Pick a athlete in history that might have been able to be Heavyweight Champion

Wilt actually challenged Ali to a fight. When Ali offered to let him have the entire purse just to have the chance to shut Wilt up, Chamberlain stopped talking about it. Obviously Ali would have killed him if Wilt's first fight was against Ali. I wonder though if a tremendous athlete like Wilt with his size could have become a great boxer.

SHit just think if TO was bread to be a boxer i think he would be a destroyer, with his cut and build and im sure great stamnia and speed he would be a force

ID take TO or a Young Bill Rominaski Lebron James has a nice frame, Young Charles Barkley.......

Kurt Thomas - he broke Pervis Ellison's jaw with one punch from his weak hand.

** Jabber was not a fighter. He had to sucker punch Kent Benson to gain advantage over him. Keep in mind there are hundreds of thousands of athletes with enough physical talent to become heavy champ, but precious few with a fighter's chin, attitude, and instinct to fight. Wilt would scatter today's NBA players with just his presence on the court. He was a very intimidating person and one of the strongest athletes ever. I've heard stories he could grab 2 normal sized men by the coat collars and pull them both a foot off the ground. They busted the mold when they made him. ....He was also very gentle and went out of his way not to be known as a bully though. If he was going to dunk and a guy got his arm in the way he would ease up. He always maintained that he didn't want to be perceived as someone who would bully others with his size and strength. By all accounts he was a very likeable guy as well. He got laid because of who he was as a professional athlete high profile guy, but most of those chicks wanted to fuck him because they liked him, and also because he had a 13 inch cock. :eek:

Correct^ Wilt Chimberlain. And Kareem Abdul Jabbar would be my other pick. ** Jabber was not a fighter. He had to sucker punch Kent Benson to gain advantage over him. Keep in mind there are hundreds of thousands of athletes with enough physical talent to become heavy champ, but precious few with a fighter's chin, attitude, and instinct to fight. Wilt would scatter today's NBA players with just his presence on the court. He was a very intimidating person and one of the strongest athletes ever. I've heard stories he could grab 2 normal sized men by the coat collars and pull them both a foot off the ground. They busted the mold when they made him.

shaq might make a good fighter...huge but athletic shaq from basketball, but i like ronnie lottwith a few more pounds in his day at hvy - remember when he got 1/2 his finger or something removede so he could play in the super bowl?

I think the perfect athlete for this would be Ray Lewis. Big, strong, quick, tough, total package.

dick butkus mean joe green mike singletary or fred couples.

Bo Jackson and Jim Brown both come to mind. What about a guy like Troy Polamalu? He is very strong and very explosive. I'm skeptical about a lot of defensive linemen, keep in mind you have to go 12 rounds in boxing, it takes a lot of endurance. I've seen videotapes of Bob Sapp and that guy is very slow and there are a lot of heavyweights who can beat him.

Bo Jackson could have been world class in just about any sport. That Bo knows commercial was not just hype. Based on the way he bench pressed Brian Bosworth into the endzone on MNF, it is completely reasonable to believe that he benched 375 without training.

another one i'd believe to be a good fighter would be pittsburgh's joey porter. he's a manchild #1, and he's just very physically strong and tough. http://media3.steelers.com/MediaContent/2005/01/31/07/04_NE2_Porter01_50435.jpg i just have a sneaking suspicion that he'd know how to fight.

Correct^ Wilt Chimberlain. And Kareem Abdul Jabbar would be my other pick.

Wilt Chamberlain and Ali were within a whisker of signing to fight in the mid 60s. Cus D'amato had taken Chamberlain under his wing and was training him in private. Unlike most basketball pros, Chamberlain was a real athlete, also being an all-state highjumper and 400 meter man in Kansas besides a BBphenom. Ali's people didn't want him fighting Wilt, and Wilt had some of his friends telling him not to do it. Lotsa stories floating around about why they didn't sign, but the contracts were all ready and they were in the same building, and I think it boiled down to Wilt thinking Ali was getting to much money and his ego boiled over. It would've been interesting because Ali would have nobody to train with to prepare for Wilt, but Wilt could find a few fast handed or fleetfooted heavies to simulate Ali and more importantly, D'Amato had developed a special strategy, and needless to say he wasn't having Wilt bob and weave! TOT Wilt Ali 260 215 lbs 7-2 6-3 height 94 82 reach 16 est 12.5 fist

shaq might make a good fighter...huge but athletic

That's one of my points with BO...if you look at his past, when he was younger he was a "bad ass"...killed pigs with rocks...plus, like George Foreman, he went around beating up people to get their money because "I was hungry, I needed money for food"

john kruk........he's a heavyweight...............drinker, hahaha.

Eddie George: 6'3, 235lbs of muscle...earned every yard...went to military school...From Philly :D Who knows though...have to agree with some posts...you never know until the person is in a fight how they are going to react. I think the only barometer besides athletic ability is just overall toughness and playing through adversity. Pick the toughest S.O.B.'s out there, put em in a ring with the right training....and they've got a great chance to kick some ass.

Bo Jackson, Barry Sanders, Mark McGwuire, Barry Bonds, Brett Farve, Eddie George, and more. Eddie George: 6'3, 235lbs of muscle...earned every yard...went to military school...From Philly :D Who knows though...have to agree with some posts...you never know until the person is in a fight how they are going to react.

I think you're missing my point here. He CHOSE to be a boxer coz he knew he couldn't continue into the NFL after the injury. Bo couldn't either after he screwed up his leg. I missed that, my fault :D Still doesn't mean he had the ability once he got there to stay there...Even if you play college, there is a huge difference from college to Pro. Bo did at least try to continue to play Pro baseball, but the hip injury was to much...the guy has a fake hip, that is toughness Grant is still not Bo :D