It's funny how people leave his name out of the mix of top boxers strictly because of his loss to Ali when it's been well documented that sleeping pills were slipped into his water resulting in the unconditioned, wobbly version of Big George we saw at The Rumble In The Jungle.
But all that aside, and keeping in mind that he would've walked through Ali that night had it been on fair terms, how many boxers can say that they came back to win the Heavyweight title at age 45? That alone is a truly tremendous accomplishment that will probably never be done again and only a top level fighter could've done something like that.
So keeping all that in mind, and considering how powerful and agile for his size he was when he was in his hay-day, i challenge you to name me just 1 fighter who pound for pound was as good as Foreman was when he was in his prime. Let's hear it because i think this is an arguement you can't win.
No i'm over my Bias or overrating of Tyson. I don't make excuses for him annymore and Holyfield has become one of my favorite fighters.
Foreman has zero haters, and there is nobody to tell people to stop overrating him(While there are hundreds who do Tyson). The guy is just like Tyson, people think he's God and you know he's always being overrated, the diffirence is that it's tolerated for Foreman. That's bullshit and needs to stop.
i rate foreman as number 4
i can see your point foreman is hard to hate because he came back as this big chubby teddy bear saying 'my goodness' every sentence. i think you'll find even the foreman fans posting in this thread shot down thethread starter proclaiming foreman to be the G.O.A.T pretty quickly.
i think there are alot of tyson haters here thanks to some of these young posters who say he would whoop any heavies ass in one round, catskills for one.
maybe these nuthuggers have made some of the more seasoned intelligent posters look on tyson unfavourably, if thats true its a shame.
actually i always bring him up with you because you persistantly underrate foreman in every thread started about him. although the thread starter in this case certainly does think alot of foreman! I only bring tyson up because you overate him, i was hoping you would see the hypocracy!
both belong in the 'top ten heavies of all time' but neither can claim number 1.
No i'm over my Bias or overrating of Tyson. I don't make excuses for him annymore and Holyfield has become one of my favorite fighters.
Foreman has zero haters, and there is nobody to tell people to stop overrating him(While there are hundreds who do Tyson). The guy is just like Tyson, people think he's God and you know he's always being overrated, the diffirence is that it's tolerated for Foreman. That's bullshit and needs to stop.
if goerge foreman had his old style he used in his second career, in his first career.. theres not a doubt in my mind he would be the greatest heavyweight all time.. the man beat shannon briggs when he was 48
i think i might agree with this.
if foreman had boxed he would have been almost unstoppable. he wouldn't have had the stamina issues he had when he was throwing bombs constantly. his fights would have lasted longer though and he wouldn't have been the human wrecking ball!
That is true, although he would still be hated without the number of threads, a lot more than George Foreman that's for sure.
Anyway, i didn't want this to turn into a Tyson-Foreman thing, hemichrom always brings him up to hide the fact that Georgie is overrated.
actually i always bring him up with you because you persistantly underrate foreman in every thread started about him. although the thread starter in this case certainly does think alot of foreman! I only bring tyson up because you overate him, i was hoping you would see the hypocracy!
both belong in the 'top ten heavies of all time' but neither can claim number 1.
That is true, although he would still be hated without the number of threads, a lot more than George Foreman that's for sure.
Anyway, i didn't want this to turn into a Tyson-Foreman thing, hemichromis always brings him up to hide the fact that Georgie is overrated.
Yaman threads like this about Foreman are rare. The reason for the Tyson hate is that it's not uncommon that some little idiot says 'no1 culd beat a prime Tyson'.
and tyson is SOOO underrated of course
your man tyson is far more overrated than foreman IMO
The diffirence in that is that no overrated fighter has more haters than Tyson. Check any thread about his greatness and you'll see someone saying he's overrated. But with Foreman? How many people actually hate him? This is what makes Boreman much more overrated because when he's overrated, nobody says shit about it. It's time for people to stop riding his Grill as well.
Foreman is one of the most overrated Heavyweights ever, not the greatest fighter of all time.
This guy is a complete moron. I know who you are, you're that ''tommyhearns'' guy that got banned long time ago. Get off Foreman's Grill.
and tyson is SOOO underrated of course
your man tyson is far more overrated than foreman IMO
All time?:ugh:
Fucking retard. Take a look at George's padded fucking record. The guy barely fought anybody. He crushed lard ass Joe Frazier who was more concerned with his music career at that point. Ken Norton folded against all punchers. Moorer had a glass chin.
if goerge foreman had his old style he used in his second career, in his first career.. theres not a doubt in my mind he would be the greatest heavyweight all time.. the man beat shannon briggs when he was 48
Foreman is one of the most overrated Heavyweights ever, not the greatest fighter of all time.
This guy is a complete moron. I know who you are, you're that ''tommyhearns'' guy that got banned long time ago. Get off Foreman's Grill.
wasn't that fight fought in like 115 degree heat?
that could explain how it could look like he was drugged when it was just a level of heat and humidity that his body wasn't accustomed to.
It's funny how people leave his name out of the mix of top boxers strictly because of his loss to Ali when it's been well documented that sleeping pills were slipped into his water resulting in the unconditioned, wobbly version of Big George we saw at The Rumble In The Jungle.
But all that aside, and keeping in mind that he would've walked through Ali that night had it been on fair terms, how many boxers can say that they came back to win the Heavyweight title at age 45? That alone is a truly tremendous accomplishment that will probably never be done again and only a top level fighter could've done something like that.
So keeping all that in mind, and considering how powerful and agile for his size he was when he was in his hay-day, i challenge you to name me just 1 fighter who pound for pound was as good as Foreman was when he was in his prime. Let's hear it because i think this is an arguement you can't win.
whether he was drugged or not foreman would never have beaten ali. foreman just did not have the ring intelligence to cope with someone so tough
Foremon was a monstor puncher with no skills, any person thinks Big Gerorge was the greatest boxer of all time, needs to put the crack pipe down!
Foremon was great because of his power, that's all!
I agree, not the greatest but definitley one of the greatest.