How would Kawhi Leonard fare as a boxer?

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Imagine Roy Jones in his prime as a point guard

I can't tell if you're exaggerating to **** on my thread or if you're being genuine. If so, why the hostility? Wouldn't you argue that Kawhi Leonard would be an insane boxer if he had took it up as a sport, especially with his statistics in mind?

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He has a glass jaw

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What's Klitschko's reach and wingspan?

Imagine getting tagged by a Leonard jab from like 3 feet away? Ouch.

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Imagine Roy Jones in his prime as a point guard

Too short to play PG

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What do you mean by he was ' clocked ' in the Heat series? No one punched him

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Too short to play PG

True, although he could have been an assist/pass first type of PG and probably would have had some success.

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What do you mean by he was ' clocked ' in the Heat series? No one punched him

Nah he got elbowed or kneed, I can't really remember, but I do recall him recovering very quickly. It was a hard hit. It might have been another series in the playoffs.

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I can't tell if you're exaggerating to **** on my thread or if you're being genuine. If so, why the hostility? Wouldn't you argue that Kawhi Leonard would be an insane boxer if he had took it up as a sport, especially with his statistics in mind?

RJJ was an elite athlete, he used to play a game of basketball before fights, used it as a training method to gain stamina. He probably could've been in the NBA if he wanted to.

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Leonard's weight hasn't been updated, that's his rookie weight. He's around 240lbs now, much bigger and stronger.

These NBA players take a few years to fill out, they usually gain 20-30lbs once they get proper training, Davis is like 225 right now, he'll be 250 in a few years.

These guys are tall, mobile, strong, explosive, they'd clean out the HW division.

Jennings gave Wlad his toughest fight in years, this is a normal guy that played bball at his rec. center before deciding to box. I can find a Jennings type guy at any gym in the USA. Wilder is another guy that played football/basketball, even Stiverne was a football player. Lennox Lewis used to play football in Canada as well, nearly chose football over boxing.

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Leonard's weight hasn't been updated, that's his rookie weight. He's around 240lbs now, much bigger and stronger.

These NBA players take a few years to fill out, they usually gain 20-30lbs once they get proper training, Davis is like 225 right now, he'll be 250 in a few years.

These guys are tall, mobile, strong, explosive, they'd clean out the HW division.

Jennings gave Wlad his toughest fight in years, this is a normal guy that played bball at his rec. center before deciding to box. I can find a Jennings type guy at any gym in the USA. Wilder is another guy that played football/basketball, even Stiverne was a football player. Lennox Lewis used to play football in Canada as well, nearly chose football over boxing.

Thanks, I'll update it.

The thing for me is that I also see a lot of NBA bigs who I believe would be absolute garbage at boxing. But to me, Kawhi is not one of them. It's not just the proportions either, it's a mix of everything he brings to the table. He's an incredible athlete. But at the same time, you can't just go around naming NBA stars and saying "Oh but this dude would be a superb boxer if he took it up at an early age".

Like I remember people telling me Blake Griffin or DJ would make for a good boxer and I couldn't disagree more. Now when you get to the Lebron's and the Z-Bos and the Marc Gasols then things change. I think those guys could be excellent boxers.