The most agile big heavyweights in history?

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  1. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Above 6'4 and/or 225 lbs. How would you rank them? Guys who were the most nimble on their feet, flexible in their body movement, and sharp in their reflexes... :think
     
  2. Vince Voltage

    Vince Voltage Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1) Vlad Klitschko
    2) no one
    3) no one
    4) no one
    5) no one

    Okay, maybe Michael Grant, Akinwande, Lennox.
     
  3. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Prime Wlad.

    And surprisingly, Prime Fury.
     
  4. Rock0052

    Rock0052 Loyal Member Full Member

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    Those were my two picks, too.

    Motivated Fury has a platypus-like combination of features that are pretty much unique in heavyweight boxing.
     
  5. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Platypus-like features? You mean he's a mammal that lays eggs??????
     
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  6. latineg

    latineg user of dude wipes Full Member

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    Lennox and a few others
     
  7. Pugilist_Spec

    Pugilist_Spec Hands Of Stone Full Member

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    Golota and the original Buster Mathis.
     
  8. Frankel

    Frankel Active Member Full Member

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    Lennox Lewis had two left feet, he had the footwork of a camel.
     
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  9. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Tyson Fury
     
  10. zadfrak

    zadfrak Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    John Tate has yet to be mentioned. His foot movement and legs he utilized throughout a fight exceed the Klitschko's and Lewis.

    Anthony Joshua comes to mind also.....he doesn't fly around the ring but is more like Lewis/Wlad and constantly sets himself up while keeping the other guy out of range.

    but most of the big guys are plodders and can only go straight forward--slowly--on railroad tracks. And bending at the knees is gone the second half of the fight.
     
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  11. HerolGee

    HerolGee Loyal Member banned Full Member

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    probably not a good idea to dance when you are in excess of 240lbs and over 6 foot 5. Fcuk your joints over bigtime in a few months.
     
  12. ticar

    ticar Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    what about buster douglas? 6'3, 230 lbs, 83 inch reach.. so fluid and smooth, good headmovement, nimble on his feet he would make joe louis look like a mummy
     
  13. turnip

    turnip Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Bowe was fast and mobile for a very big bloke.fast hands as well.
     
  14. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    I love Lennox but he had concrete feet.
     
  15. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I simply have never seen Wlad as an agile heavyweight, robotic perhaps, but agile?
     
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