How Fearsome Sam Mcvey would look in 2025.

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  1. Historical boxing society

    Historical boxing society Member Full Member

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    Take a look at that face of determination. What a physical specimen! He looks downright scary...

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    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Frankly, he looked plenty scary back in his day.

    And lots of scary guys can't fight a lick.
     
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    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Very very true
     
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    crixus85 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Arslanbek Makhmudov, first this category, fierce raised eyebrows, all huff and puff, then deflation when resistance, mounted.
     
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    crixus85 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    First - Fits - typo!
     
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    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    He's a big lad :rolleyes:
     
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    FrankinDallas FRANKINAUSTIN

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    You say a lot a scary stuff; has that made you a scary boxer?

    If muscles meant anything then AJ would be undefeated. Mind you, he lost to a fat guy who had/has zero muscle tone.
     
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    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    That was kinda my point.
     
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    Interestingly, the AI got his physique spot on, except for giving him the kind of pecs you mostly only see with guys who do a lot of bench presses and other targeted workouts. Early bodybuilders weren't maximizing mass and didn't target the pectorals, so they had flat chests, relative to their overall mass. Sandow, for example:
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    Guys in his era were literally trying to look like greek sculptures ("the Grecian ideal"). Whoever posed as the model for the Farnese Hercules (a wrestler, probably) looks to have been about 6"4", 270 if his head is in real life proportion, but notice that the pecs are relatively flat:

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    The first guys to really develop their chests were mocked as "booby builders".
     
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