Recent Heavyweights Under LPR?

Tyson on sheer enthusiasm for the era. He'd come out wearing his little thong and saying stuff like "Good show chaps, time for a bit of fisticuffs!" and doing that weird little stance they used and love it.

 

a really strong guy with great stamina is made for the lpr. not many fit both those criteria.

david tua?

 

That was more the Broughton Prizefighting Rules. LPR was a 'little less barbaric'

 

tua is a great shout, so is george chuvalo, older foreman, john ruiz wouldnt be a bad shout, good spoiler would help him in those long long rounds, i for one love the lpr i want them to come back.

 

Lets start with what is and in not useful.

Power may be of some use, but finishing ability is more or less completely nullified.

Chin is not as useful as recuperative powers.

Technical boxing ability is of some use.

Physical stamina is worth its weight in gold.

Strength and grappling ability can often be decisive.

 

If Oliver McCall wasn't likely to have a fit and run out of the ring at some point in a prolonged fight, he could be a candidate.

With more of a mean streak, the big lug Valuev could have been a difficult foe similar to Willard in a long distance fight. More likely that he would try to jab his opponent for 40 rounds before quitting from frustration though, instead of using his massive size to wear them out.

Ruiz knew the clinch but he was prone to complaining and acting while being fouled himself, which would likely be looked down upon in LPR rules. He could also get knocked out cold as he was against Tua without being able to get up in several minutes. On the other hand he would be clever enough to come up with strategies abusing the ruleset and have the mentality to follow through with it, as a Charley Mitchell would.

I'd still go with the class and the size of a Lennox Lewis, a man who could adapt to his surroundings fairly well. Dealing with a man as big as him who did not have a tendency to run out of stamina would be extremely difficult, and he had the capability to ice an opponent to the point where they could not recover. His uppercut from the clinch would serve him even better than it did during his actual career.

 

Straight punching, a good wrestler, and as you mention, excellent stamina and recuperative powers, are the way forward in LPR.

 

I think you have described Muhammed Ali, to a tee. I think he would be the greatest LPR fighter of all time, even though i know many disagree and place i him down the list. I back Ali under this ruleset to reign supreme. Maybe even more so then under Queensbury rules.

 

Disagree with first 2, part 3 is underrated. Accumulative punishment would take it's toll

Under LPR you will have far more fighters quit or get knocked cold. You'll have men knocked cold too, who won't get up after 60seconds

Stamina is not that important given whenever you want a miniute's rest you just take a knee. What's stopping me from taking 10mins rest by taking 10 sit downs to get 10mins off? It's a spoilers dream and it would be a very boring, slow sport, not something that necessarily requires great stamina. Actually you could outspeed a fighter until you get tired and then go down to get a rest

 

It's an extreme example but tactical use of knock downs/rounds would be a major part of tactics