Most imposing looking Heavyweights

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  1. Bummy Davis

    Bummy Davis Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The physique, the look, who was the scariest looking...forget what they could do inside the ring...its the guy in the other corner and you know nothing about him

    1) Sonny Liston
    2)Jack Dempsey/Mike Tyson
    3)George Foreman/Nicoly Valuev
    4)Joe Louis/Max Schmeling
    5)Primo Carnera/Jess Willard
    6)Vitali Klitschko/Chuck Wepner
    7)Joe Frazier/Jim Jeffries
    8)Rocky Marciano/Jack Johnson
    9)Sam Langford/Oleg Maskaev
    10)Ike Ibeabuchi/David Tua
    11) Lennox Lewis/ Tex Cobb
    12)Vlad Klitschko/Cleveland Williams
     
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  2. Jaws

    Jaws Active Member Full Member

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    Good list. Although I disagree with Valuev. He just looks too overgrown and slow....and he is.

    You should have opened it up to all weight classes. I've always thought Hagler is an intimidating looking dude.
     
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  3. Jear

    Jear Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I think Lewis is one of the more fearsome ones, he just had an emotionless look when he entered the ring.
     
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  4. HomicideHenry

    HomicideHenry Many Talents, No Successes Full Member

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    Scariest looking HW I ever seen was a guy named Jose Santa. He fought Primo Carnera and lost, but he was 6'8.5" and 267 some odd pounds, solid muscle, and looked like something from out of the stone age. A real monster looking man if I ever seen one.

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    Tom Sharkey was another scary looking specimen for his time too.
     
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    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Chuck Wepner :lol:
     
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    In an interview George Foreman once said that he was a little afraid of Kenny Norton before their fight not only because of the men that Kenny had beaten but also Nortons physique.
     
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  7. Bummy Davis

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    Sugar ray robinson in his book said he got into the ring vs an ugly scary guy and was afraid...George Gainford told him" How do you think he got that way" Wepner could not fight but he had one of the toughest looking mugs, Scars and lumps...Tex Cobb was another guy you could hit with a bat but his face was tough
     
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    Rattler Middle Aged Man Full Member

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    Clubber Lang
     
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    Frank Bruno
     
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    Buhdee....uh...buhdee...uh...buhdee...uh...Butterbean.



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  12. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    liston is the daddy of the scary look
    george foreman is second and the former baddest man on the planet is three
     
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    Hell, he may not have been a "body beautiful" like Norton, but Foreman looked bigger and stronger to me and I guess he proved it in the ring in Caracas.
     
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    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enMUH0aGLF0

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    Cleveland Williams vs Sonny Liston:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWbpM99wD2M
     
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  15. kolcade4

    kolcade4 Keep Punchin' Full Member

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    im going with sonny liston or hey ivan drago
     
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