Chara vs. John Scott (In Their Prime)

[steveayres35]

They never fought each other...

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[Sheppy]

Today's Chara wouldn't do too well due to the balance issue he has... the Chara of old would probably over match him, though.

 

[McCoy]

They never fought each other...

Did though within next super goalie John Scott and realistic chances.

 

[ck26]

Watching Chara in non-fight scrums make me think his technique is stronger; his hips are more fluid and he does a better job wrestling / with leverage. Chara's father was a really talented wrestler, and I'd bet Zdeno's done a bit of that in his life because you can see it. They're both giant, strong, smothering dudes, but I feel like Chara is better equipped to handle NOT having a size advantage.

 

[Howie Hodge]

Buffalo fan observation.

Scott fought to win. He either crushed his opponent, or got ko'd himself.

Entertaining fighter in an era where guys were holding on instead of throwing. Always respected him for that.

Chara was a better fighter, and while Scott would stand a punchers chance; Chara would knock him out.

 

[Canadiens1958]

Neither boxed while Milan Lucic and Evander Kane did box amateur.

Reduced to a hockey fight or boxing.

 

[McCoy]

They never fought each other...

Chara is rough and big player.

 

[Brock Radunske]

I would say Chara is stronger but neither can actually fight so I'd think it would just be a big hugging/grappling match until the fell down.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

 

[Conrad McBenis]

Chara fights = 1 or 2 punches followed by a take down or him falling down.

 

[DANOZ28]

chara learned to wrestle from his dad , im not aware of chara ever learning to box / punch.

 

[vandymeer13]

Chara would bail and fall on purpose. Scott would win with his little rabbit punches If it stayed standing. He cheapshotted ivannas busted up koci who had no punching power and just had his nose broke from belak. Otherwise chars beat a over the hill cairns and a young tough inexperienced oleksiak his only two impressive wins. One of the most overrated fighters of all time.

 

[Datsyukian Deke]

Chara's fighting ability was horrendous for his size, often resulting in a one swing and then a bear hug to the ice. I'd go with Scott.

 

[Sheppy]

Chara would bail and fall on purpose. Scott would win with his little rabbit punches If it stayed standing. He cheapshotted ivannas busted up koci who had no punching power and just had his nose broke from belak. Otherwise chars beat a over the hill cairns and a young tough inexperienced oleksiak his only two impressive wins. One of the most overrated fighters of all time.

He fought Oleksiak at the end of a minute and a half shift... a fresh Chara kills Oleksiak imo.

 

[Bank Shot]

Chara's fighting ability was horrendous for his size, often resulting in a one swing and then a bear hug to the ice. I'd go with Scott.

Scott's fighting ability was terrible as well. He managed to dodge almost every serious heavy that was around while he was in the league.

 

[CartographerNo611]

Chara would grab the jersey. Scott would throw a underhand punch and Chara would lean too far back and fall over. The big fight I wanted was Scott vs Boogaard.

 

[Sheppy]

I wanted Scott/McGrattan but Scott never seemed to want to fight him.

 

[Fire Sweeney]

Scotty would most likely ice Chara unless he gets wrestled down first

 

[34]

Chara wins. Toughest guy in the league.

 

[DJN21]

If they stood and fought scott. If both players fought ad you'd expect, chara would end up on top of a hugfest.

I don't mean that as a slight to chara. Any of his teammates in miller, formerly mcquaid, formerly lucic could beat Scott on any given day.

As a poster said above Scott fought to win or lose. He'd either embarass you or himself.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Scott only has 2 NHL losses (Johnson and Orr). People can also argue that McLaren edged him out once. He is big and throws hard.

But, Chara, especially the last decade has been a beast even when taking on heavies. Chara has a few losses his first few years, but is practically undefeated in the past decade.

I would call it a draw.

 

[TAYGB52]

He fought Oleksiak at the end of a minute and a half shift... a fresh Chara kills Oleksiak imo.

Oleksiak had been out there for a shift as well. Just saying

 

[Sheppy]

Oleksiak had been out there for a shift as well. Just saying

He was out there for a few seconds, not nearly as long as Chara was. Not even close.

 

[TAYGB52]

I never thought of either guy as a particularly good fighter. Just some big boys!

 

[Sheppy]

I never thought of either guy as a particularly good fighter. Just some big boys!

Scott has the balance, Chara has the meanness, I'd say.