Boxers with freakish genetics?

Just a few low hanging fruit.

Sam Langford
Barbados Joe Walcott
Jose Legra
Mike Tyson
Jorge Castro
Panama Al Brown (spelling?)
Sung Kil Moon
Bob Foster
Jake LaMotta
Joe Grim

 

I always felt Jean Pascal had an enormous amount of physical talent but never developed beyond a mid-range banger unfortunately.

 

Gotta mention Roy Jones. The reason is obvious.

 

My 1st thought. 2nd Is Ali, especially from 1965 to 68.

 

Jimmy Bivins at 5’9 with a 76” reach

Sebastian Fundora at 6’5 1/2” fighting at jr. middleweight

 

Nicolino Locche. Dude's reaction times were so off the chart quick that he makes guys like Jones and Mayweather look positively glacial in their responses to movements of their opponents. Insane genetic gift there. Dude could probably have been amazingly good at anything involving reaction times.

 

For builds, Weaver and Norton were immeasurably blessed. Didn't always do them a lot of good but still...

 

Oliver McCall.
Such chin is a matter of genetics, it cannot be trained.

 

Not all boxers with freakish genetics benefitted from what nature bestowed. Johnny Owen had a very thin skull, and this wasn't discovered until after he'd been knocked out in a world title fight, and by then it was too late because he died from his injuries. His legacy is that professional boxers are supposed to have tests to measure their skulls and avoid a repeat of the tragedy suffered by Owen.

 

Armstrong, never tired.

 

PEDs.

 

Barbados Joe Walcott and his freakish reach.

 

I remember hearing that his autopsy showed a freakishly large heart.

I suspect Harry Greb may be similar in this sense. Something special that just made him tireless.

 

Probably Fitzsimmons. A heavyweights upper body (for his day) with a lightweights legs, that allowed him to be a middleweight.

From the same era; Jeffries was extremely muscular for all the endurance work he was doing in training. Jeffries on a modern diet (not even taking PEDs in consideration) is something interesting to think about. Weight loss and 'drying out' was big in his day, but he was still reported to be around 230 at times. In his autobiography I think he said he felt good at 240 or something like that.