which NFL players will make great Boxers?

[oldgringo]

jack likes man love

[jack_the_rippuh]

jack likes man love

Fine, fine...
He'd make a good boxer too.

[-Antonio-]

A lot of linebackers would, Im talking the big inside linebackers like Ray Lewis, Takeo Spikes, Derrick Brooks, Brian Urlacher, Joey Porter...These guys are around 6'3 230-250 of pure muscle, with more athleticism than any of the heavies right now, so they could have the potential.

[Hitman932]

jevon kearse, julius peppers, antonio gates, larry johnson

[Kball15]

Yea I am. I get a lotta **** for it, but I've made my choice.

YEAAA!!!! Im a bills fan as well. 2nd favorite team is the giants. But i live in NY about a half an hour away from jets stadium, so everytime they play the bills i go to the games.

I got sooooo much **** wearing my eric moulds jersey (NOW I GOTTA GET ANOTHE BILLS JERSER!!!) near all these jets fans. lol. they have these chants break out in the stadium. Everyone is screaming and yelling at me. its hilarious

[BigSlick]

Actually basketball players make better boxers, they have superior hand eye coordination and reflexes. Plus most are very tall and would have great reach.

Artest would have been a great heavyweight prospect

[realheavyhands]

football players cant fight

[Zab Super Judah]

none of the heavy guys would be good because they would get KO'd early

I would have to pick someone like Ed Reed who would have potential to go

into the lighter weights

[Hitman932]

ben wallace would kill some people

[Super_Lightweight]

Interesting question. Mex Kellerman noted recently there are plenty of great heavyweights today, but they are playing other sports and never got into boxing. Guys like Simeon Rice and Jason Taylor.

What you want is someone with size and speed. Handspeed is hard to judge by football though. I might say Roy Williams of Dallas could be a good heavyweight boxer had he been brought up in the sport. He's 6'1'' 235 lbs right now. As a boxer he'd have ended up a lean and muscular 220 lbs or so. His instincts and ball hawking skills for a man his size are unreal. Perhaps that's something that could translate to boxing.