I've always thought Jim Brown would've made a helluva heavyweight. I think he was about 6'2" 230, with incredible speed, strength and athleticism. On top of that, he had an attitude too. This guy was tough.

Allen Iverson is another. at 6'1" 160 he would have been a perfect middleweight. Cat like quikness and p4p the toughest guy in the NBA in my opinion.

Any others you guys think would have made good fighters?

I've always thought Jim Brown would've made a helluva heavyweight. I think he was about 6'2" 230, with incredible speed, strength and athleticism. On top of that, he had an attitude too. This guy was tough.

Allen Iverson is another. at 6'1" 160 he would have been a perfect middleweight. Cat like quikness and p4p the toughest guy in the NBA in my opinion.

Any others you guys think would have made good fighters?
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** I'd like a pop at Iverson. Guy looks to fold with the first good shot to the gut. Basketball is all flash and getting the ref on your side. I ain't impressed.

Brown has the physical tools, but I doubt he has the stamina and chin. At any rate, he'd be a sitting duck by any decent journeyman if he didn't. Anyone who strangles marshmallow execs and women with his frequency seems to have some some masculinity issues, although Tyson did well along those lines. Just can't see Brown in the Tyson mode in the boxing ring, but I could see him 'rasslin'.

Always thought Joe Montana would make a good LH. Damn near impossible to knock the guy out and what intelligence to win he had. Decent athleticism + winning attributes and takes a tremondous hit.

Wilt Chamberlain was trained a month by D'amato to beat Ali in an aborted fight when Wilt couldn't get guarantees on his purse. Hard to know how Wilt would have done in a career, but he definitely had the ideal attributes to beat Ali which is why Cus took him on, knowing that Ali could never properly prepare for what Wilt brought to the ring.

I was disappointed when Too Tall pulled up short. Undefeated, all KOs save one, but quickly figured out he was losing a hundred grand every fight and resigned with the Cowboys.

I tend to think it would be some of the lesser athletic pros who might make good fighters. Not that many great athletes in the biz. It takes different set of genes to make a good fighter beside athleticism. See Joe Frazier in early super stars competition.

Speaking of which, Wlad is probably the most athletic and formidable physical speciman in heavyweight history. He's a manufactured fighter who clearly lacks the joy of pure combat unlike his brother Vitali who footsteps he looked to follow in. Potentially great athletes in other sports could do well in boxing, but Wlad has spent his entire life in the sport, and it ain't easy taking shots even if you win 90% of your career contested rounds like he does.

boxing is a vastly different sport that its hard to choose who would do good.

football players generally have good stamina for their size, but look at Bob Sapp, ex NFL player who gasses in the first round horribly.

If anything it would be a tough sport like Lacross or Hockey that requires both speed, stamina and toughness (know that describes pretty much every sport).

This pretty much explains why boxing gets rated as the most physically demanding sport by ESPN.

you need acceleration power and tons of stamina.

I was just thinking about this topics a few days ago. Good stuff. I will add my contribution later.