I pick Greb over Tua

We can take speculation as far as we want to take it. If we are talking the Greb who would weigh around 165 pounds he would need to fight the perfect fight and not be hit by a single solid blow in order to avoid being koed.

 

None of us have ever even seen film of Greb fighting and some of you are picking this 160 pound man from an era of same day weigh ins to beat a 230 plus pound heavy handed guy that never got knocked down until the end of his long career? Crazy talk y'all. Tua would crush him.

 

Tua would crush him once he caught him. In a four round fight I could see Greb beating many a modern heavyweight. As the fight lengthened however Grebs chances to avoid a KO diminish.

 

I have a bridge to sell you. I love the history of boxing as much as the next guy and respect what Greb did in his era but he is not super human.

 

I mean it's worth noting Tua is only a couple inches taller and has a slightly shorter reach than Greb.

For another one, anyone think Kid McCoy could be Tua? He'd be slightly taller, with a decently longer reach and could fight well on the back foot.

 

I was joking.

 

I think my next door neighbor could beat Tua. I've never seen him fight, but I was told that he has a windmill style and never gets tired. He weighs 150 and can work all day, great stamina. Looks quick too, I saw him playing badminton once and he made his wife and brother in law look slow. Extremely durable, saw him playing baseball once and he got hit by a pitch and didn't go down. Must be a throwback, they don't build many like him anymore.

No surprise that this board is a joke among the people who read the ridiculous posts like this one. Greb looks like an uncoordinated beginner on the only video available, he lost to Tunney, a guy who looks okay for 100 years ago, but wouldn't last a round with Tua...yet we're supposed to believe Greb, who fights on the video like a beginner would beat David Tua?!

 

Pat M is a lost soul.

 

As great as Greb was, his style is all wrong for Tua.

 

I guess I'm a lost soul as well. Or maybe I'm a guy that has actually competed in this sport and understands that there is a reason why weight classes exist and that maybe just maybe boxing has evolved since the ****ing 20's and 30's. Nothing wrong with celebrating a great fighter like Greb. He was amazing in HIS era but he is not beating Tua.

 

Never said he would. Reread and try to comprehend my words. You will learn something.

 

Houdini/Perry is a legend, but as the following post shows, he's also modest.

https://www.boxingforum24.com/threa...against-lastarza.586131/page-14#post-18549828
"I remember when I had my own boxing gym in the garage in my late teens early 20's. My heavy bag was 125 pounds and I would hit it non stop in 30 minute increments alternating between bobbing and weaving under and around the bag and coming up with punches and moving side to side jabbing and throwing combos in full Ali mode. Then skipping rope 10,000 times until I was standing in a puddle of sweat and finishing the workout with a 5 mile run. 3-4 times a week I would visit a gym to lift mostly shoulder, back and leg work. Funny thing is that I would finish off each workout running full bore on their commercial treadmills. It was quite a sight with the machine screeching at its highest speed and me running at top speed. I would sometimes gather a small crowd. Several times the treadmills broke down under the stress!"

 

Once again Pat M is a lost soul.