Most athletic boxer ever

One can never be sure of those things, D, but he was the best rough-house tackler in the early pro football league.

 

Terry Norris gets my vote.

 

That first statement is a bold one, Donald Dinnie over James Jefferies or Jack Dempsey? The second one is reasonable, I like watching Greco but when its bad, its worse than when freestyle is bad usually.

 

Holyield and Norton man by far. He beat Carl Lewis in the 100 meter dash. Not to mention his obvious physical attributes. I believe Norton was also a all-state football and track star as well.

 

He's a bit of a ***** but Anthony Mundine is a great athlete.
He was a NRL rugby league star,who switched to boxing and won a world title within 3 years.He's also a very good basketballer and really can make a go of whatever sport he puts his mind to.

 

RJJ
Evander Holyfield

 

Roid Jones without question:smoke

 

No he didn't, nor would he ever be within 15 meters of him at the finish of a contested 100 meters.

 

Dinnie would be considerably larger and stronger than Dempsey. He would be about as large as Jefferies, much stronger and far more experienced at grappling. Dinnie's grip strength alone was enough to snap a neck like Tyson's.

 

Vicious Boxer.................

 

Henry Armstrong the guys cardio was insane, also Meldrick Taylor speed was extremely impressive. I heard Ken Norton was a stand out athelte when he was young.

 

Not to mention that when Eisenhower, playing for West Point, tried to tackle Thorpe, Ike wound up so badly injured that he had to abandon football. (At least Ike had a decent military and political career to fall back on!)

 

Interesting nugget, D...Didn't know that. My dad played high school basketball against Lou Gehrig. Said he was far-'n'-away the best guy on the court.

 

In terms of elite boxers, I'd have to give the nod to Jeffries, who, as has been noted in this thread, was a remarkable sprinter, skilled wrestler, and possessed raw strength and stamina enough to astound even his rugged contemporaries.

However, if we expand the criteria to include less-accomplished boxers, I don't see how you could go wrong picking Danny Hodge, arguably the greatest amateur wrestler in history.

 

Eisenhower's first love was football. He was considered an
All-American candidate before hurting his knee.