Thing vs Colossus

Started by Zahit60 pages

Once again, when did Colossus become a martial arts master?

Is this a documented fact or a fanboy's refusal to believe anyone
can beat thier favorite character.

fanboy? me?

i never said he was a martial arts master, read my damn posts...

if colossus is stronger and faster then how can he not win in a slug fest of he hits harder?

It's clobberin time!

Originally posted by pr1983
fanboy? me?

i never said he was a martial arts master, read my damn posts...

if colossus is stronger and faster then how can he not win in a slug fest of he hits harder?

I wasn't attacking you specifically. Chill.
I was referring to the general opinions of Colossus being able to
win based on his supposed "judo training."

There's more to winning a fight than strenght and speed alone.
First of all, Thing is not slow. Colossus is not an olympic athlete.
His speed over Thing is slight. Experience is probably the factor
Thing has in this fight that I think would make him the winner.
He is FAR more experienced than Colossus.

"if colossus is stronger and faster then how can he not win in a slug fest of he hits harder?"

Having more strength, to my knowledge, doesn't actually mean hitting harder unless you can put that much force behind it.

-AC

Originally posted by Zahit
There's more to winning a fight than strenght and speed alone.
First of all, Thing is not slow.

But slower than Colossus.
Colossus is not an olympic athlete.

Neither is Thing.
His speed over Thing is slight.

But existing.
Experience is probably the factor

Hahaha, I get it, let's just ignore the strength, speed, brains, fighting techniques and durability, and we focus on experience because that's the only thing Ben Grimm has lots of, and Colossus somewhat less.

Not enough to declare Ben the winner.

First of all, where does is show that Colossus is faster than the Thing?
It is clearly stated that The Thing's above average reflexes have not
been slowed due to his transformation. Ben Grimm's a brilliant
military pilot and has a lifetime of experience in hand-to-hand combat.
Peter Rasputin was a farmer before joining X-Men. Why are we
assuming that he's faster than Ben?

I wasn't attacking you specifically. Chill.
I was referring to the general opinions of Colossus being able to
win based on his supposed "judo training."

There's more to winning a fight than strenght and speed alone.
First of all, Thing is not slow. Colossus is not an olympic athlete.
His speed over Thing is slight. Experience is probably the factor
Thing has in this fight that I think would make him the winner.
He is FAR more experienced than Colossus.

apologies... i just don't like the term...

he has lived in the same house as wolverine for years, is it such a push to believe that if even cyclops learns from him that colossus wouldn't?

can i ask who said judo? i didn't...

i never said thing was slow, but it has been stated that colossus loses almost zero agility and speed when he transforms...

Having more strength, to my knowledge, doesn't actually mean hitting harder unless you can put that much force behind it.

colossus is class 100, thing is at best 85, colossus does weight training in his human form daily, which further augments his abilities when transformed into metal...

Precisely. Not sure when Colossus became a metal Bruce Lee.

Does anyone here can honestly believe in a fight between these two, judo throws will be coming to the forefront and making a massive difference?

"Hahaha, I get it, let's just ignore the strength, speed, brains, fighting techniques and durability, and we focus on experience because that's the only thing Ben Grimm has lots of, and Colossus somewhat less.

Not enough to declare Ben the winner."

Yet having slightly less strength and possibly durability is enough to count him out?

Bit silly.

-AC

guys... i've posted this before...

no matter how big or strong you are, if a guy bigger and stronger than you slams you down onto the ground your going to feel it. why? the force of the throw... momentum...

Yet having slightly less strength and possibly durability is enough to count him out?

Bit silly.

not really dude 😛

not slightly less in either, colossus' recent upgrade has lifted him several tons past thing...

and his durability is unbelievably high...

Yes, you will feel it. It's hardly matchwinner #1 when the combatants are superpowered, and made of rock and metal.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Yet having slightly less strength and possibly durability is enough to count him out?

Bit silly.


Why ? I don't have a choice : Colossus statistics are better than those of Thing. When two characters are too equal (yes they are), you have to look at their individual abilities, and Colossus has the edge on strength and I'm pretty sure also on durability.

And those are in this fight the most important factors. Experience will count for something, true, but Colossus isn't exactly a rookie either.

And it's more than "slightly". Colossus is considerable stronger. That is not a detail. And organic steel is stronger than organic rock. Makes perfect sense to me.

"And it's more than "slightly". Colossus is considerable stronger. That is not a detail. And organic steel is stronger than organic rock. Makes perfect sense to me."

I see what you are saying, however, those attributes you stated in your post, for either guy, as they are too equal, won't exactly play an insane part in the outcome of this fight IMO.

It will come down to who wants it more, who wants to walk away the victor with more passion.

I don't think Colossus cares whether he wins or loses fights. Thing fights people with the "strong guy" label because he is one himself. He isn't gonna be anywhere as reserved as Colossus would likely be and because of it, I don't believe the higher, "on paper" attributes of Colossus are gonna win him this fight.

-AC

Okay, let's just leave it to that then. Colossus is officially a bit better, but Thing has more heart and (sigh) "brawling".

It can go either way.

It's not a matter of 'brawling', it's having the tools to handle fights. Thing doesn't just go in all guns blazing. Fight intelligence is different to general knowledge.

Like the time Lennox Lewis fought Stephen Hawking.

I don't think Colossus cares whether he wins or loses fights. Thing fights people with the "strong guy" label because he is one himself. He isn't gonna be anywhere as reserved as Colossus would likely be and because of it, I don't believe the higher, "on paper" attributes of Colossus are gonna win him this fight.

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colossus if he has to cares quite a bit... he has killed before... when he's pushed any reservations and inhibitions go out the window... if the match is to the death colossus can definately be psyched up for it...

are these guys just sparring or is this an actual fight?

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom

Does anyone here can honestly believe in a fight between these two, judo throws will be coming to the forefront and making a massive difference?


It seemed to work fine when Colossus took out Sasquatch. That fight started out as a brawl but then Colossus powerbombed him.

Oh, like wrestling?

You'll probably see where that's going.

Originally posted by Zahit

Thing lasted longer in the ring with The Champion than Colossus.
He's already proved to be a better fighter and have more heart.

I was waiting for this to be brought up and I am surrpized it took so long. That fight was a boxing only match. Colossus and Sasquatch are not trained in boxing like thing is. If that was a all-out brawl Colossus would have done much better. Thats like putting a gold medal Judo winnder in the ring with the gold medal boxing winner with boxing rules and expecting to win.