Take Attributes from different HWs in History and complie them in a list Heart - Stamina - Power - Chin - Defence - Footwork - Hand Speed - Ring IQ - Then add Size, Stance, Style and Reach Then pick your punches! Jab - Cross - Right Hook - Left Hook - Left Uppercut - Right Uppercut - Overhand - Body Blows - Then add some swag, throw in a nickname and an actual name This entire thread was taken from Mark so... Please don't ban me
Heart - Joe Frazier Stamina - Ike Ibeabuci Power - Sonny Liston Chin - George Chuvalo Defence - Jersey Joe Footwork - Jersey Joe Hand Speed - Floyd Patterson Ring IQ - Lennox Lewis Orthodox 6'3, 83", 225lbs My style would be like Larry Holmes, accept more agressive, a higher frequency of combinations and much more walking forward All with Listons power Jab - Larry Holmes Cross - Joe Louis Right Hook - Joe Louis Left Hook - Tommy Morrison Left Uppercut - Lennox Lewis Right Uppercut - Lennox Lewis Overhand - Riddick Bowe Body Blows - Joe Frazier His name would be John Scott (so people on boxing forums 40 years on can spell it right) and my nickname would be the Manchester Marauder
Heart Stamina Marciano Power Foreman Chin Ali Defence jack johnson Footwork Ali Hand Speed Joe Louis Ring IQ Tunney Size 6'3 82" 225lbs Stance orthodox Style holyfield 96 but little bit aggressive (with jab first) Then pick your punches! Jab Holmes Cross louis Right Hook Baer Left Hook Dempsey Left Uppercut jack johnson Right Uppercut Lewis Overhand Wladimir Body Blows Frazier actual name black johnson Nickname Nemesis
I fear for your opponents if your throwing Dempsey left hooks with Foreman's power at the speed of Joe Louis
Heart - Holyfield Stamina - Frazier Power - Foreman Chin - Mercer Defence - Byrd Footwork - Fury Hand Speed - Patterson Ring IQ - Ali Switch hitter 6'5, 85", 240lbs Style - Holyfield going forward, Byrd going back. Jab - Holmes Cross - Lewis Right Hook - Moorer Left Hook - Tyson Left Uppercut - Ruddock Right Uppercut - Foreman Overhand - Bowe Body Blows - Cooney The name is Jake Thunderfoot Nickname - 911
It's a fun thread, so don't take this as critisism, but I think the problem is there are always trade offs or things that don't gell. Like Jersey Joe Walcott had better footwork than Jack Dempsey, but I think giving Dempsey Walcott's footwork would actually make him worse, as it just wouldn't suit how he fought.
That's fair, and that's why I added the style, Evander Holyfield would be even more of a beast if he had Dempsey head movement
Like I said don't take it as criticism, it's still a good thread. I posted an article by Lavigne in his thread. It's a bit of an unpleasant read, but is still worth going through. Anyway in it he comments how being short himself made it much easier to target the body against tge original Walcott. I'm not actually sure to what extent heiggt itself is an advantage overall, I think it's more that it goes with a bigger frame and reach. It can be in some situations, but not in others.
That is pretty interesting. I'd say Height is an advantage for those who can use it, like Lewis and Klitschko. But in the same way being small is an advantage for those who can use it like Tyson and Frazier
Heart- Joe Frazier Stamina- Marciano Power- George foreman Chin- George chuvalo Defense- Walcott Footwork- Ali Hand speed- floyd Patterson Ring IQ- Ali 6"7 ft 85in reach Switch hitter Jab- Larry Holmes Cross- joe Louis Right hook- Tyson Left hook- Joe Frazier Both uppercuts- Mike Tyson Overhand- riddick Bowe Body blows- Frazier And his nickname would be grapefruit
