Which fighter would you revive to compete today?

If you could revive (bring back to life) or restore (return to prime) only one fighter to see him compete against today's best, who would it be and why? There are so many, but I'll start it off by choosing "Iron" Mike. The heavyweight division is so sorry that I would love to see a prime Tyson storm the scene and clean out all of the garbage. There hasn't been real excitement in this division in years and a prime Tyson would definitely generate a buzz. Then again, I think I might prefer to bring back Tyson to a different era in the future when hopefully there will be some real talent at heavyweight. Then we could better gauge his greatness. Not much to be revealed by watching him clear out another bunch of bums.

Comments (14)

NachoMan

Sugar Ray Robinson. Yeah, reviving SRR sure would resolve a lot of arguments.

18y ago

Welter_Skelter

ALI Foreman Fraizer Lyle Shavers... Just so we could finally put this shit to rest...

18y ago

guzi815

belive it or not......Naseem Hamed! The dude was upredictable, made for an interesting fight, and was a great entertainer.

18y ago

Thread_Stealer

Heavyweight: Muhammad Ali Cruiserweight: Rocky Marciano/Joe Louis (they'd be CWs nowadays) Light Heavy: Matthew Saad Muhammad Super Middleweight: Roy Jones Middleweight: Harry Greb (i want to see whae he fought like) Junior Middleweight: Julian Jackson Welterweight: Ray Robinson Junior Welterweight: Julio Cesar Chavez Lightweight: Roberto Duran Junior Lightweight: Bobby Chacon Featherweight: Sandy Saddler

18y ago

Tuggers1986

Shane Mosley in his prime would beat all of today's fighters from lightweight to welterweight.

18y ago

Mozza

Jermain Taylor.

18y ago

GTL

meldrick taylor mike tyson aaron pryor U bastard.. u beat me to it.. Meldrick Taylor.. Good thread bro.. i like

18y ago

bdevils

I'll do one for each division. Heavyweight = Mike Tyson Cruiserweight = Evander Holyfield Light Heavyweight = Michael Spinks Super Middleweight = Nigel Benn Middleweight = Julian Jackson Jr Middleweight = Terry Norris Welterweight = Sugar Ray Robinson Jr Welterweight = Aaron Pryor Lightweight = Pernell Whitaker Super Featherweight = Julio Cesar Chavez Featherweight = Salvador Sanchez Super Bantamweight = Wilfredo Gomez Bantamweight = Ruben Olivares Super Flyweight = Khaosai Galaxy Flyweight = Pancho Villa Jr Flyweight = Michael Carbajal Minimumweight = Ricardo Lopez I'm with you on this. Good picks

18y ago

NachoMan

willie pep Yeah, I'd like to see for myself how good Willie Pep really was, especially since he's from my home state. I would love to have seen him match up with some of today's featherweights. I met Mr. Pep once at the IBHOF back in '92. I could be wrong about the year, but it was the year that Marvin Hagler was inducted. I have to say that of all the fighters there, Willie Pep came across as the most arrogant. It shocked me because I figured that he would be nice and humble since he was in his 70's or 80's by that point. He was definitely a draw at the memorabilia and autograph signing show, but he really seemed to think that the crowd was there for him instead of Hagler.

18y ago

SpeedKillz

meldrick taylor mike tyson aaron pryor

18y ago

MELLYMEL

willie pep

18y ago

CANE

I just can't pick one fighter it's too hard to choose. I'd just like a time machine so I could bring back every great fighter from the past a year or two before there prime and let them all train with modern trainers and techniques and then have a unifcation tournament in every division to see who really was the greatest.

18y ago

THe_TRiNiTY

Sugar Ray Robinson. I'm with this guy. To be different, though. Willie Pep. Or, technically.. I'd revive Kostya Tszyu in his prime. So me and Wiley could settle our argument. Once and for all.

18y ago

TopDawg

Sugar Ray Robinson.

18y ago