If you had the power to turn back the clock or ressurect any 5 Deceased, old age, current faded or fighters that had circumstances derail their career. Who would you choose and why. I was originally going to say pick one fighter, but most have trouble picking one since we have so many past favorites
Remember it can be any 5 you favor alive, dead, or out of prime to put in this era and see how they fare with current nutrition, supplements and innovative training and state of the art equipment or just maybe their circumstances didnt befall them and see how they match up to todays current stars and if they can prevail. Mine are as followed
1) Gerald "G-Man' McClellan. Aside from Mike Tyson, the most angry, destructive and relentless fury I have ever seen step into the ring. G-man had it all, Speed, Helacious Power, good shot selection, solid chin with a warriors spirit. There is not a current fighter between 160-175 that could handle McClellan. Not Pavlik, Taylor, Calzaghe, Kessler, Hopkins, Tarver, Jones. Geralds career was cutshort buy tragedy and unfortunate circumstance I dont want this to be a Benn-McClellan discussion but we know both sides of the argument
2)George Foreman, Foreman to me was 1 of the top 5 Heavies of alltime, of course I would love to combine the youth and anger with the craft and guile of 40 yr old Foreman. If George was in his prime today he would undoubtedly mow thru this division and go undefeated along the way crushing Klit, Imbragimov, Chagaev on the way to unifying all major titles. Not to mention it would be fun to watch George bulldoze and lay to waste these heavies like nuclear fallout destruction
3)Sugar Ray Leonard. It would be fun to see Ray compete with the Cotto, Mosely, Margarito, Williams and Floyd. I think Mayweather having a fighter and a nemesis on the level of Leonard would legitimize his standing in History as one of the best ever.
4) Tommy Hearns- Hearns was a beast and would matchup well against Cintron, Margarito and Williams
5) Pernell Whitaker- Imagine Whitaker, Mayweather and Leonard battling it out to see who was the divisions best
I chose the last 2 as well because I think if you add Hearns, Leonard and Whitaker to this crop of Welter I think it would surpass the historical signifigance of any prestige the Heavyweight division has ever had and those matchups would be mind blowing.
That is my list I didnt want to be mundane so I left out Tyson, Robinson and Ali but obviously those guys are tops
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