Boxers with the best Physiques?

If there's any benefit to being a bit tubby, it's only there at HW. At anything else, you'd prefer that extra weight be used for reach, height, and muscle.

As to being tubby, Foreman was hurtable when young and lean, but when old and fat, was a tank. Did anyone even manage to rock him in his second career? He'd get banged around plenty, but never seemed hurt.

 

The fact that people are saying Ali had the best ever physique is evidence that this board is more dedicated to endless worship of the great fighters of old than actual analysis. Was his physique great during his first reign? Yes. A better physique than Beterbiev, "Big Worm" Nichols and Tanaka? Come on.

Tanaka at 125/5'4 would be 235 pounds at Ali's height, and look at how little fat he has compared to Ali.

 

People interpret the quality of physiques in many different ways - and I don’t know that anyone is necessarily suggesting Ali’s was the best - but at the same time it wasn’t too shabby at all.

For one - people might admire a physique per their own subjective criteria and their own criteria makes their own selection inherently correct - and that criteria might include a physique they personally aspire to.

Others again might, by default, judge the physique for it’s assumed advantageous application and functionality in the sport category in question. As far as that goes, Ali’s physique was definitely right up there - including powerful legs as per their appearance and as demonstrated, in his prime, legs that took him this way and that like no other fighter of similar size before him or since.

Finally, not to be glib or humorous but others again might be judging a physique based on (or at least in part) their “orientation”.

For example, I’ll judge a male physique without any attraction, that’s right, 100% hetero, not proclaimed defensively- just a fact, LOL. - but then what say a hetero woman of that same physique? - her judgment being equally valid in its own right and perspective.

Conversely, my judgment of a female “physique” could definitely call in qualities I find “attractive” as per orientation unless I make effort to mentally divorce same.

Then again, among many other female body types, I do also find fit, sporty women extremely attractive - so my inherent criteria and subsequent assessment might be killing two birds with one stone, an holistic treatment, so to speak - LOL.

I’ve often mused upon which sporting endeavours attract/yield the best female bodies.

Female divers and pole vaulters are definitely on my short list but I need to do a lot more “obligatory” research. Variety is the spice of life!!

Did I just hijack this thread and redirect the conversation to suit my own lusty agenda?….I’ll show myself out….

 

Young Shannon Briggs

 

Can’t go past this young fella but I do suspect some serious weight lifting and heavy PED usage were behind his muscle mass and anatomical perfection:-

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