Was there any boxer in history more athletic than Mike Tyson?

[Taeth]

Roy Jones comes to mind. Speed, power, agility.
Lennox Lewis had remarkable coordination and speed for such a big guy.

If u ever saw what Mundine did on a rugby field you'd see how athletic he was, blindingly fast over the turf. He used to do all sorts of back flips and shit when he scored.

Roy Jones was a great ( still is) athlete, but I have seen 175 guy's that hit harder than he ever did, his speed was blinding and he had great agility, but I never saw a HW with the physical attributes of a Mike Tyson and Mike carried around alot more weight than Roy. Mike was a better athlete. As far as Mundine I don't know who he is but over here in the states we had a guy by the name of Bo Jackson that played football ( American), I can't decide who was a better overall athlete him or Tyson but it's close and that's my top two in any sport.

Roy wasn't a natural 175 pounder, he was a natural 160-168 pound fighter, and his record was 22-0(21) ko's going into his championship fight. I wonder how far up Mike Tyson's power would have carried him in terms of changing weightclasses, most of the bigger guys who weren't just there to be knocked out handled his power in his prime.

James Tillis
Bonecrusher SMith
MItch Green(who hung on, but survived).

Please Bo Jackson definitely was up there, but not Mundine, he isn't as quick as Roy was in his prime, Mundine is a good athlete for sure, but Deon Sanders was a great athlete who excelled at 2 sports
Wilt Chamberlain
Lebron James, 6-8 240-250, 4.4 40 yard dash, 44 inch vertical jump, he would have been a monster at Football, which he was in highschool before he quit for a basketball career.
Antonio Gates: Great at basketball and football
same with Gonzalez for the chiefs.
Randy Moss: amazing speed, would have been an incredible basketball player, and was one.
Michael Jordan: 6-6, 220, 4.3 40 yard dash, 42 inch vertical, great athlete
Michael Vick: 560 pound bench press at 212 pounds!! 4.20-4.27 40 yard dash, great shuttle, 40+ inch vertical time as well, he was at least as good of an athlete as Bo Jackson.

To sum it up any NFL or NBA team has right now an athlete better then any boxer who has ever lived.

[Taeth]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7dB_4yXPv4

just incase you haven't seen Pacquiao on the heavybag, I don't think because of his coaching or whatever it would seem when he first started boxing that Manny never came even close to reaching the potential his physicality and mentality would generate, which is scary considering how much more he has accomplished than Mike Tyson in his career.

[Spicoli]

Primed Holyfield was no slouch in the athletic department.

[Von Milash]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7dB_4yXPv4
just incase you haven't seen Pacquiao on the heavybag, I don't think because of his coaching or whatever it would seem when he first started boxing that Manny never came even close to reaching the potential his physicality and mentality would generate, which is scary considering how much more he has accomplished than Mike Tyson in his career.

great vid. never seen it before. but you know the sad part is that if this video was in ask the trainer and the average nobody posted it looking for feedback, everyone would find 10 things wrong with his technique.

[BoxingsEasy]

ali boxing ability was over rated.

words of larry holmes

[donnydarkoIRL]

Jones Jr. springs to mind.
Muhammad Ali is certainly there.
Pernell Whittaker

[ElTerribleMorales]

Holfield, the shape the guy still gets in today, is just freakish

[the_PRODIGY]

I agree with Tyson maybe being the greatest physical specimen ever comed up in this sport.That guy is like an NFL player with his quickness and skills.his hands were real fast and heavy.Roy Jones is not that physically gifted.He's certainly not the hardest puncher but he surely is the most crafty and flashy in his time. Brock Lesnar i think is also a physical freak.the guy is unbelievably fast for this gigantic frame.give him a more fights and time to learn more disciplines and he would dominate the MMA world for sure. In the NBA, i think Allen Iverson would be a great middleweight if he was a boxer.also a genetic freak for his size he managed to dominate the league for some time.he got some fast hands.the guy's really strong and got some incredible heart.man he would have been a great boxer for sure.and Lebron James too i think he would be a great heavyweight.also a physical freak.an amazing athlete himself.

