Name athletes from other sports that would make great boxers

[KJB]

Oh yeah, Rafa Nadal. Number 1 Tennis player in the world. You laugh, but check the guy out. Perfect mentality for fighting, highly tough and very athletic.

[The Gunner]

Peter Manley

[βetamax]

I started thinking about this when I had a discussion with my cousin about the lack of great heavyweight boxers. I argued that alot of guys that could make great boxers are playing other sports like basketball and football. Even though that's probably not true, It did make both of us think about other athletes that would make great boxers. Here is a list of guys I think if they grew up around the sport would make great pro-boxers


Allen Iverson 6-0 165-thats his walk around weight and he could easily drop to 147 or 140. He has ridiculously long arms and the quickest hands I have ever seen. He also has great footwork and stamina to go with his speed.

Chad Johnson 6-0 192- I could see him at middleweight and while he is very quick...the entertainment value from his press conferences alone would make him a star.

Charles Oakley 6-9 250-This dude was a beast in the NBA. Everyone was shook of his handskill (charles barkley said he would pop **** to everyone exept oakley). He was the Mike tyson of the NBA. He went around terrorizing other players around the league similar to the way suge knight bullies rappers in the music industry.

georges laraque HW 6-3 253 Hockey guy that loves to fight. He actually trains with boxers in the offseason.

donald brashear HW 6-2 220- the most feared guy in Hockey. Loves to fight and actually started off as a boxer until he realized how good he was at hockey.

LOL @ Charles Oakley.

Years ago he blocked my friends car in and he asked him to move it...he didn't even know who he was until someone pointed it out. Oakley just gave him a dirty stare and my friend had to just sit around and wait until he decided to leave haha...

[roundingace]

Heinz Ward.

[shadeyfizzle]

Lebron is so athletically gifted he would have succeeded at any sport he chose.

If Bob Sapp focused on boxing from the start as opposed to football...then he would have been a monster at heavyweight.

Barry Sanders would have danced circles around Floyd or Whitaker or any other twinkle toed defensive boxer you could think of.

[KING 2K10]

Any hockey players can throw down...Tony Twist..If you dont know him, look him up on youtube..Some bad ass fights he has

[strugler]

Gari Kasparov..........

[gingeralbino]

Roy Keane. Probably would get DQd in the first rd for 1000 illegal blows, but he'd be the one to walk out of the ring.
Eric Cantona. Balls of steel. Jumped into the crowd of 30,000 opposition fans to kick and punch the **** out of a fan who said something about his mum.
Duncan Ferguson. 6 months in jail for beating the **** out of 2 thieves who broke into his house.
Jonah Lomu. May God have mercy on whoever got in the ring with him. He'd scare the **** out of Tyson.
Paul O'Connell. about 6ft 8" of pure muscle, and a never say die attitude who will do anything to come out on top

[Memeori]

John McEnroe...

[gingeralbino]

John McEnroe...

He would be an animal, until he got hit.