What if Michael Phelps had been a boxer?

[1g5a22]

Bolt essentially does what an ostrich does! Running is about as taxing as having a vigorous wank.. In fact that takes more imagination! Swimming, Running what's the difference really? One gets you wet the other gets your hair all fluffed up!

[sicko]

Don't see the correlation between Swimming and Boxing AT ALL but I guess his Stamina and Endurance would help him as a BOXER?

[1g5a22]

Dedication makes you a lesser athlete? My god man... Sunshine bus for you!

[Lester Tutor]

Whenever you mention USADA and Phelps to destroy the ****** "Armstrong" synonymous with "Floyd," Pactoids go silent..

[TheCell8]

Cant believe someone is saying Phelps isnt the great because swimming is not a skilled sport, then goes on to say Bolt is great, a man famed for running fast over 100 and 200m, Im not doubting Bolts greatness here just pointing out the ridiculousness of his argument

Bolt hasn't been doing this as long as Phelps. He started in high school when he was 15 and it was a second sport for him to get in shape. He was a cricket player initially. Literally 3 years after he started he was already competing in the Olympics in 2004. That's just being naturally gifted.

Phelps started swimming when he was 7.

Usain Bolt at 21 set a record that likely wont be broken for another couple decades if ever.

So 6 years after he started sprinting he set a record that may never be broken. That is unparalleled athleticism.

Also, I never said that sprinting is a more skilled sport than swimming. They're pretty much the same thing, except in sprinting you're going up against other top athletes, whereas in swimming you're really only going up against white guys (let's keep it real). That's another thing, there's no black guys in swimming. So how can you know if you're really going up against the best athletes in the world?

Bolt is a more naturally gifted athlete than Phelps and a better athlete too.

[bojangles1987]

Don't see the correlation between Swimming and Boxing AT ALL but I guess his Stamina and Endurance would help him as a BOXER?

I feel like swimmers would be big punchers. They have huge shoulders, long arms, big hands, and strong legs. They could really get some force into their punches.

[VG_Addict]

LOL @ Phelps not being a great athlete.

He's a better athlete than your fat, out of shape asses.

[TheCell8]

LOL @ Phelps not being a great athlete.

He's a better athlete than your fat, out of shape asses.

Sure, but I know I can easily beat him in a one on one game in basketball and probably KO him in a boxing match!

He could beat me in swimming.

[BoxingFan85]

If Phelps had been a boxer he would have fared just as fine.. The core of all elite athletes have been hard work, dedication & improving on their skills every time.. Every elite boxer had the same qualities, so I recon he would have gotten just fine.. Really hard to predict how he would box like though : lol1:
He would be more suited to less to CW & more to HW I recon..

[niceyboo3]

Calling him more athletic than Jordan or Lebron is a far stretch. Phelps is as athletic as Bolt. I just believe that no grown man takes swimming serious. Don't we throw our daughters in the water to learn? Sprinting 100 or 200 meters is just as bad. *** it, It'll get you a Subway commercial.