In how many heavyweight era's would Tony Thompson be a champion?

I think he would take Tunney over 12. You can start there.

 

He would've been the only one of his kind in most eras- a superheavyweight sized southpaw.

I reckon he'd a) have a lot of success and b) be avoided like the plague for over half of the division's existance.

 

Along with those qualities, hed also be carrying a size advantage against most of the eras historical fighters, and there's also the southpaw factor. None of them ever got a chance to even fight for the title until Ali. Fighters up until Wlad and Holy routinely could fight entire careers without facing them.

If we let Thompson keep that and say that he wouldn't have been converted to orthodox like other lefties, that's a massive, massive advantage. How the hell would the top guys find great southpaw sparring to prepare for him when he'd literally be the only one available?

 

Not too many great southpaws at HW perhaps there is a reason for that?

 

none, hes lucky to get a title shot at all. other eras when the gatekeepers knew how to fight southpaws, he'd not get near a shot

 

He may have picked up a title in the 80's against the many of the erratic champions on a good night ot perhaps against John L. Sullivan or Corbett. How would he do against Jack Sharkey or James J. Braddock also Bruce Seldon, an old George Foreman ot Tim Witherspoon ....he was average but there were spots

 

He would have given Marciano, Tunney, Jeffries and Patterson runs for their title.

 

I think Tucker was a decent heavyweight & I know there are people on this board who are enamored with size but I dont think KO'ing David Price another large man (small chin) would make people talk about Thompson 25 years from now. In fact I dont really see any wins that would make me believe he had a chance in a dominant era.

He was KO'd 2X by Vlad (1st one was a decent effort) but he really does not have any wins that would stand out. Krasniqi? (Krasniqi won 3 of his last 7, lost 3 by KO ( one of ko loses those being Thompson) & prior to that he was KO'd by Saleta) Thompson lost to Pulev, Takem, Scott & Ortiz so I could not say he would be a shoe in for a title in any era.

I agree with you about Povetkin though he should have gotten a title shot by Wilder,Joshua, & Povetkin could have been champion in many era's

 

no.

excpt pov for being a drug cheat relevant to high profile Sharapova, perhaps.

 

You're just going to skip his age in most of those loses?

 

Well , he wasn't a champ in the worst era known to peoplekind , so its fair to say he wouldn't have been in all the other greater era's.

Alezander Zolkin was a soutpaw with the same dimensions during the 90's and he was a non-factor despite being a better fighter than Tony The Tiger.

 

Well you tell me who he beat when he was younger that makes you believe he was world class material, I didnt discount him but Krasniqi & Price are not names that would make me believe Thompson could have been a champion in any era starting with Johnson. My own estimation of him is that he may have grabbed a title for a minute in one of the split title era's or could have fought competetivly & snatched a title in a weaker era but im not convivnced that he could by what he acually did. The first fight against a tenative Vlad was not a blow out but he was still KO'd and that perhaps is Thompsons best effort.

 

Zolkin was slow with zero fluiditiy and had no pop in his punches. Tony was quite a bit better.