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  • Born to Win
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    #1

    Retired Boxers

    What if these boxers (in their primes) were around today?

    Muhammad Ali - Undisputed Champ
    George Foreman - Undisputed Champ
    Mike Tyson - Undisputed Champ
    Tommy Morrison - Champ (would beat all title-holders except for Valuev)
    Frank Bruno - Could possibly beat Lyakhovich and Rahman, Klitschko and Valuev would be hard for him.
    Razor Ruddock - could be undisputed, definitely unified champion.
    David Tua - has a shot against anyone, basically.
  • Parody
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    #2
    Originally posted by Born to Win
    What if these boxers (in their primes) were around today?

    Muhammad Ali - Undisputed Champ
    George Foreman - Undisputed Champ
    Mike Tyson - Undisputed Champ
    Tommy Morrison - Champ (would beat all title-holders except for Valuev)
    Frank Bruno - Could possibly beat Lyakhovich and Rahman, Klitschko and Valuev would be hard for him.
    Razor Ruddock - could be undisputed, definitely unified champion.
    David Tua - has a shot against anyone, basically.
    Im sorry...but do you really think Morrison can beat Klitschko, Rahman and Sergei, yet he cant beat a freak show?

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    • Born to Win
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      #3
      Originally posted by Parody
      Im sorry...but do you really think Morrison can beat Klitschko, Rahman and Sergei, yet he cant beat a freak show?
      I am not saying he is better or anything, it is just the size of Valuev. Can't stand Nikolay but he is just too damn big.

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      • K-DOGG
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        #4
        Originally posted by Born to Win
        What if these boxers (in their primes) were around today?

        Muhammad Ali - Undisputed Champ
        George Foreman - Undisputed Champ
        Mike Tyson - Undisputed Champ
        Tommy Morrison - Champ (would beat all title-holders except for Valuev)
        Frank Bruno - Could possibly beat Lyakhovich and Rahman, Klitschko and Valuev would be hard for him.
        Razor Ruddock - could be undisputed, definitely unified champion.
        David Tua - has a shot against anyone, basically.

        Hmmm. Well, I agree with Ali, Foreman, & Tyson.

        Morrison could potentially beat them all; but probably wouldn't get a shot.....he'd fight Brock or Peter in some eliminator fight and get KTFO.

        Bruno...ehh, he could beat Rahman and maybe Valuev; but Klitschko and Liakhovich would beat him.

        Ruddock....too one-dimensional to unify. I can see all four beating him.

        Tua....no. I mean the punch is there; but after the Ibeabuchi fight, he never really looked "that" impressive again.

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        • Born to Win
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          #5
          Originally posted by K-DOGG
          Hmmm. Well, I agree with Ali, Foreman, & Tyson.

          Morrison could potentially beat them all; but probably wouldn't get a shot.....he'd fight Brock or Peter in some eliminator fight and get KTFO.

          Bruno...ehh, he could beat Rahman and maybe Valuev; but Klitschko and Liakhovich would beat him.

          Ruddock....too one-dimensional to unify. I can see all four beating him.

          Tua....no. I mean the punch is there; but after the Ibeabuchi fight, he never really looked "that" impressive again.
          You make good points. But I don't think Lyakhvich had a shot against a prime Frank Bruno.

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          • JDizzle79
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            #6
            Tyson had huge problems with the tall fighters and all the champions are large guys LOL Tyson would not be undisputed, that is a biased opionion to say that

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            • ROSEWOOD
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              #7
              Originally posted by Born to Win
              What if these boxers (in their primes) were around today?

              Muhammad Ali - Undisputed Champ
              George Foreman - Undisputed Champ
              Mike Tyson - Undisputed Champ
              Tommy Morrison - Champ (would beat all title-holders except for Valuev)
              Frank Bruno - Could possibly beat Lyakhovich and Rahman, Klitschko and Valuev would be hard for him.
              Razor Ruddock - could be undisputed, definitely unified champion.
              David Tua - has a shot against anyone, basically.
              I feel you on a few but here's where it gets crazy, David Tua - has a shot against anyone, basically, I was never a fan of this guy. He had a shot and failed against LLewis..He is too short for any of the current champs...

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              • Born to Win
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                #8
                Originally posted by Rosewood_htown
                I feel you on a few but here's where it gets crazy, David Tua - has a shot against anyone, basically, I was never a fan of this guy. He had a shot and failed against LLewis..He is too short for any of the current champs...
                But Lewis was about as talented as it gets. Could Klitschko, for instance, avoid the left hook for twelve rounds? I don't think so.

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                • Verstyle
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by JDizzle79
                  Tyson had huge problems with the tall fighters and all the champions are large guys LOL Tyson would not be undisputed, that is a biased opionion to say that

                  tyson in his prime beat all tall fighters so i think if he did his thing like he did in his prime like work the body and stuff that he would be able to do it

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                  • Easy-E
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by mystyal2k5
                    tyson in his prime beat all tall fighters so i think if he did his thing like he did in his prime like work the body and stuff that he would be able to do it
                    He was never impressive against taller fighters (generally) and would have real trouble against tall guys that can box and throw bombs as well.

                    That said, tyson (prime) could probably unify now.
                    Wlad would be a test.

                    Tyson vs Tua/Ike would be a fight id like to see.

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