I certainly would pick Foreman. Bruce Lee is my favorite all-time fighting presence. He single-handedly spawned hundred of martial arts movies, few of which had any merit. His presence was magical to me, as was just about everything about him.

However, he would have no chance against a heavyweight boxer. Nor would Sugar Ray Leonard. In fact, in my view, the toughest fighters are Olympic heavyweight wrestlers, either style. When there are no rules in combat, punching becomes somewhat irrelevant. A huge, massively strong, balanced, experienced wrestler merely has to close with his opponent. Once he does, the puncher has no room to work with; no way to bring force to his punches, etc. and the wrestler will have him at his mercy. This is particularly true when his opponent is much smaller.

One of the critcisms of Holyfield was that he was a cruiserweight trying to make it as a heavyweight. He certainly proved them wrong, and may be one of the greatest fighters ever. However, he is an exception, and he is large and massive now.

In a fight to the death; no rules, and no weapons; I would put my money on a heavyweight Olympic wrestler every time. This is just my view, but I am a strong believer in it.

I also tend to envision Apollo as pretty muscular. I try to picture Tarzan as lithe to some extent, but he just has to be massively muscled to do the things he does.

Also, I don't think bodybuilding has anything to do with quickness. Look at the sprinters these days. Basketball players are heavily into weight training. All athletes, male and female, are. They have to be to compete.



Tarak, smaller than every hero he has ever had, including "Tarak"

1