I think Ike would've won easily vs the "K" brothers in their primes...he had the speed, chin and good height 6'2 240 lbs. Too bad so many fighters end up in prison for senseless offenses which caused downhill of their careers - Tyson, Ike, Bowe. Stood with Tua toe to toe with over 900 punches that fight, wow call that stamina and chin- who does that vs Tua prime? KO'd Byrd with ease Man was a beast!
I think a lot of "live" HW's with power knock out Wlad. "Razor" Ruddock would have. Mike would have Lewis would have Foreman would have Ali would have Ike had the power. Tua did Prime Bowe beats him up badly. Rahman could have Mccall could have
Prime Bowe vs prime Wlad? Bowe's beating him up badly. This is how I don't get how people can put Wald in the ATG top ten HW's! He's really nowhere near.
-Ruddock gets knocked out first. His wind up left uppercut was hard to land on "live" opponents, and left him open to long straight rights as Bonecrusher and Lewis exposed. -I have Tyson/Wlad at 50/50, a fasinating match up between two men who have the potentional to shut the other down. -Lewis/Foreman/Ali are all time greats that are going to be favored over most. -Ike is an engima. Maybe, maybe not. -Tua/Lewis all over again. Tua was too limited, skiddish, and lazy to do the work necessary to close the distance. -Bowe at his best is a H2H monster, but often that was not the case, who konws. -Rahman would never be able to land on Wlad, unless he did what Lewis did and drop his gloves, stick out his chin, and open his mouth in a big stupid grin. -McCall only has one good win, because he had Steward in his corner who programmed him to beat Lewis.
Donovan in the first Tyson fight had the tools to destroy Wlad. Prime Tyson eventually catches him with a trademark Upper-cut. Ike had a chin and knock-out power. Wlad's worst nightmare. Prime Tua? The first time he lands on Wlad he's out cold. Prime Bowe would hurt Wlad badly. Rahman had knock out power. Again, if he connected. Wlad out cold. Mccall, if Manny prepared him for Wlad do you think he'd stand a chance? I think he'll walk through Wlad's jab, and knock him out without regards of his own health. Haye could have done this, but he's not got the chin for it. Mccall's chin and grit will eventually get to Wlad. That's just a few boxers of the top of my head who I think could knock out Prime Wlad. I think the Corrie who knocked out Young Wlad would knock out Prime Wlad.
-Ruddock never had the tools to beat another good big man. He used his size well against Tyson. -I don't know if Tyson does. Would like to see it. -Ike showed top notch power in one fight and that was a flukey punch that caught at a weird angle after failing to hurt Byrd the entire fight. His durability is overrated. Jeff Wooden had a similar performance agianst Tua and also deserved the nod. Wooden had a weak chin. We know nothing about Ike. -Not happening. Prime Tua, Fat Tua, Skinny Tua, same brain. Tua was nearly outpointed by Oleg, Rahman, and Izon in his prime. -Maybe Bowe hurts him, maybe he doesn't. Bowe had no defense and banked on his durability to walk down smaller opponents. Could he stand up to Wlad's power shots? -No, because Lewis was just a talented slugger than. The Stward trained Lewis or trained Wlad would never lose to any version of McCall. McCall couldn't walk through Bruno's jab. He got rocked around and blown into the ropes and went into survival mode. Bruno has worse stamina and durability than Wlad.