Best modern sized heavyweights that prime Ezzard Charles could beat?

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  1. thistle

    thistle Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Of course Fury could beat plenty of little HWs, his height & reach alone is the deciding factor, but a lot of the TOP Class men would give him a proper scare.

    It's not Fury's ability that wins it, it is purely the SIZE Advantage...
     
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  2. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    As much as I respect Charles, he was skilled and brave as they come, against Tyson or Lewis it's ending badly.
     
  3. Niels Probst

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    Not one. Yesterday's 184-194 pound heavyweights were just not big enough to beat today's 250 pound elite heavyweights. It's not about 'hate', it's not about racism, it's common sense. The most laughable discussions are, whether Marciano could beat this or that modern ranked heavyweight.
     
  4. jabber74

    jabber74 Active Member Full Member

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    Pure lunacy.
     
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  5. jabber74

    jabber74 Active Member Full Member

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    Charles stunk as a heavyweight. He had two cracks at the Rock, (according to many on this site the most overrated fighter ever), and he failed both times. Yet there will be people giving him a shot at beating almost everyone in history.
    Some will say, "but he was suffering from ALS later on in his career, it's not fair to judge", fine, then when was his true prime that makes you rank him so high?
     
  6. Cojimar 1946

    Cojimar 1946 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Maybe so but he could easily fight at cruiserweight nowadays if he wanted which would make him a modern sized cruiserweight not a modern sized heavyweight. Unless you consider Okolie, Cieslak, etc modern sized heavyweights even though they don't fight at heavyweight.
     
  7. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    So he couldn't beat say a Berbick or a Lyle or a Duane Bobick?
     
  8. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    He may not beat the Mike Tysons or Lennox Lewises of the world, but I think he could take guys like Renaldo Snipes and Mike Weaver
     
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  9. Niels Probst

    Niels Probst Member banned Full Member

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    None of the mentioned fighters were even close to 250 pounds, Sir. I was referring to MODERN superheavyweights, say roughly after 2005, men between 240 to 270 pounds. Walcott don't beat such a man. Walcott may stand a good chance vs Bobick, I take it.
     
  10. Niels Probst

    Niels Probst Member banned Full Member

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    If you were talking about Marciano, no way in hell he beats Berbick or Lyle. I even think Bobick would stop Marciano rather easy.
     
  11. Dubblechin

    Dubblechin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I don't consider boxers from 40 to 50 years ago "modern day" any more than I consider baseball or basketball players from the 1970s/1980s 'modern day.'

    We're 24 years into this century. Hell, boxers who were at the top at the beginning of this century (Lewis, Tyson, Vitali, Evander, Ruiz, Byrd) aren't 'modern day' anymore. Many are in their 50s. (Or even 60s.)

    The boxers who turned pro 15 years ago (2008/2009) are retiring or fast approaching it.

    Hell, Ezzard Charles was dead by the time he was the age Chris Byrd is now.
     
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