Name 1 fighter u would most like to have ur back in a street

Tantum · Post by **Tantum** » 14 Jul 2004, 15:39

Hmm...

Oliver McCall

NickR · Post by **NickR** » 14 Jul 2004, 16:35

Naseem Hamed! He'd not only batter everyone, but he'd humiliate them in doing so.

Jaclem · Post by **Jaclem** » 14 Jul 2004, 20:43

...and ali would talk them out of hurting you.

legit? i'd say marciano, as he was tough and had so much practice at alley fighting during his professional matches.

for sheer strength.....foreman, who'd throw them into the NEXT alley.

Lausse · Post by **Lausse** » 14 Jul 2004, 20:49

Sonny Liston and Jake La Motta would be my picks.

Iron Mike · Post by **Iron Mike** » 14 Jul 2004, 21:05

Tyson...everytime he gets in a streetfight his opponents come out with a disfigured skull and Tyson only gets a fracture or two on his fist.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » 14 Jul 2004, 21:41

Mitch "Blood" Green.

mrbassie · Post by **mrbassie** » 15 Jul 2004, 09:37

I don't think it would matter who had my back so long as I didn't have it myself. Because then I'd be two dimensional and when I was facing away from the guy(s) I was fighting they wouldn't see me and I could just go to the shops or something and get some cheese.

mrbassie · Post by **mrbassie** » 15 Jul 2004, 09:39

No, on second thoughts, I'd get a packet of chocolate hobnobs and a plate with dangermouse on it.

J · Post by J » 15 Jul 2004, 10:55

mrbassie wrote:I don't think it would matter who had my back so long as I didn't have it myself. Because then I'd be two dimensional and when I was facing away from the guy(s) I was fighting they wouldn't see me and I could just go to the shops or something and get some cheese.

good batch of weed?

Nige Benn, ex army so been in the trenches, loyalty valued and boy when he lost his rag could he go!

mrbassie · Post by **mrbassie** » 15 Jul 2004, 11:28

No, that's the kind of thinking I do when I'm sober, weed actually brings me down to earth (no joke)

J · Post by J » 15 Jul 2004, 11:32

blimey!

funny tho

and i suggest you go smoke some then 8)

dan1030 · Post by **dan1030** » 15 Jul 2004, 21:47

For a fighter from the past, I'd proabably go with Dempsey in a brawl; amoung current fighters--and certainly not an all time great--I'd go with Golota. Between his bashing all of our opponents in their nuts, and him being so much bigger than me, there's a really good chance nobody would be paying any attention to me at all

From lower weights, Ketchel's certainly a good pick, but I'd go with Greb.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 16 Jul 2004, 16:28

Butterbean. Alright, he wouldn't be able to do much, but afterwards we could go and celebrate by eating KFC and beefburgers.

tonyevs · Post by **tonyevs** » 16 Jul 2004, 17:31

Iron Mike wrote:Tyson...everytime he gets in a streetfight his opponents come out with a disfigured skull and Tyson only gets a fracture or two on his fist.

Tyson, who else can scare a 16+ stone fighter as much as he can.
And if we are talking middles also, how about Iran Barkley, he`d scare his own mother.

alrightjim · Post by **alrightjim** » 16 Jul 2004, 18:59

NickR wrote:Naseem Hamed! He'd not only batter everyone, but he'd humiliate them in doing so.

but, NickR, what if the guy attacking Hamed was Barrera?

dan1030 · Post by **dan1030** » 16 Jul 2004, 20:14

Scranton Assassin wrote:Na, Greb was a great fighter and I rank him alot higher than most. I rank him as the number 2 middleweight of all time. But he didn't hit very hard. He had only 50 kos in 263 wins. In a ring Greb would school ketchel but in a street fight Ketchel would destroy him.

How about Ketchel vrs. Hagler in a street fight who wins?

Never underestimate the potential of Greb's uppercut to the groin/headbutt combo in a streetfight!

He could be pretty dirty he needed or wanted to...and had a rep for getting into lots of unpaid fights, too. (For sheer ferocity, how about Sandy Sadler? A little guy, sure, but mean as hell in a fight).

hmmm. Hagler-Ketchel? I sort of feel about that one the way that you do about Greb-Ketchel: MMH wins in the ring, but Ketchel with a possible edge on the street. Tough call though--both really tough guys.

alrightjim · Post by **alrightjim** » 16 Jul 2004, 20:41

How about Ketchel vrs. Hagler in a street fight who wins?

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There were these two tough guys when I was in high school and everybody wondered what would happen if they scuffled in the parking lot and sure enough it finally happened.

Went like this, they threw a few bombs, grabbed each other, went down and twisted and rolled all over the gravel. Boring as hell, proved a whole lot of nothing, except one could cuss and threaten the other better. One guy was a Golden Glove boxer, the other was nasty at Taekwondo. But none of that mattered. Disappointing to say the least. That's how things usually go.

You put Hagler and Ketchel in a street fight and they wind up in the gutter, eye gouging and cursing. No action, no fun, and no meaningful resolution. Only on TV or the movies do they stand up and slug away until a man falls. The cowboys always beat the bad guy up in the B westerns in stand up fights. Real life doesn't work that way, only a stupid person stands and takes a whooping, and Hagler and Ketchel, when it came to any type of scuffling, weren't stupid.

Jaclem · Post by **Jaclem** » 17 Jul 2004, 00:57

..to those of you who picked tyson...i'm afraid you missed the point of the question...tyson is the guy who be ATTACKING you in the alley.

alrightjim · Post by **alrightjim** » 17 Jul 2004, 02:22

Jaclem wrote:..to those of you who picked tyson...i'm afraid you missed the point of the question...tyson is the guy who be ATTACKING you in the alley.

Not if you're Teddy Atlas with a pistol.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 17 Jul 2004, 04:20

All this violence. Can't we just all get along?

Remember peace and understanding are the name of the game.

alrightjim · Post by **alrightjim** » 17 Jul 2004, 04:26

Remember peace and understanding are the name of the game.

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Whenever I think of prizefighting, "peace" and "understanding" are the first two words pop into my head.

aliwasthegreatest · Post by **aliwasthegreatest** » 18 Jul 2004, 04:33

Tyson....people'd prolly be to scared to shoot em even

dempseyfire · Post by **dempseyfire** » 18 Jul 2004, 13:46

Wouldn't pick a headcase like Tyson or McCall b/c they are likely to just leave you and watch as you get the crap kicked out of you, or in McCall's case, start crying or something . . . .

I'd pick Ron Lyle. The guy was just a bad mutha _____(shut your mouth)

2nd place probably David Tua.