would this man have been a great boxer????yes or no

stupid question
on evry carnival and freakshow and every outback village you have those kinds of strong man..
boxing is completely some other ballgame..

 

He doesn't impress me. Strong he was ! But I had an uncle in the circus, He was a famous juggler... He was able to juggle three worries at the SAME TIME !!!
Now that's impressive...

 

How do you know he could punch hard, he might be a powder puff puncher?Have a china chin and cut as soon as you look at him hard.
NO strongman has successfully made the transition to boxing with the exception of Carnera and there is a huge question mark over his record.

 

If he can alter what his body has been doing for a long lifetime and loosen up enough to turn and swivel his hips and shoulders without falling over, if he can judge distance, if he has speed and timing -and years to turn it all around........then maybe hed make it to novice level as a starting point.

A lot of over developed top heavy guys have tiny feet for the rest of their body and their balance is all wrong for boxing.

This guy looks leaner than a modern body builder but pulling and pushing strength never converts into explosive timing. A heavy handed arm punch still hurts but you need to learn when and how to pull the trigger and throw them fast enough to catch a moving target.

Although succeeding in another physical activity shows there is dedication there, 9 times out of 10 it is a severe handicap when starting out in another sport.

 

There's lots of martial arts freaks and strongmen out there performing those sledgehammer stunts, some for real, some fake.
Even when it's real it doesn't prove much. If a guy wants to take a sledgehammer in the abs or the shin that's up to him.

It's the blow that you don't see coming that does you in. :deal

 

As Houdini emphatically proved.:good

 

exactly. houdini learnt how to brace himself for a blow but died when a punch landed that he wasnt ready for.

Often the only type of punch that hits a boxer is a punch that hes not ready for.

 

Because of the thread, got me ta thinkin': Has any winner of THE WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN had any LEGIT success as pro fighter?

The closest I can think of was Primo Carnera, who I understand was a carnival strongman.

 

marius pudzianowski is a great athlete,yet he sucked even in mma.got his ass kicked by a fat slob.
boxing isn't about who's the better athlete

 

I have to weigh in on this. Those strong men are NOT athletic at all, they have no endurance, no reflexes, no stamina, are usually too heavy for their frame. Roy Jones was athletic: movement, stamina, reflexes, strength, agility. So sometimes boxing is, but lifting weights and absorbing sledge hammers is far far far from athletic

 

when I boxed I trained with a weight lifter who took up boxing. He was brave and dedicated and he did make it to a couple of amatuer fights but it took him a long time to reach that level, longer than average. He was very strong, the biggest problem he had was turning himself into his shots, he did develop some hand speed, he improved a lot of things but he lost a lot of weight in the process. The only thing his strength ever did for him was you couldnt push him back. But he was very short for his weight and always at the mercy of a pure boxer. He could lift a car but hit no harder than any other regular novice. the thing he must have found frustrating was he could crush anyone in a clinch who could outbox him if he wanted to but obviously couldnt do that. It must have taken a lot of control in the begining for him but at least he tried.

 

There's nothing there that suggests he'd make a great boxer other than that he is prepared to work hard. He was showing more skill as an ahead of his time Planker than as a boxer.