how far could gary mason have gone today ?

Probably to a losing title shot at one of the Klits.

 

British contender and possible Euro title fighter. Not sure he could have gone further.

 

He'd have cleaned up domestically and been found out when he stepped up -a bit like he was back then.

 

To be fair it was only eye damage that finished his career. He could have bounced back from that defeat and grabbed something otherwise. It was Lennox after all.

 

It's hard to tell how good Gary Mason would have been today, as we never saw him reach his full potential. His record was heavily padded with easy knockouts, and then he faced Lennox Lewis, who finished his career.

If he carried on fighting after the Lewis loss, he may have been a good name on the Heavyweight scene, like Frank Bruno was. It's a shame we never found out, as he put on a pretty decent effort against Lewis, if I remember rightly.....

 

He may have won a version of the world title today. He was actually not a bad boxer at all.

 

Gary was my neighbour when i was a kid. He used to train us occasionally. He was a really nice guy.

I cannot think of anyone who would beat him domestically today, or even in Europe. At world level and using his performance against Lennox as a gauge then he would be in with a shout. Good chin. Good Jab. Strong. Lazy and often did not train. But no one today is unbeatable or outstanding .

 

He fought Lennox when Lennox was pretty inexperienced and I can't recall him really beating anyone of world class - his record was very padded.

Think he'd be able to beat most of the domestic competition more times then not, but still short of world top ten - even as poor as it is now.

Didn't he have a shop, 'Punch and Jewellary'?

 

Mason had a ticker and a decent wallop, but I still think even today he struggles to beat anyone who is genuine top 10 material.

I went to the Biggs fight, and Mason was on the verge of losing (he had blown up and was gasping), before that big body shot.

Mason though, probably has a field day with domestic opposition, much like he did in the late 80s (ask Jess Harding; actually don't, he probably does not realize he fought Gary!).

 

He'd be an alphabet cruiserweight champ, and a pretty decent one.

Too small to do much at heavy.

Good honest fighter, Gary. Terrible business idea though, that world arm wrestling championships. Think he must have seen Sly Stallone in 'Over the Top' too many times

 

Gary Mason Cruiserweight weight title holder??????:scaredas:

He ate far too many pies, even in his prime to be able to boil down to 200lbs!

At his 6'2" 240-245lbs fighting prime, even today, size would be the least of Mason's worries.

 

If he had trained a little harder and layed of the bad food he would have been in with a chance of getting a top 10 rating and a title fight.Not much differant than when he was in his prime.