foreman wanted no part of tyson

I've read different stories regarding this. Tyson supposedly being scared of Foreman and whatnot. The one I believe the most is Foreman turning down the fight because he wanted more $$ and Don King probably wanted options on him.

Depends when they fight... 1987 to 1989 Tyson wins 1990 Foreman wins 1991 Foreman wins 1992 to 1995 Tyson in jail, nobody wins 1995 to 1997 Foreman wins

Prime for Prime I'd take Big George any day. i'd take old george over prime tyson. :)

Prive vs Prime is George's best chance. The old man of the later generation would likely get beat... But George's power was NEVER to be overlooked, especially if ur short

5'10 vs 6'4 lmao you be the judge

Prime for Prime I'd take Big George any day. You'd be making a big mistake. In his prime, Tyson was unbeatable whereas Foreman was a slow, lumbering poorly skilled tough guy. True, he was very strong, but I don't think he ever learned to punch properly as he most often seemed to be "pushing" his punches and they never had any "snap". It was his strength and tough chin which gave him his successes, not his skill. Tyson was in a different league as far as skill was concerned and at least as tough and as strong. And he had an excellent defence, of which Foreman really had none. Foreman only became boxing "savvy" when he got older, but too old to fight anyone good and win, so he carefully picked his opponents, most of whom nobody ever heard of, except for that lucky one punch against Moorer, whom he outweighed by about 50 lbs.

You have to look at this from two angles. One, pre-retirement Foreman ie 1977. Two, post retirement but in top heavyweight shape ie 1991-1997. In the first scenario Foreman probably would win because he was somewhat fearless although Ali did some of that out of him. He lost his last fight (pre-retirement) against Jimmy Young, a person that he should have beaten. Tyson beat a lot of his opponents before the fight and after they felt his power. I would think that Tyson's punches would have been a little more heavier since he is 5'11" 218-222 in his prime. Foreman is 6'4" 222-230. One could argue arm/leg extension vs. height/weight portion, but since Foreman didn't get full extension of his punches I think that's a weak argument. Tyson's punches would be heavier based on height/weight portion which just one aspect of punching power. The second scenario, Tyson would have easily beaten Foreman comparing his performances against Holyfield, Morrison, Moorer, Briggs, and Schulz (a fight he clearly lost). Whether Tyson ducked Foreman or not, it doesn't matter once they were in the ring it would have been another situation. Everyone knows that Tyson battled internal Demons of self-doubt even when he was clearly better than his opponent. Foreman would have taken way too many shots and a 90's Tyson could have easily avoided Foreman's shots. It would have been an easy fight for Tyson in the 90's.

Foreman would fight like a man possessed, unlike many of Tyson's KO victims. Foreman knocks him out. By the way I'm talking about the Foreman from the 70s.

he knows what would have happened. Total opposite. During the years when the fight was possible, it was Foreman who constantly talked about fighting Tyson. I do not ever recall Tyson talking about fighting Foreman, because it was Mike who knew EXACTLY what would happen... http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01410/2004-danny-william_1410949i.jpg

Yes,because hearsay = absolute fact - according to the gimp that is Frank Lotierzo and the many other idiots that bought into the myth that Tyson somehow avoided Foreman. Dude, tyson said it himself also............I need to find that interview to show you.

"While we were eating, Benton said, "Bobby, what's up with Foreman and Tyson, how come they're not fighting each other on the 16th? Isn't that the fight that King was trying to make?" He said, " Georgie,You'll never believe this but, ****in' Tyson is scared ****less of Foreman and wants no part of him. I was there when Don was trying to make the fight. He was telling Tyson that Foreman represented huge money, plus he was old and slow and would be no problem. Tyson got up and screamed at King saying, 'I'm not fightin' that ****in' animal, if you love the mother****er so much, you fight him!'" http://www.********boxing.com/boxing-news/lotierzo1609.php Yes,because hearsay = absolute fact - according to the gimp that is Frank Lotierzo and the many other idiots that bought into the myth that Tyson somehow avoided Foreman.

"While we were eating, Benton said, "Bobby, what's up with Foreman and Tyson, how come they're not fighting each other on the 16th? Isn't that the fight that King was trying to make?" He said, " Georgie,You'll never believe this but, ****in' Tyson is scared ****less of Foreman and wants no part of him. I was there when Don was trying to make the fight. He was telling Tyson that Foreman represented huge money, plus he was old and slow and would be no problem. Tyson got up and screamed at King saying, 'I'm not fightin' that ****in' animal, if you love the mother****er so much, you fight him!'" http://www.********boxing.com/boxing-news/lotierzo1609.php I was just about to post this :lol1:

"While we were eating, Benton said, "Bobby, what's up with Foreman and Tyson, how come they're not fighting each other on the 16th? Isn't that the fight that King was trying to make?" He said, " Georgie,You'll never believe this but, ****in' Tyson is scared ****less of Foreman and wants no part of him. I was there when Don was trying to make the fight. He was telling Tyson that Foreman represented huge money, plus he was old and slow and would be no problem. Tyson got up and screamed at King saying, 'I'm not fightin' that ****in' animal, if you love the mother****er so much, you fight him!'" http://www.********boxing.com/boxing-news/lotierzo1609.php

Prime for Prime I'd take Big George any day.

This is a good one right here but I think Big George would of knocked Tyson out. He would of killed him with the jab and that would been the set up for the short right hand. A lot of people forget Tyson scared most of his opponents before they got in the ring so they didn't have a game plan. Big George would of stood up to him. Just my take