Which boxer would scare you the most to run into a dark alley with ?

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  1. janitor

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    I think Valuev is a fairly inoffensive man,.
     
  2. BCS8

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    Unless you mess with his missus
     
  3. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Why would anyone mess with the missus of a man so large he makes mountains look like hills? :lol:
     
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    If I were a woman I'd say Tank Davis.
     
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    I remember reading a long time ago that the consensus amongst boxing 'people' within the sport was that Larry Holmes was a proper hard man, not just a great boxer, and not many would want to tangle with him outside of the relative safety of the ring...

    During Foreman's return I also rememer reading an article by a journalist that said that he had been in 'big' George's camp and when he said jump, people started jumping without asking why or how high. A genial, smiling man whose eyes never laughed; the writer found him genuinely terrifying...wish I could find/remember these articles instead of snippets from a fondly remembered past
     
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  7. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Iran Barkley was one of the scariest looking individuals up close
     
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    Yeah, Tyson is a pretty sick individual.
     
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    I remember watching the Joe Joyce Daniel Dubois face off at the weigh in and thinking Joyce just looked 'different' in the eyes than Dan. Heard a few people say he was a hard, hard man in his relatively short peak. A lovely natured fella but he seemed to have that internal switch come fight night...imagine meeting that monster in the street, realising you couldn't hurt him, seeing that implaccable stare and feel that first, thudding punch...
     
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    Chuck Wiggins
     
  11. BadmanIsRobbin

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    Just the size of him makes him look the part
     
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    Foreman
     
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  14. MixedMartialLaw

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    As someone who wasn't around for his first career, I can only imagine Foreman trying to sell me a low fat grill if I bumped into him there.
     
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    But he was also never crazy. He'd be no danger to walk by in an alley.