Michael Jordan vs Roberto Duran

[keithmoonhangover]

Jordan is a one in a billion athlete. Boxing ain't that difficult to learn. So surely he mops the floor with Roberto.

[gilgamesh]

Mickey Mantle vs Sugar Ray Robinson might be a good matchup too

[Tomasino]

Jordan is a one in a billion athlete. Boxing ain't that difficult to learn. So surely he mops the floor with Roberto.

Not only that, he'd be able to do a slam dunk with Roberto holding onto the ball. So I've heard anyway.

[foxdog1923]

Where's Kalan? He should be here to tell us why Jordan will win. After Jordan is tall and the most superior athlete of the ballers.

[Cygnus475]

Dammit Keith beat me to it. I was about to make a Dwight Howard thread. You know, because he was talking about fighting in the UFC.

[Giancarlo]

Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins vs Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter.

At a mixture of snooker / boxing.

In the snooker round Alex only scores points when potting the yellow ball.

In the boxing round Rubin is blindfolded.

[PredatorHayds]

Phil Sutcliffe Jr Vs Peter Sutcliffe (with hammer)

True 50/50 fight unable to be made without PPV.

[Tony1244]

Jordan is a one in a billion athlete. Boxing ain't that difficult to learn. So surely he mops the floor with Roberto.

"""Boxing ain't that difficult to learn. ""

Maybe you should ask Too Tall Jones about that.

[cfang]

Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins vs Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter.

At a mixture of snooker / boxing.

In the snooker round Alex only scores points when potting the yellow ball.

In the boxing round Rubin is blindfolded.

[man]

jesus christ vs gari kasparov would be fun too.

[Tony1244]

Jordan is a one in a billion athlete. Boxing ain't that difficult to learn. So surely he mops the floor with Roberto.

First sentence is true. The other 2 sentences not so much.

I keep taking the bait and falling for sarcasm thinking its real.This may be one of those times.

[littlepug]

fleur east v rose west at catchweight !

[SenorPipino]

Jordan couldn't quite master amateur baseball, but I'm certain that with the wily Cus D'Amato training him for 2 or three weeks, he'd put Hands of Stone to sleep in short fashion.

Can you imagine an era of super heavyweights like Jordan and Chamberlain ruling boxing? What legendary ring monsters!

[PredatorHayds]

fleur east v rose west at catchweight !

Rose 'queen of spades' West

[keithmoonhangover]

fleur east v rose west at catchweight !

Rose 'queen of spades' West

[IKSRTFO]

Jordan couldn't quite master amateur baseball, but I'm certain that with the wily Cus D'Amato training him for 2 or three weeks, he'd put Hands of Stone to sleep in short fashion.

Can you imagine an era of super heavyweights like Jordan and Chamberlain ruling boxing? What legendary ring monsters!

Jordan isn't a superheavyweight. He's barely a heavyweight. His weight ranged from 195 to 220

[SenorPipino]

Jordan couldn't quite master amateur baseball, but I'm certain that with the wily Cus D'Amato training him for 2 or three weeks, he'd put Hands of Stone to sleep in short fashion.

Can you imagine an era of super heavyweights like Jordan and Chamberlain ruling boxing? What legendary ring monsters!

Jordan isn't a superheavyweight. He's barely a heavyweight. His weight ranged from 195 to 220

Perhaps you didn't catch that I made "super heavyweight" 2 separate words.

I wasn't referring to a "superheavyweight" division. I was using the word "super" as a superlative signifying that Jordan and Chamberlain would have been considered "extraordinary" or "awesome" heavyweights.

Actual weight was not considered in reference to MJ.

Please don't overthink.

[Counter-puncher]

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Jordan by devastating knockout.

This is so unfair on Duran that I'm almost feeling sorry for Hands of Stone!

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Jordan couldn't quite master amateur baseball, but I'm certain that with the wily Cus D'Amato training him for 2 or three weeks, he'd put Hands of Stone to sleep in short fashion.

Can you imagine an era of super heavyweights like Jordan and Chamberlain ruling boxing? What legendary ring monsters!

This is true; we'd never have heard of Muhammad Ali, Floyd Patterson, Sonny Liston, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, plus Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson, Riddick Bowe & Lennox Lewis!

That would have been 2 great HW eras wiped out had these two very tall & athletic monsters decided to step into a boxing ring & fight professionally.

[keithmoonhangover]

Kalan hasn't commented. I wonder why?

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Kalan hasn't commented. I wonder why?

I'd love to know what Clyde Lovellette would think?

[Kalan]

Jordan is a one in a billion athlete. Boxing ain't that difficult to learn. So surely he mops the floor with Roberto.

"""Boxing ain't that difficult to learn. ""

Maybe you should ask Too Tall Jones about that.

I never said "Boxing ain't that difficult to learn" ... That's you misquoting me. But in fact, Boxing is pretty basic.. It's not rocket science

And maybe YOU should ask Too Tall Jones.. Too Tall Jones learned Boxing quickly and won ALL his professional fights, SIX (6-0) FIGHTS, in a 2-month career... In his 3rd pro fight (Too Tall had no amateur fights) he smashed Fernando Montes, 18-12, 1 out in 41 seconds.. Montes had beaten Manuel Ramos a title challenger to Joe Frazier - but Too Tall was dissatisfied with the competition.. Too Tall told his managers and trainers "LOOK... I've only been boxing for 2 months, but I run hard, work hard, and practice 6-7 hours a day.. I'm learning a lot about Boxing and starting to feel very comfortable that opponents cannot hit me.. From now on you're going to have to find me tougher opponents than this Montes guy. I don't want to work this hard and fight 41 second fights." ...

Too Tall's managers tried hard... but they couldn't find ANY decent fighter who would get into a ring with Too Tough Jones. His last 2 opponents were his worst ever opponents...and maybe they only fought Too Tall because they were desperate to pay the rent or whatever... What's the solution to this??? Who's going to fight a man 6'9" X 255 with an 88" reach (longer than ANY Heavyweight Champion EVER) who's a terrific athlete and can rip your fkking head off once Too Tall learned how to box a little bit??? ... Did anyone ever BEAT Too Tall Jones???? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Too Tall only quit because he couldn't get appropriate opponents.

[Kalan]

Compared to Too Tall Jones...Michael Jordan was one short, skinny, and weak MFer with no upper body strength... How's he gonna box???

Use your head...

[keithmoonhangover]

How's he gonna box???

By punching people in the face. Same as your idol Wilt.

Do you think Chamberlain would beat all the heavyweight champions or just Ali?

Which heavyweight champions do you think would beat Wilt?