trouble.
     
  15. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    A young Audley Harrison with Jack Dempsey's mind-set.