Which would have the best chance of becoming a champ today?

actjac · Post by **actjac** » 02 May 2008, 11:32

Gerry Cooney
Jerry Quarry
Teoflio Stevenson

Cap · Post by **Cap** » 02 May 2008, 12:30

Quarry would likely be a cruiserweight champ today.

Cap

The Great John L · Post by **The Great John L** » 02 May 2008, 12:33

actjac wrote:Gerry Cooney
Jerry Quarry
Teoflio Stevenson

All of them

elmersalsa · Post by **elmersalsa** » 05 May 2008, 20:48

The Great John L wrote:
actjac wrote:Gerry Cooney
Jerry Quarry
Teoflio Stevenson
All of them

And then some. all of them would have been MULTI MILLIONARES AND SUPERSTARS

VoiceOnTV · Post by **VoiceOnTV** » 12 May 2008, 03:30

I'm not quite as sure about Quarry being a cruiserweight champ. He could be, but sorta depends on how he was matched. Cruisers aren't too bad right now. Cooney would fare pretty well right now, but I think Klitschko would find him with "the missle." Teofilo Stevenson with a fair chance to go pro would've been a threat in any era.

HomicideHenry · Post by **HomicideHenry** » 12 May 2008, 10:24

SHIIIIIIT, Cooney fought harder in defeat, and he only lost to hall of famers, and had the hardest hitting left hook of the 1980's, hell even Foreman said that Cooney was the hardest hitting man he ever fought, and Cooney by that time been inactive for years. Klitschko wouldn't come close to being champ today, if Cooney had been of this generation.

Quarry, without question, would have been either a champion or a top five contender in ANY era at Heavyweight.

Smokin'Moe · Post by **Smokin'Moe** » 12 May 2008, 11:12

maybe its my irish bias view....by the Quar-Bear would be a force at cruiserweight....he would definitely hold at least two of those damn alphabet trinkets

raylawpc · Post by **raylawpc** » 13 May 2008, 13:55

From the old-timers, I suspect that Sam Langford, Kid McCoy and Joe Choynski would have been hard to beat at light-heavyweight today or in any later era.

dempseyfire · Post by **dempseyfire** » 13 May 2008, 15:35

Quarry maybe a cruiserweight champ?? Quarry would definitely be THE HW champion today. He would soundly outbox the likes of Peter, Chagaev, Thompson, Brock etc.

Klitschko would be a tough matchup style wise for the early going but Quarry's durability and pace would wear Klit down on route to a late stoppage loss. If Klit thought the mediorce Brock was tricky to figure out my God Jerry would have him in stitches.

Cooney is an awful style matchup for Wlad and I'd favor Cooney by early knockout.

Which would have the best chance of becoming a champ today?

Which would have the best chance of becoming a champ today?

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