boxers vs weightlifters

[Southpaw16]

In a situation where it's weightlifter versus boxer and the weight, and the level they are at in their sport is equal, then I would think boxer would win.

Take the gold medal winner at the olympics for weightlifting in any given weight division and throw him in with the gold medal winner for boxing in the same weight division and put them in a bar fight, and I'm definitely putting my money on the boxer.

This is also assuming that there bar fighting experience is the same. If the weightlifter goes and gets into bar fights every weekend and the boxer is a really technical guy who like to jab and move and doesn't ever really fight outside the ring, then it might be a different story.

The problem with this thread is that the question is kind of vague. Are we talking about big olympic weightlifter with criminal record versus beginning amateur middleweight boxer? If so then yeah, the weightlifter would win.

[DoctorKillJoy]

In a situation where it's weightlifter versus boxer and the weight, and the level they are at in their sport is equal, then I would think boxer would win.

Take the gold medal winner at the olympics for weightlifting in any given weight division and throw him in with the gold medal winner for boxing in the same weight division and put them in a bar fight, and I'm definitely putting my money on the boxer.

This is also assuming that there bar fighting experience is the same. If the weightlifter goes and gets into bar fights every weekend and the boxer is a really technical guy who like to jab and move and doesn't ever really fight outside the ring, then it might be a different story.

The problem with this thread is that the question is kind of vague. Are we talking about big olympic weightlifter with criminal record versus beginning amateur middleweight boxer? If so then yeah, the weightlifter would win.

Plus the relative sizes of the boxer and weightlifter matter too. If you put an olympic champion strawweight boxer against a world champion power lifter I'd have to go with the lifter, but if it was a heavyweight boxer I'd probably lean that way. But we're really looking at the wrong sport. The champion badmitton player would whip both their asses anyway.

[Southpaw16]

Plus the relative sizes of the boxer and weightlifter matter too. If you put an olympic champion strawweight boxer against a world champion power lifter I'd have to go with the lifter, but if it was a heavyweight boxer I'd probably lean that way. But we're really looking at the wrong sport. The champion badmitton player would whip both their asses anyway.

I said that the gold medal boxer would beat the gold medal power lifter, IF THEY WERE IN THE SAME WEIGHT DIVISION. Olympic power lifting also has weight divisions.

[Southpaw16]

Plus the relative sizes of the boxer and weightlifter matter too. If you put an olympic champion strawweight boxer against a world champion power lifter I'd have to go with the lifter, but if it was a heavyweight boxer I'd probably lean that way. But we're really looking at the wrong sport. The champion badmitton player would whip both their asses anyway.

Oh, and equestrian riders are the toughest in street fights, not badminton players. They go around doing their showjumping so you think they are all rich and fancy, you underestimate them and your not really expecting anything. Next thing you know they pull and AK on your ass and start spraying bullets at you from their horse while yelling "****ing represent equestrian *****!!!!"

[mgkirkpatrick]

the synchronised swimmers will monkey stomp your ass in unison. better recognise yo

[yrrej]

You are kidding, right? Any boxer at a similar weight will kill a weightlifter rather easily, although the lifter will still look good lying on the tile, asphalt, or wherever he happens to go down......

[MOREBASS]

Silly thread.


Its like asking who would fair better in a pickup basketball game...a college basketball player, or a sprinter.


I don't see the correlation between asking who win in a fight. Is a boxer not trained to fight ?

[dario]

You are kidding, right? Any boxer at a similar weight will kill a weightlifter rather easily, although the lifter will still look good lying on the tile, asphalt, or wherever he happens to go down......

Weight lifters and body builders are two different people my friend..

[Toddy]

boxer hands down beats a weightlifter. a boxer can keep his distance from the "stronger" weightlifter. he punch and move, slip and slide whereas the weightlifter will be lookin for a one hit knockout because he'll be thinkin more about his strenght than form. and even if the boxer does get tied up, you can still nip his ballbag

[yrrej]

Hmmm....Boxers have usually had their chins tested, for one thing. Of course, bigger and stronger is better given equality in other facets of the game. But a boxer can generate a whole lot more power at a lighter weight than someone who doesn't know how to throw a punch. And lifting weights hasn't proven to make one's chin less vulnerable to a hard punch. So I'd give the advantage to the aggressive, hard-punching boxer. Bob Sapp comes to mind......