It's insane how small Shaq makes "giant" UFC HWs look

[jackleeb]

mogged by calvin lane

 

[ticho123]

Then look at how Yao Ming makes Shaq look normal
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That's crazy. Sadly guys like this wouldn't even be allowed to compete in the UFC due to the 265 lbs weight limit (which should be removed)

 

[uled]

It might take a generation or more but I'd love to see a day when a freak of nature like that trains and competes in MMA .

Imagine Shaq back in 2005 fighting Minowa in Pride NYE card

 

[AndrewGolota48]

Yeah I guess I had just never realized how big Joshua is since I don't really watch boxing. I knew Fury was big of course so that wasn't a surprise.. But Ngannou was noticeably the smaller of the two.

To me Ngannou looks clearly bigger and heavier but just slightly shorter....

 

[AndrewGolota48]

Nope.

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Wilt is just mindblowing, especially when you perceive him as being really lanky and skinny but then you see old man Wilt next to prime Shaq and he still somehow looks bigger. He's the only freak you could argue was the superior specimen to Shaq, he's clearly more athletic in a speed/track star sense, but Shaq had the incredible explosive strength. Who knows what Wilt would've been like with modern training and supplements though.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

Yeah I guess I had just never realized how big Joshua is since I don't really watch boxing. I knew Fury was big of course so that wasn't a surprise.. But Ngannou was noticeably the smaller of the two.

I mean Joshua is 6'6", 250+ lbs himself, but Ngannou held up pretty well size wise.

I have a feeling if either of them grew up in the US they'd have been snapped up to play football before they ever got to fighting.

what's funny about these pictures, and what people are saying, is Ngannou is 20lbs heavier than Joshua here lmao. so yeah, Joshua is tall and his muscles look really filled out but he's like a balloon, he looks a lot bigger than his weight actually suggests.

 

[VAfan]

yeah he was a seriously big boy. it must have been one of the worst nightmares in all of sports to try to guard that guy. which is why they started just hacking at him.

 

[-dirtywhiteboy-]

He's an absolute monster. Also seems like a genuine dude based on interviews.

 

[blaseblase]

The weight limit for heavyweight doesn't make sense. If the best fighter in the world weighs 140kg, it makes no sense to tell him he's too big to compete.

There's never been any good ones. Pride didn't have a weight limit but no elite super heavyweight talent came out of there.

As it stands now, removing the 265 limit in the UFC would incentivize fat heavyweights.

 

[Yep]

Shaq will never be mentioned in the Kobe, Jordan, Lebron goat talk. He should be but he won’t be. Dude was a specimen. Having said that, Jordan still is the answer.

 

[Lord Pyjamas]

There's never been any good ones. Pride didn't have a weight limit but no elite super heavyweight talent came out of there.

As it stands now, removing the 265 limit in the UFC would incentivize fat heavyweights.

If you remove the weight limit you also have to remove the time limit.
Because there is nothing those people love more!

 

[Laheys'Liquorland]

What's insane is the kind of life Shaq has always had.

 

[LostMyBlackBelt]

there will never be another Shaq, he's the only giant who is proportioned and has the level of athleticism a normal man has. every other giant has wacky proportions to their bodies and/or their athleticism is non-existent because they're just a big oaf. Shaq is the only giant who moves and looks like a normal man.

Wilt "the stilt" did have the long legs and relatively short torso. But he was very strong, he could hang with Shaq in Shaq's day of a lot of half court ball, but Wilt would have ran him off the court and needing oxygen back in Wilt's days when the constantly ran the floor.

 

[Pizza Werewolf]

Brock- the only one of the three puffing his chest out. Yes Brock, you could probably take Shaq.



Unless he can strike.

He knows Shaq-Fu, Brock has no chance.

 

[Doctor Grudge]

there will never be another Shaq, he's the only giant who is proportioned and has the level of athleticism a normal man has. every other giant has wacky proportions to their bodies and/or their athleticism is non-existent because they're just a big oaf. Shaq is the only giant who moves and looks like a normal man.

Other than strength, Wilt Chamberlain was more athletic than Shaq in nearly every way. Was also taller and longer (pause)

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

Other than strength, Wilt Chamberlain was more athletic than Shaq in nearly every way. Was also taller and longer (pause)

the problem is, i didn't see Wilt. i saw Shaq. all i did was HEAR about Wilt. i'm not saying he wasn't a beast, but he's damn near a Paul Bunyan level myth at this point.

all i hear is bullshit stories about how he slept with 20,000 different women? yeah the fuck right. do i believe he was swimming in pussy? sure. but half of America must be descended from him if that's supposed to be believed. then i hear he bench pressed 550lbs?! that is not believable AT ALL. 550lbs? with those spaghetti arms? and as long as they are? Shaq is like twice his size and Shaq probably can't even bench press 400lbs.

there's just too much bullshit surrounding Wilt, while i got to see with my own 2 eyes what Shaq can do.

 

[Doctor Grudge]

the problem is, i didn't see Wilt. i saw Shaq. all i did was HEAR about Wilt. i'm not saying he wasn't a beast, but he's damn near a Paul Bunyan level myth at this point.

all i hear is bullshit stories about how he slept with 20,000 different women? yeah the fuck right. do i believe he was swimming in pussy? sure. but half of America must be descended from him if that's supposed to be believed. then i hear he bench pressed 550lbs?! that is not believable AT ALL. 550lbs? with those spaghetti arms? and as long as they are? Shaq is like twice his size and Shaq probably can't even bench press 400lbs.

there's just too much bullshit surrounding Wilt, while i got to see with my own 2 eyes what Shaq can do.

There is footage of Chamberlain. We know what he looked like when he ran and jumped. You're talking like he played in the 1700s lol.

Wilt Chamberlain was well over 300 pounds when he started lifting weights in his 30s. His lifts are myths but you're probably thinking of him when he was younger when you say he was skinny.

 

[jeskola]

I have know from some trusted source that while Shaq may be a big dude his dick is only six and a half inches so he ain't making many men look that small.

I bet Shaq 's dick is the size of Henry Cejudo's arm.

 

[Lord Pyjamas]

If these lumbering athletic giants are so cool why do they never do anything cool?
Hell, I always keep a blade on me since I do not trust other peoples dogs. But I would fear drunk BJ Penn much more then them.

 

[LostMyBlackBelt]

Shaq will never be mentioned in the Kobe, Jordan, Lebron goat talk. He should be but he won’t be. Dude was a specimen. Having said that, Jordan still is the answer.

Shaq for all his size and speed only averaged 10.9 rebounds, he was not the competitor Jordan was by any means. Wilt averaged 22.9 rebounds for his entire career. Different eras sure, but Wilt would never let a guy like Dennis Rodman out rebound him like he did to Shaq.