Yes, I think someone who is about a zillion times bigger and is a trained athlete has a chance at landing a punch. I’m not sure what is controversial about that.
He's not trained as a boxer though is he? You think just because someone is a great football player doesn't mean he's not going to look like a bag of shit trying to land a punch on one of the best defensive boxers around. Any punch he does land is going to be mitigated by Loma's defensive reaction. Did you ever see Shaquille O'Neal vs. Shane Mosely? I did and I think it would look very similar to that. Here it is if you didn't see it the first time around. One highly trained athlete vs. an elite boxer. How many KO blows does Shaq manage to land?
Bo Jackson was a 6'1" 235 lb athlete that won the Heisman Trophy as the best college football player in the United States and was drafted in the 4th round to play BASEBALL in the MLB. He ran the fastest recorded 40yrd dash in history of the NFL combine, (4.13) ....Chose to play baseball his 1st year out of college because he refused to go to Tampa Bay as the #1 selection in the Football NFL draft. Was an All-Star selection in his Rookie Year in Major League Baseball and was an All-Pro his 1st year in Football when he finally came over 2 yrs later. With the level of athleticism to be an elite All-Pro in American Football with explosiveness, footwork and raw speed required, combined with the skill level required to have the hand eye coordination to be a Top 10 home-run hitter in Major League Baseball as a 23 yr old young man, it's safe to say Bo Jackson would've been great in almost anything he specialized in. If Boxing was his sport of choice since youth, he'd probably be pretty great at it.
Here he says it was a combine and electronically timed, and the guys that hand timed it, had 3.9s and 4.0. And since 1986 we have yet to see anyone officially dispute that number. They always refer to the "since being at Indianapolis Combine" as the modern day 40...
It was a real combine, they didn't settle on Indiananpolis until 1987, before then it was in three different places twice a year the first 4 years. And he was timed in 4.18 a week later so the speed was legit. He was timed the same way they time them now. Hand start, electronic finish. Anyways read this article. Very interesting his time might be more accurate than you think...
I could understand if the guy in question had a some boxing training under his belt but to expect a non fighter to land a punch on the best defensive boxer there currently is I think you're deluded. But if that's what you like to think then more power to you.
Why are you still talking about this? If you think a 6’6” 290lb+ pro athlete has no chance to land a punch on Vasyl Lomachenko, good for you. I’m literally saying one punch. Above the waist boxing rules.
