Ideal size for future HW contenders?

Yep. I guess the tall guys that get too fat to play basketball will have to just become football players or boxers. Only way someone small is going to have a chance against someone way bigger than them is if they're bringing alot of skills to the fight, or if they're KO'ing the big guy. Perfect examples would be Tye Fields vs Barrett, where Tye Fields was big but a poor boxer, he got nailed on the chin & that was the end. Another example is Barrett vs Valuev, Valuev was just too big for Barrett to take out. He hit him with good shots but Valuev took them, and Barrett couldn't do anything else so he ended up getting KO'd. Last example is Peter vs Vitali, you seen Peter get blasted all nite because he was too short to get in. & when Peter fought Wlad, after Wlad recovered, he kept Peter away. Little guys beating up big guys isn't real boxing.

 

Tyson was listed at 5 11, but, actually was a lot smaller than that. He always came in at close to 220, but, that weight did not affect him. It all depends on the fighter's skill level. Tyson was a small heavyweight, but, he sure packed a "heavyweight" punch. I don't think size has anything to do with it.

 

Not so fast. Jess Willard, the dude who managed to beat Jack Johnson, was 6'6"1/2. That's the biggest heavyweight ever, until the 50's, when Primo Carnera entered the ring. Both were finally outsized by Vitali.

Now, as far as having the unfair advantage goes, I can't say that's true. Vitali uses his size advantages well, but I wouldn't bet on him against a prime Tyson. Think Tyson's too small? Consider this...6'5" Carnerra got knocked down 12 times by 6'2" Max Baer and even inspired a movie ("The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall). So much for size advantage. As for the giant Willard. He got clobbered something awful by 193lb little Jack Dempsey:

"Dempsey dealt Willard a terrible beating and knocked him down seven times in the first round. Willard had a broken cheekbone, broken jaw, several teeth knocked out, partial hearing loss in one ear, and broken ribs."

Bigger doesn't always mean better.

 

If guys weren't so tall, they wouldn't even exist. Tye Fields wouldn't be a boxer & Wlad wouldn't be a champ

 

Good points. True, neither Willard nor Primo were ATG material. Not even close.

Willard was a farm boy dug up by a frantic, racist public looking for the next great white hope to beat Johnson. I actually felt bad for Willard. He was just some nice dude put into a position where he didn't belong. Sure he managed to beat an old Johnson, but once they put him in with that killer Dempsey, he got knocked six ways from Sunday.

And Carnera was a pawn of the mob. The Italian hero who couldn't stand up in an honest fight.

Klitcko seems to have what neither of the others did: good boxing skills, athletic ability and a great punch. But he's a rarity among giants. Look at Valuev. He's enormous, but he looks lethargic in the ring and doesn't hit all that hard. Put a Philly runt like Frasier in there with him and the fight would be over in 4.

 

Tyson would kill Valuev. He would get sued for making that big tree fall through the canvas

 

Yeah, it would be fast and ugly. Tyson in 2.

 

I think Valuev would be so scared, he'd probably be M.I.A. come fight night

 

Of course, if he fell on Tyson that could be dangerous.

 

LoL. The result of this fight would draw alot of more fans to the sport. This 5'10" guy KO'ing this 7ft guy, new fans would come to the sport.