Ali vs Wilt Chamberlain

[NoSavingByTheBell]

I do not know if it was Wilt Chamberlain or another tall athlete in the 1970's that wanted to go into boxing. Anyway the story goes that he was sparring with Joe Frazier and landing a few jabs on him. He made one mistake and Joe was about to land that "left hook" but just stopped before it would land and smiled at him. I do not think that person boxed again.

That may have been Ed too tall Jones that you are thinking of

[p4pking]

I'm sure plenty of basketball players could have been great boxers if they chose that life and had the intangibles. It's rare that guys so long and tall have the right kind of mechanics, but that's the norm in the NBA. As to speculating who would have been any good though, who knows.