Could McCall take Wilder's best shots?

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Could McCall take Wilder's best shots without getting dropped or wobbled?

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  2. No

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  1. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Would the Atomic Bull be able to handle this once in a lifetime power?
     
  2. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    No. His lower jaw would end end up 7 rows back in the crowd, tho he'd remain standing. Wilder would then take aim at his temple before the ref stopped the fight due to Wilder not being able to keep his mouthpiece in.
     
  3. juppity

    juppity Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Oliver McCall sparred hundred of rounds with prime Tyson and survived
    the who who of hw hitters. If they couldn't dent McCall neither could Wilder.
    Wilder on pts.
     
  4. Grapefruit

    Grapefruit Active Member Full Member

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    McCall had one hell of a iron chin, but if deontay lands that huge right hand enough on him McCall would have the first real k.o. of his career. I imagine the ref stops it after McCall takes a bad sheckling over 10 rounds before he would go unconsious
     
  5. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Oliver took full blows from Lennox Lewis with his gloves down in the rematch ..and he didn't really want to fight .So in a fight that he wants to win..that boy ain't going no where !
     
  6. reznick

    reznick In the 7.2% Full Member

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    If he's really hurt, and Wilder goes all tornado on him, I don't see how he stands.
     
  7. Combatesdeboxeo_

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    The week of the "official wilder ******ed fans club"
     
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  8. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I see no reason to believe he couldn't.

    He took flush unimpeded right hands of Lennox Lewis without defending himself and was not hurt.

    Lewis had proven right hand power over a long period of time against top competition.
     
  9. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You think he could take the Bombs off Wilder, we are talking next level power compared to Lewis here. McCall would be eating shots from a guy off the radar.
     
  10. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Still actually think that a prime Oliver McCall would knock out Wilder.
     
  11. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    This could be a good one here......McCall had an iron chin and from my recollection was only seriously wobbled by Frank Bruno. The other question is....could Wilder's chin survive the kind of right hand that McCall put Lewis on the deck with
     
  12. richdanahuff

    richdanahuff Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He didn't take full on blows from Lewis they were hard but not like the shots he landed on Golota, Tyson, Botha or Rahman type shots....McCall wouldn't fight him so he couldn't clock him with his best shots....there were only a few times Lewis landed OK but not with everything on it.....Lewis could hit and the times he tried to catch him with his overhand right with everything on it he missed....McCall had a chin but he went into the ring with a quitter attitude and because of how he fought he was rarely caught clean with a shot he didn't know was coming and that he didn't brace for....I don't know if Wilder's difference in fighting style would change that but it is possible I just cannot say he hits any harder than Lewis did with his right....Lewis's right was a thing of beauty when set up
     
  13. JohnThomas1

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    :lol:
     
  14. lloydturnip

    lloydturnip Well-Known Member Full Member

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    If Lewis and Bruno Couldn't shift him I doubt wilder could.he would have to use his speed and try and out hustle MCcall over the distance his power would keep Oliver off him .Would be a good fight that could go either way.
     
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  15. daverobin

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    yup and so would mercer .....
     
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