Heavyweights who didnt acheive greatness but could of in a different era ???
Jerry Quarry, was a good fighter, very tough. Just look at his losses: ali twice, frazier twice, foreman and ken Norton. All amazing fighters. I think in this day and age he could be a champ
Anyone else, you can think of
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Tommy Morrison, Frank Bruno, Razor Rudduck, Ray Mercer, and Gerry Cooney would be title holders if they were in their prime right now
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Jerry Quarry, was a good fighter, very tough. Just look at his losses: ali twice, frazier twice, foreman and ken Norton. All amazing fighters. I think in this day and age he could be a champ
Anyone else, you can think of
IMO, Quarry would be far too small to compete in the top of the division today.
Norton would be able to compete, but would be totally intimidated by 6'5"+ monsters. ;)
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Tommy Morrison, Frank Bruno, Razor Rudduck, Ray Mercer, and Gerry Cooney would be title holders if they were in their prime right now
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Morrison would be a slightly better Brewster type fighter, so yeah he would be top 5.
Bomber Bruno would lick anyone today for the first seven rounds, but if you are still there after that, you beat Bruno. Frank would be top 10
Donavon would be another useful addition, but he blows too hot and cold to crack the top 5; again another top 10 fighter.
Mercer had the abilty to be top 2 or 3 today, but it depends if he could be bothered; much like it was in the early 90s.
Cooney could intimidate a lot of fighters today, but he lacks/lacked that certain something... maybe a top 5 fighter.
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MORRISON WOULD DEFFINITLY HOLD "A" BELT IN THIS DAY IN AGE. I STILL REMEMBER THAT MERCER KO... OUCH!! BUT I STRESS "A" BELT... AS GOOD AS HE WAS HE WAS SERIOUSLY INCONSISTANT. AND AS FAR AS MERCER GOES...YEP DEF IN THE TOP 3... MORRISONS STILL TRYING TO GET BACK IN THE GAME... POOR GUY. THINKS AIDS IS MADE UP... GOVERNMENT CONSPIRICY. HAS NO IDEA WHY NOONE WANTS TO STEP IN THE RING WITH HIM.. I WOULDNT.
Re: Heavyweights who didnt acheive greatness but could of in a different era ???
Tommy Morrison would've been a great fighter except for one slight problem....he couldn't fight a lick. Earnie Shavers would be a monster among the HWs of today, as would Cleveland Williams.
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Earnie Shavers was 6'1, he could punch like a son of a gun but 6'1 is a tad smallish by today's standards.
Morrison was just reaching his prime when he got aids...he had a decent chin too. With a better trainer he would have been an even bigger force in the division. Vigrets never properly taught him how to set up that huge hook of his. Only had 3 losses (Lewis, Mercer, Bentt) 46 wins 40 KO's pretty damn good.
Tim Witherspoon
Andrew Golota
Randy Cobb
Those guys would be tough fights for anyone in their primes (though jumping on Golota has proven seriously effective)
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Ron Lyle would have been a champ in today's heavyweight division
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David Tua in his prime would be the undisputed world champ in this era
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Earnie Shavers was 6'1, he could punch like a son of a gun but 6'1 is a tad smallish by today's standards.
Sounds a bit like tyson and look what he acheived
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Earnie Shavers was 6'1, he could punch like a son of a gun but 6'1 is a tad smallish by today's standards.
Sounds a bit like tyson and look what he acheived
TYSON WAS A DIFFERENT STORY
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Originally Posted by Lyle
Earnie Shavers was 6'1, he could punch like a son of a gun but 6'1 is a tad smallish by today's standards.
Sounds a bit like tyson and look what he acheived
TYSON WAS A DIFFERENT STORY
How ? the description sounds very similar to me
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Originally Posted by 71HOOKS
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Originally Posted by Sugar_Shaw
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Originally Posted by Lyle
Earnie Shavers was 6'1, he could punch like a son of a gun but 6'1 is a tad smallish by today's standards.
Sounds a bit like tyson and look what he acheived
TYSON WAS A DIFFERENT STORY
How ? the description sounds very similar to me
CUZ TYSON WAS A TALL 5'9.5---ALOT SMALLER--- AND HE DIDNT JUST HIT LIKE "A SON OF A GUN" HE KNOCKED EVERYONE BUT 6 OF HIS 50 WINS OUT... HAD 44 KOS
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I reckon Georges Carpentier could hold his own against most of todays lot, well ok maybe not Wladimir :P
The point is today's heavies are really really bad. Could John Ruiz have been a two time world champ in any other era?
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Ron Lyle would have been a champ in today's heavyweight division
LOL, someone brought into internet hype ;)
