Originally posted by res
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I don't know, I guess that for me the best George Foreman would have fell somewhere between the monster who beat Frazier first time and the patient, well paced Foreman of the early 90s.
We just never got to see him! But I think he was on the right path.
Even a great puncher like Foreman was going to run into guys who he couldn't knock out. Thats where solid 12/15 round pacing comes in. He was getting there, but he couldn't help himself when the red mist came down in the Young fight. If he had never landed that left hook that staggered Young he'd have probably won a decision (it was close anyway!).
He'd have probably become champ the next year. I don't think 1978 Ali could have beaten him, Leon Spinks would have been destroyed. Norton vs a more patient Foreman? Naa, he'd have been knocked out again. Holmes in 1978? Oooooo, don't know tough call. I thought Holmes peaked a couple of years later.
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