Yuri Foreman clearly took a dive.

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It was the kind of shot that takes your legs out even if you don't feel that hurt. Good shot and legitimate KO.

His attempts to get up did seem a tad theatrical if I'm honest.

that weak a** uppercut wouldn't knock Paulie Malignaggi out. I wonder how much extra Foreman was paid for this.. and a horrible acting job to boot. Malignaggi is feather fisted not glass chinned...

It's crazy when you learned something and see someone do it. Foreman never saw the uppercut. That's what made it so effective. ^This. And, the fact that it cracked him right on the jaw. When the nerves connected to the jaw get sparked, you can sometimes see this type of "I'm awake but not in control of my body" kind of reaction. The brain hasn't necessarily slammed into the walls of the skull so the mental recovery is quick, but the physical response, the nervous system, hasn't come back online yet, so to speak. It's foolish for people to think that a guy who is trying to fake it is going to try to make it look like he's faking it. People think he's doing to do such a conspicuous, cartoony series of movements rather than a more convincing dive? This doesn't take a lot of thought guys... really? I have no agenda here. I saw a guy take an obvious dive. that doesn't make me biased, childish or stupid.. you say I got to accept the "truth". what truth is that? that Foreman took a dive and put on a horrible acting job trying to get up? that's the only truth there is here. I wasn't really addressing you, but rather the fact that some people will be shown the high-quality gif and still argue it was fake (if you fall into that category, so be it). Also, why would anyone pay such an underdog to take a dive? If you don't think it was paid and that he was looking for a way out, then you're admitting that Lara punished him so bad that he quit, which is a legit TKO win anyhow. None of the arguments for a dive add up.

hmm i wonder what lucrative offer they gave yuri foreman. the closest handicap parking spot to the fight and bottomless peanuts?

I saw it from another angle and Lara got full leverage on that uppercut. It was timed perfectly and nailed him right on the chin. If Foreman had a better chin he could've continued, but his legs were gone IN 2009..........

Threads like this serve as a nice expose as to which posters are too biased, childish, or otherwise stupid to accept the truth. Lara KO'd his opponent. Get over it and move on. (waiting for people to attack me, claiming I'm a Lara and Mayweather fan because that's what these clowns always revert to for some reason) really? I have no agenda here. I saw a guy take an obvious dive. that doesn't make me biased, childish or stupid.. you say I got to accept the "truth". what truth is that? that Foreman took a dive and put on a horrible acting job trying to get up? that's the only truth there is here.

It's crazy when you learned something and see someone do it. Foreman never saw the uppercut. That's what made it so effective.

The fight should never have happened in the first place. Now Israel will attack Palestine in retaliation to this loss RIP.

Did everyone else see that uppercut coming as well? Lara stayed shelled up way too long for it not to be a trap. I think Foreman was so desperate to land anything that he wasn't even aware of what Lara was doing.

He got hit clean with an uppercut he was not ready for, that is generally a recipe for getting knocked out~. Plus Foreman is a part time fighter, part time fighters don't take that shot and get up his legs were gone. He might not have been terribly hurt but his legs wouldn't allow him to beat the count.

Foreman is trash and his knees were shot since the Cotto fight.

What difference does it make? He can't beat any good fighter anyway even if he fought his heart out. Lara should be ashamed for defending his title against such a poor fighter.

Yeah It looked suspect to me at first as well but then Spike showed that replay yeah he caught him with a nasty uppercut and he had his mouth open when it landed The guy took eating a punch literally... :lol1:

It was a good clean shot and at realtime I thought he went down immediately but they kept showing the replay and I saw that the punch lands and he is hurt, he is still standing, then the heads close in and then there was a little push which is not an issue and then he actually goes down... But the dude was trying to get up and even when he did and the ref called it off he didn't resist 1 bit... I can't say he took a dive but surely he was not that hurt that he couldn't continue...

They paid a guy with no good wins to take a dive against one of the best 154lbers in the world. Yeah, you're not a moron or anything.

Yeah It looked suspect to me at first as well but then Spike showed that replay yeah he caught him with a nasty uppercut and he had his mouth open when it landed

Maxi the stare down expert and now we have dive experts. Even though the slow mo shows it lands. :lol1: If they hadn't paid Foreman off anything could have happened. you don't take chances with a killer like that. Not when you have a hugely valuable asset like Lara in the firing line.

Maxi the stare down expert and now we have dive experts. Even though the slow mo shows it lands. :lol1: