Best ATG male boxer Claressa Shields can beat

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  1. Dorrian_Grey

    Dorrian_Grey It came to me in a dream Full Member

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    I'd pick prime Will Grigsby over Claressa tbh.
     
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  2. FighterInTheWind

    FighterInTheWind Active Member Full Member

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    Please look up Lucia Rijker vs. man, people.

    The greatest female kickboxer and boxer ever challenged a random smaller Muay Thai fighter who wasn't even good enough to make the Thai fighting circuit.

    It looked like a chihuahua vs. a kangal.
     
  3. FighterInTheWind

    FighterInTheWind Active Member Full Member

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    But the thread itself isn't serious, is it? ;)
     
  4. FighterInTheWind

    FighterInTheWind Active Member Full Member

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    Now, this would be a competitive match I'd pay to see! ;)
     
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  5. FighterInTheWind

    FighterInTheWind Active Member Full Member

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    There were some big featherweights, friend. Could she beat a young Duran (of the Marcel fight) or Arguello (of the Olivares fight)? Saddler?
     
  6. Marvelous_Iron

    Marvelous_Iron Active Member Full Member

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    I particularly like her chances against that malnourished midget they call Johnson, he wouldn't even be fit to drink her bathwater let alone engage in a display of world class pugilism with her

    Clay would be the one saying her name and it's not close, if she were in Manila Futch would have thrown the towel before 10
     
  7. PrimoGT

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    Her limit would be 6-round sub-journeyman level part-time pro boxers, about eight modern weight classes below her.
    A featherweight with a 3-9 (0 KO wins) record who usually fights 4 rounders and starts gas in the 6th round, type of fighter.

    She might get a decision over 10x2 minutes.
     
  8. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Of course not.
    But that's exactly what I wrote.
     
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  9. FighterInTheWind

    FighterInTheWind Active Member Full Member

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    I may have misread then! The forum is moving so much faster with the pace of people posting - much more so than I remember when I was last active - that I am forced to read too quickly for my own good! ;)
     
  10. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Get the hell out of here.
    Prime John Mugabi would be charged with a murder if he faced Sheilds.
    Hell, he may knock her ass out now if he lands on her
     
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  11. Dempsey1238

    Dempsey1238 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I am sure she could beat prime Rocky Marciano.
     
  12. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    :ohno
     
  13. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Matt Franklin was an ATG or near ATG 175 and im sure you'd pick him to beat Mugabe
     
  14. Dempsey1238

    Dempsey1238 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If people are claiming the likes of Butterbean can beat the Rock, then I see no reason why Miss Shields can't repeat this same feat. Besides, Shields also has better training and better nutrition that only the Rock can dream off. Steak and eggs can only get you so far today.
     
  15. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    OK I'll play, yes I'd pick 175 pound Saad Muhammed to
    stop 154 pound John Mugabi.
    And I'll pick 154 lbs Mugabi to be charged with attempted
    murder if he faced Sheilds in his prime