Who's the best modern heavyweight Galento could beat?

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  1. Journeyman92

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    You'd be wrong he'd kill you and them in one afternoon under the Queensbury... he was a pro boxer who managed a cheeky KD on Louis duked it out with Baer and Nova... a guy who beats contenders and real pros for a career who boxed for a living since they were 18 would've picked some things up on how to box, thing's I doubt they'd have got working the fields, that hot dog eating city slacker would shark tank your whole town of farmers and lumberjacks if he got enough rests in a day.
     
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  2. Journeyman92

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    It ain’t pretty but it’d sort folks out and it did… he was also recovering here.
     
  3. MixedMartialLaw

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    S&C was in the stone age when Two-ton fought, I'd expect his 21st century body to look more like strongman Brian Shaws, but with a much stronger punch.

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  4. janitor

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    Potentially or probably?

    I wouldn't be itching to match Dubois against him right now, if I was trying to get his career back on track.
     
  5. Seamus

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    Uh, Brian Shaw is 6-6, not 5-9.
     
  6. Seamus

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    Show me on film where any of the above is demonstrated. He looks worse that the modern tough man competitor. He has zero fast twitch, no technique, no defensive responsibility, no footwork, no physical advantages over any but a true Thalidomide baby. His minor success is the very indictment of his era.
     
  7. MixedMartialLaw

    MixedMartialLaw Fight sports enthusiast Full Member

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    I'm talking body shape not height. Just picture that build but on a much more compact man, or at the very least picture a young Italianized David Tua.
     
  8. ThatOne

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    Could he beat Jake Paul? Eric Esch?
     
  9. Seamus

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    And then I picture the lack of grace, finesse, fast twitch, balance, general athleticism... and I come up with a nothing burger. A fat slob shrunken down to a slightly less fat slob.
     
  10. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

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    Don't know if he beats them, but he hangs with David Tua, Ike Ibeabuchi, Michael Moorer, Hasim Rahman
     
  11. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

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    Prime Tua vs Prime Galento would be an epic WAR
     
  12. ThatOne

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    Do you think he could beat the George Foreman of the Shannon Briggs fight?
     
  13. MarkusFlorez99

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  14. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

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    Was he though? I don't see it. They were equivalent
     
  15. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

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    Yes