Do you believe any heavyweight from any era could have gotten up..

[ElTerribleMorales]

i think Foreman, Holyfield, Ali, Tua, Vitali, and Tyson would have take it fine

[Spicoli]

Good question,had to be in the g.o.a.t class when it came to single shot enders...I do think many would take it.Hate to u-turn on question but it came after Walcott had been doing respectable damage and working for full 12 rounds...interesting to think of Marciano taking that from 'todays' hvys... but endurance aside it was a pure detonation shot.Clean & brutal!! Hey welcome to the forum btw.

[boxingbantz]

4:40 onwards.

[Fenster]

Wayne McCullough would have taken that shot on the bridle. Fact.

[holmcall]

Wayne McCullough would have taken that shot on the bridle. Fact.

And Tommy Morrison as well.

[Fenster]

Wayne McCullough would have taken that shot on the bridle. Fact.

And Tommy Morrison as well.

Lets not be silly now.

That shot would have knocked Tommy unconcious even if it semi-clipped him. A sledgehammer ain't budging Wayne. Fact.

[Balboa]

Hey thanks for putting the video up there, I dont know how to do that yet.


The thread spawns a bunch of different questions in my mind that try to bridge the generations. The toughness and durability of the fighters back then. The pace and the brutality then vs now. I often think the old heavys were more durable, made of more grit, and prone to take more severe beatings than what you see today.

Our heavies today benefit from all the leaps we've made in training knowledge and equipment, diagnostics and therapy. Sometimes i wonder if, even if better built and pumped full of supplements, our modern fighters arent a bit... well, softer.

The Klitchkos are a fine example to me of the bigger, stronger, educated and more enhanced evolution of the heavyweight figher. But when I try to picture either Klitschko in there against a Liston, or a Foreman, or a Lyle, there's a certain degree of grit and fortitude that's hard for me to reconcile in the modern era. Guys like Rocky and Archie and Louis weren't clearing 18 million dollars from a PPV bonanza. They were feeding their families and tougher than nails.

Damn, now im rambling.

Lots of good posts, and there's a few you brought to light Im now on the fence about.

My dad will be thrilled.

[Master]

Ray Mercer and Oliver McCall would have taken the blow.