Who would you send in if your life depended on it ?

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  1. markclitheroe

    markclitheroe TyrellBiggsnumberonefan. Full Member

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    It's October 1987 Atlantic City...generally regarded as Mike Tysons' prime.
    Your life depends on sending in a fighter present or from history to beat him.
    So instead of Tyrell Biggs stepping into the ring you would send in whom ?

    2 rules...

    A. The fighter you send in CANNOT BE, ALI OR LOUIS.
    B. We can assume that your fighter is at his prime.

    So you can't use Muhammad or Joe....who would you choose to fight for your life and why ?
     
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    Phil_Ivey_76 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Foreman
     
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    klompton2 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Id take out a large life insurance policy for my family.
     
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  4. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Lewis or Vitali Klitschko
     
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    Balder Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Larry Holmes , Vitali Klitschko or Lennox Lewis would do the deed for me.
     
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    Meazy-E Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Vitali.
     
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    nikrj Active Member Full Member

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    1973 George Foreman
     
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    BUDW Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Foreman
     
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    brb Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Wlad, Lewis or Vitali.
     
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  10. grumpy old man

    grumpy old man Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Got to be prime Foreman.
     
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    albinored Active Member Full Member

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    .....foreman..
     
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    Entaowed Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Foreman or possibly Liston, who had better endurance. I would worry about their speed, & Vitali & Lewis are defensible choices.

    Though why not Tyson of '88 vs. Spinks, I believe the conventional wisdom that this was his absolute prime is correct.
     
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  13. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Tokyo Douglas

    But since my life is on the line, I'd try to send about 50 of the best looking call girls on the planet to Mike's room that week on a revolving-door basis.
     
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  14. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    Holyfield...nope.
    Foreman...mmmmmm no.
    Liston...can't do it.
    Lewis...nah.
    Klitschkos...not a chance!

    Riddick Bowe :deal
     
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    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Holmes, Holyfield, Lewis, Foreman, Vitali Klitschko, maybe Bowe or Ibeabuchi.
     
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