George Foreman easily. For an old man like that to go up against a Heavyweight Champion take a beating, never quit and still get up off the stool round after round after the beating he was taking and to still belive he can win, and he won, it was a lucky punch but he did set it up and ko'd Moore.
Hopkins had a great win and performance. But, theres been nothing in Hopkins career to compare to what Foreman did only thing that comes close is Hopkins v. Calzaghe.
Hopkins had a fighter come up in weight.
Foreman fought a young Champion at his weight class.
Whats more impressive, Foreman v. Holyfield or Hopkins v. Pavlik?
if u believe that he was timing moore for that punch then u must be a hardcore foreman fan cuz that is bullshit.. foreman was getting his ass handed to him for the entire fight and got a lucky punch.. bhop beat pavlik's ass from pillar to post for 12 rounds
Foreman knew he didnt have the movement at his age to use vs Moorer, he weathered the storm and it worked out for him. I dont think it was luck. Then every fighter who was losing a fight and then won by KO was lucky. I dont think so.
"Believe it!" :p
if u believe that he was timing moore for that punch then u must be a hardcore foreman fan cuz that is bullshit.. foreman was getting his ass handed to him for the entire fight and got a lucky punch.. bhop beat pavlik's ass from pillar to post for 12 rounds
The fact that Foreman regained the title 20 years after he first gained it is incredible to me. The Heavyweight belt is the most prized posession in the sport. I still think his feat was slightly more impressive.
foreman had been unretired for almost 10 years when he beat moore
And before that he'd been retired ten years. Big George regained the heavyweight title twenty years after he lost it, and he did it by knocking out an unbeaten heavyweight champ. There ain't one boxer in history who has equalled that feat.
As for the "lucky" punch, what's the point of boxing? To land punches which damage your opponent and Foreman threw a punch at Moorer which sparked him out. If he was just "lucky" then so were Louis, Ali, Leonard, Marciano, Lewis, Dempsey, McCallum, Holmes and thousands of others.
Foreman was fighting in his own weight class vs the champ. So I pick Foreman. Also Hopkins has never retired for real and he is always training so I think it was a bigger task for Foreman.
well the age difference makes Foreman unbelievable but Hop's skills at such age is out of this world. plus hop dominated Foreman just got lucky (kinda)
winning every minute of every round in dominant fashion, or landing one solid punch to take out a chinny champ? bhop by a mile!
.... no offense to george. winning the title at heavyweight at 45 is still impressive, just not AS impressive as bhop!