Frankenstein's Boxer

Simple premise: supposing one were to construct the 'ultimate boxer' from the spare parts of other dead boxers, which parts of whom would you select? No 'Burke & Hare' antics, just simple old-fashioned body-snatching: the boxers you use MUST be deceased, and only ONE part per donor may be contributed. Thanks Az.

And yes, I'm bored.

BALTIMORA wrote:Simple premise: supposing one were to construct the 'ultimate boxer' from the spare parts of other dead boxers, which parts of whom would you select? No 'Burke & Hare' antics, just simple old-fashioned body-snatching: the boxers you use MUST be deceased.

And yes, I'm bored.

All of SRR. He was complete.

azania wrote:

BALTIMORA wrote:Simple premise: supposing one were to construct the 'ultimate boxer' from the spare parts of other dead boxers, which parts of whom would you select? No 'Burke & Hare' antics, just simple old-fashioned body-snatching: the boxers you use MUST be deceased.

And yes, I'm bored.

All of SRR. He was complete.

Smart bum. One part per stiff!!

The fire, passion and will of Jack Dempsey.

Hmm, for starters I'd have the following -

Armstrong's stamina
Tunney's ring smarts
Fitzsimmons' power (or maybe Wilde's!)

Gatti's heart..?

Modern fighters milkshakes ?

The grace and humilty of Peter Jackson

Rodney wrote:Modern fighters milkshakes ?

Nice one, Rodders.

Especially for az, and with profound apologies to BALTI :

James Toney's nutritionist.

HumanWindmill wrote:

Rodney wrote:Modern fighters milkshakes ?

Nice one, Rodders.

Especially for az, and with profound apologies to BALTI :

James Toney's nutritionist.

Liston's staredown.

Manny Pacquiao's stipulation creator

Rocky's foot-work

Bernard Hopkins' tact and diplomacy

azania wrote:Rocky's foot-work

Solis' endurance.

HumanWindmill wrote:

azania wrote:Rocky's foot-work

Solis' endurance.

Dead boxer's mate.

HumanWindmill wrote:

azania wrote:Rocky's foot-work

Solis' endurance.

Cheers Windy

Samuel Peters modern speed?

Rodders

Dempsey's double jab

Louis' speed

Greb's left hook :sleep:

azania wrote:

BALTIMORA wrote:Simple premise: supposing one were to construct the 'ultimate boxer' from the spare parts of other dead boxers, which parts of whom would you select? No 'Burke & Hare' antics, just simple old-fashioned body-snatching: the boxers you use MUST be deceased.

And yes, I'm bored.

All of SRR. He was complete.

Robinson was arguably the closest to perfection that anyone has come, but even he (yes, even he) wasn't without fault, no matter how small they were. He had a tendancy (particularly against the bigger guys) to get frustrated when he wasn't allowed to establish his normal rhythm on the inside if his opponent was bullying him around the ring, and he did lose his form slightly and leave himself open when this happened. Still, if it weren't for the 'one per stiff' criteria, that wouldn't be a bad shout.

I suppose as far as basics go, I'd take the short punching and finishing of Joe Louis, the right cross of Alexis Arguello, the left hook of Sonny Liston, the boxing brain of Salvador Sanchez (a really underrated strategist, the way in which he destroyed Gomez was as much a matter of boxing smarts as it was over-powering the opponent), the stamina of Henry Armstrong, conditioning of Rocky Marciano, jab of Gene Tunney, the defence of Willie Pep and the mastery of 'dark arts' of Sandy Saddler.

Could go on forever though, especially with no set attributes to decide on.

azania wrote:

HumanWindmill wrote:

azania wrote:Rocky's foot-work

Solis' endurance.

Dead boxer's mate.

I was going by his performance against Klitschko, so I wasn't far off.

HumanWindmill wrote:

azania wrote:

HumanWindmill wrote:

azania wrote:Rocky's foot-work

Solis' endurance.

Dead boxer's mate.

I was going by his performance against Klitschko, so I wasn't far off.

With modern medicine, Solis will be back to his best. Whether that is a good thing is another matter.

azania wrote:

HumanWindmill wrote:

azania wrote:

HumanWindmill wrote:

azania wrote:Rocky's foot-work

Solis' endurance.

Dead boxer's mate.

I was going by his performance against Klitschko, so I wasn't far off.

With modern medicine, Solis will be back to his best. Whether that is a good thing is another matter.

The oldtimers didn't need it. They were just fit and strong.

azania wrote:

HumanWindmill wrote:

azania wrote:

HumanWindmill wrote:

azania wrote:Rocky's foot-work

Solis' endurance.

Dead boxer's mate.

I was going by his performance against Klitschko, so I wasn't far off.

With modern medicine, Solis will be back to his best. Whether that is a good thing is another matter.

Whether it's existence can ever be proven is yet another matter

I'll make a Heavyweight.

Tunney's brain.
Sullivan's head.
Marciano's right arm.
Liston's left arm.
Dempsey's hands.
Louis' torso.
Walcott's legs.
Schmeling's digestive system.

Middleweight

LaMottas chin
Haglers body
Hearns right arm
McCallums Left arm
Robinsons Legs
Fitzsimmons shoulders
Monzons heart
Burleys philly shell