[The Promoter]

I think calling Tyson a great "Athlete" is probably a mistake by my definition, I would say at his best he was almost a perfect "fighting machine". When I think of Athletes I think of people who can do many things, where their skills can transend to many different sports. If it were not for boxing could Mike Tyson have played pro or semi-pro basketball ala Roy Jones Jr.? Mike had freakish handspeed, great endurance, a great chin and was a disciplined fighter...Mike Tyson was a fighter through and through, but I would hardly call him "athletic" although he had the physical gifts that translated into a great fighter....again my opinion.

[rjj tszyu]

As soon as I read the name of this thread Roy Jones Junior came to mind!!

[holmcall]

Charlie Powell by a large margin.

[kingfrnk]

Roy Jones comes to mind. Speed, power, agility.
Lennox Lewis had remarkable coordination and speed for such a big guy.

If u ever saw what Mundine did on a rugby field you'd see how athletic he was, blindingly fast over the turf. He used to do all sorts of back flips and shit when he scored.

Roy Jones was a great ( still is) athlete, but I have seen 175 guy's that hit harder than he ever did, his speed was blinding and he had great agility, but I never saw a HW with the physical attributes of a Mike Tyson and Mike carried around alot more weight than Roy. Mike was a better athlete. As far as Mundine I don't know who he is but over here in the states we had a guy by the name of Bo Jackson that played football ( American), I can't decide who was a better overall athlete him or Tyson but it's close and that's my top two in any sport.

Roy wasn't a natural 175 pounder, he was a natural 160-168 pound fighter, and his record was 22-0(21) ko's going into his championship fight. I wonder how far up Mike Tyson's power would have carried him in terms of changing weightclasses, most of the bigger guys who weren't just there to be knocked out handled his power in his prime.

James Tillis
Bonecrusher SMith
MItch Green(who hung on, but survived).

Please Bo Jackson definitely was up there, but not Mundine, he isn't as quick as Roy was in his prime, Mundine is a good athlete for sure, but Deon Sanders was a great athlete who excelled at 2 sports
Wilt Chamberlain
Lebron James, 6-8 240-250, 4.4 40 yard dash, 44 inch vertical jump, he would have been a monster at Football, which he was in highschool before he quit for a basketball career.
Antonio Gates: Great at basketball and football
same with Gonzalez for the chiefs.
Randy Moss: amazing speed, would have been an incredible basketball player, and was one.
Michael Jordan: 6-6, 220, 4.3 40 yard dash, 42 inch vertical, great athlete
Michael Vick: 560 pound bench press at 212 pounds!! 4.20-4.27 40 yard dash, great shuttle, 40+ inch vertical time as well, he was at least as good of an athlete as Bo Jackson.

To sum it up any NFL or NBA team has right now an athlete better then any boxer who has ever lived.

when u put it like that yea. but those are very different sports. in boxing u only have to fight 12 rounds for 3 minutes and get a 1 min break every round. but in NFL u have to play a full hour with extra equipment on and run up and down a field, and also tackle men that weigh atleast from 190- 300 pounds. and in boxing all u have is gloves on. and in NBA you have to run up and down a court 15 minutes str8 basically, so you would have to be in better shape to play basketball and football than boxing.

so yea NFL and NBA athletes are in better shape than boxers. but still 2 different sports

[Andre]

Harry Creb the human windmill wasnt the most athletic, but naturally he sure must have had some inner strength and vigour.
Those were long fights back then and most accounts say he never let up for a second.
Fought with only one eye for a few years too.
When he went into hospital to do repair work on the good eye and he died under the anestetic

[holmcall]

Charlie Powell, arguably one of the greatest all-around atheletes of all time. Also Roy Jones who once played semi-pro baskestball in the afternoon and then stopped Eric Lucas in the evening.

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