Zion Williamson would be the goat heavyweight

[MikeyMike100]

Probably stronger, but Lebron is 6’8 & was 275 for a bit around the end of Cavs into Heat days.

He was never 275.. I doubt he was ever above 250

[Aristocrat]

Prime Shaq would've been the GOAT heavyweight.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Hell no. His frame is not meant for boxing. A guy like Giannis would have a better shot. You can’t genetically discriminate with boxing like you can with basketball though. Look at the current HW champion, does Tyson Fury look like a supreme athlete?

[MikeyMike100]

Prime Shaq would've been the GOAT heavyweight.

I think Shaq is too slow. He would be successful but I could see him getting outworked

[MikeyMike100]

Hell no. His frame is not meant for boxing. A guy like Giannis would have a better shot. You can’t genetically discriminate with boxing like you can with basketball though. Look at the current HW champion, does Tyson Fury look like a supreme athlete?

Disagree with you about Giannis. He doesn't have that kind of snap that Zion has. Not the same fast twitch, explosive muscles.

[Cobra Curry]

The sports science people make a link between jump height and punch power so there could be something in this but I'm wary of the "super athlete" theory when it comes to boxing.
Eubank Jr for example is a phenomenal athlete but he'll never win a title. There was also a heavyweight called Michael Grant in the 90's.

[I_Didn't_Hear_No_Bell]

Dirk Nowitzki would have been goat heavyweight

[IAmABoxingGuru]

Prime Shaq would've been the GOAT heavyweight.

Nah. Shaq was destroyed by a retired Shane Mosley and a coke sniffing Oscar.

[The D3vil]

He's not a random athlete. He's the best athlete in history.

If he was training since he was 10. He'd be used to

Dude, Zion's injury prone, tends to gain weight and be lazy

Plus, we don't know whether he likes to be hit or not or likes hitting other people.

He may not be mean enough.

And I'll take a prime LeBron as a better "physical specimen" than Zion.

He was never 275.. I doubt he was ever above 250

He was 6'8" 250 as a young player and got up to 270 without becoming a fat ass or becoming injury prone until he got old.

[Marchegiano]

Prime Shaq would've been the GOAT heavyweight.

I don't know much about the young ones, but Shaq's well known for being lazy, emotional, and didn't care for hack-a-shaq because he got legitimately hurt by men who he out weighed by 100lbs. Plus he's been beaten by child sized "men"