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reading a few other threads made me think, What do you think are boxings biggest what ifs?

What if naz didnt change to southpaw?

What if Cus D'Amato didnt die when he did?

What if kirkland laing didnt go off the rails?

etc etc

British:
What if there were decent medical facilities ringside at Eubank-Watson.
World:
What if Tyson hadn't done time.

Priff wrote:British:
What if there were decent medical facilities ringside at Eubank-Watson.
World:
What if Tyson hadn't done time.

i immediately thought both of those as soon as i read the title . i really , honestly believe tyson would have gone on to be possibly the greatest , its a debate that will always go on , but the time he served cost him his prime , you could argue in the same vain that what if ali had done time on his draft refusal , or even if he agreed to the draft . boxing is full of ifs

world

what if flyod fought sugar ray leonard

british

what if benn had a 3rd fight with eubank

what if froch-dirrell was anywhere other than nottingham

what if the big punch bruno landed in first fight vs tyson had ko'd him .

what if tyson had won vs buster douglas

damianhucker1 wrote:what if froch-dirrell was anywhere other than nottingham

None of the judges were British you know.

what if the limit was always 12 rounds


Joe louis loses to joe walcott

marceano loses to ezzard charles

walcott beats marceano

robinson beats maxim

etc

damianhucker1 wrote:

Priff wrote:British:
What if there were decent medical facilities ringside at Eubank-Watson.
World:
What if Tyson hadn't done time.

i immediately thought both of those as soon as i read the title . i really , honestly believe tyson would have gone on to be possibly the greatest , its a debate that will always go on , but the time he served cost him his prime , you could argue in the same vain that what if ali had done time on his draft refusal , or even if he agreed to the draft . boxing is full of ifs

I have to disagree here. Tyson didn't have the mentality or discipline to be the greatest. It's no surprise he got in trouble with the law. Give Tyson Holyfield's character & you may have the greatest. Tyson himself had far too many flaws.

BIGMARK wrote:What if Bhop won the SD instead of Calzaghe

clazaghe would of rematched

What if the doctor stopped Hagler-Hearns due to Hagler's cut?

What if Roy Jones never moved up to heavyweight?

What if Riddick Bowe didn't have a fridge in the bedroom?

Matt W wrote:
What if james toney and chris arreola didn't have a fridge in the bedroom?

fixed D

World: What if Hearns vs Mugabi, LMW, CIRCA 1983?

What if McAvoy and Mills were made defend their titles during wartime - like all the other divisions???

No excuse!

G0mez wrote:

damianhucker1 wrote:what if froch-dirrell was anywhere other than nottingham

None of the judges were British you know.

i know pal , im a nottingham lad so i of course wanted froch to win , but with all the uproar afterwards i just wondered , what if ...

What if Naz had had the bottle to move up in weight and fight Mayweather instead of having guys move up to fight him?

G0mez wrote:

damianhucker1 wrote:what if froch-dirrell was anywhere other than nottingham

None of the judges were British you know.

The majority of shitty scores come from either foreign judges or judges who arn't local to the area where the fight is being held. It's not where the judges are from, its who the home fighter is.

I've always wondered who would win in a fight between a prime Mike Tyson and prime Lennox Lewis. Tyson was past it when they fought, Lewis still had something left.

Also like to see prime Tyson vs Tua

What if Reid got the decision against Calzaghe?

What if Hatton got stopped against Thaxton for that cut?

Good one Gomez

What if Taylor hadn't been stopped with just a couple of seconds on the clock against Chavez? Meldrick's career and life never recovered.

1) What if Muhammad Ali hadn't have been forced into retirement from 1967 - 1970?

2) What if Evander Holyfield had fought Tyson in 1990 as originally scheduled?

3) What if Thomas Hearns had better stamina?

what if audley had heart and wasn't scared to take a punch or 2

nobody can deny audley had alot of skill and technique, i reckon he could have been world champ if his heart was in it!!

what if pac man never got lucky twice against Marquez

Absolute class this thread

What if Jones Jnr stayed at Heavy, Naz remained with Ingle, Khan and Kindelan were drawn in the first round of the Olympics, Hatton beat Mayweather, McClellan knocked out Benn in the first.

What if James Toney had spent his prime years at CW/HW?

What if the referee had picked the count up correctly in the Tyson v Douglas fight?

I always believed that there was no way Douglas would have made it up in time had the count not been a little slow - he barely made it up at 10, in fact he wasn't fully up by the time the refere tolled ten. Douglas' eyes were glassy as hell, and his legs were like two noodles.

How would Tyson's career have panned out had he successfully defended his title against Douglas?

jamesmcdonnell wrote:What if the referee had picked the count up correctly in the Tyson v Douglas fight?

I always believed that there was no way Douglas would have made it up in time had the count not been a little slow - he barely made it up at 10, in fact he wasn't fully up by the time the refere tolled ten. Douglas' eyes were glassy as hell, and his legs were like two noodles.

How would Tyson's career have panned out had he successfully defended his title against Douglas?

Are you bitter over this count James???