Prime Foreman was a little chinny. Prime Foreman lost to Ali but there is no shame in that. But Deontay Wilder is like a heavy weight version of Thomas Hearns or Sonny Liston 2.0. Tall, great jab, great right hand, and great at keeping the distance. Foreman never in his career faced a monster like Deontay. How would a showdown between Prime George Foreman and Deontay Wilder look? And who wins that fight?
i think wilder has a very good chance to ko him and early at that. I dont think foreman was all that big by hw standards today. I remember when the white dude took him down after he won the fight ( i cant think of his name) but if no one broke that up foreman woulda got washed lol
no but seriously, wilders athleticism is not to be written off....
thank you for completely ignoring my question and proving once again that you're a cowardly troll. take care.
Cant use basketball when the talent pool in basketball has grown immensely. Cant say the same about boxing.
you're watching old school heavyweights face other old school heavyweights. so you're judging their "greatness" based on the speed/strength/nutrition/recovery/supplements/training/drugs/etc of their time.
but all of those things advance over 30-40 years. guys like wilder, joshua, etc would absolutely dominate the top heavyweights of 30-40 years ago. it's evolution baby.
I disagree with the evolution argument when it pertains to boxing.
Based off eye test, heavy weight boxers were much more skilled back in the day compared to the heavyweight boxers today. Even foreman, who was sometimes considered fundamentally flawed had better footwork than most boxers today. And dont get me started on defense.
Why would wilder be anyone's kryptonite. Not really special in any area.
Potential future events aside, he's just a big sloppy guy who scooped a belt and defended it against guys we've never heard of. Question seems very random.
Fighters should be judged for their time. Humans evolve too quickly. Technology evolves too quickly. Nutrition evolves too quickly. Training techniques evolve too quickly.
Foreman would have NO CHANCE against Wilder. And that's not a knock against Foreman in any way. It's evolution baby.
So by that measure, SRL would have little chance against most modern boxers? Really?
Foreman was chinny? lol idiot
If you are using the Ali KO as an indicator of him having a bad chin, then you dont know sht about boxing.
It was fatigue that did him in.. not his chin.
Fighters should be judged for their time. Humans evolve too quickly. Technology evolves too quickly. Nutrition evolves too quickly. Training techniques evolve too quickly.
Foreman would have NO CHANCE against Wilder. And that's not a knock against Foreman in any way. It's evolution baby.
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Sheldon....Loose lips sink ships bru! THINK about the things that come out of your pie hole. Seriously. Liston fought fighters who were well trained and capable. Wilder has not fought competition yet. Liston was polished and could fight 3 minutes of each round for 12-15 rounds. Wilder cannot fight a whole round yet without serious lapses.
Wilder could develop some chops, I hope he does. but he has a lot of ground to make up given his age and experience. At the level he is fighting he can catch guys with a good shot and its great, I have seen some fabulous punches issued from the "bomb squader" but...at the next level? and the level above? guys like cat williams? where Night Train plied his trade? Not happening! Unless Deontay learns a lot quick...NFL quarterbacks have that kind of learning curve.
There's levels to this
I don't know. Wilder is a lot like Liston.
Sheldon....Loose lips sink ships bru! THINK about the things that come out of your pie hole. Seriously. Liston fought fighters who were well trained and capable. Wilder has not fought competition yet. Liston was polished and could fight 3 minutes of each round for 12-15 rounds. Wilder cannot fight a whole round yet without serious lapses.
Wilder could develop some chops, I hope he does. but he has a lot of ground to make up given his age and experience. At the level he is fighting he can catch guys with a good shot and its great, I have seen some fabulous punches issued from the "bomb squader" but...at the next level? and the level above? guys like cat williams? where Night Train plied his trade? Not happening! Unless Deontay learns a lot quick...NFL quarterbacks have that kind of learning curve.
Oh, I wasn't arguing or suggesting he's on the level, I just thought it was neat Wilder used a classic Foreman move to end this fight given we'd already begun comparing Wilder and Foreman.
Makes sense.
omg ... wilder fans are deluded hes suddenly the greatest having fought nobody give me a ****ing break hes a hard puncher against bums but very uncoordinated and vulnerable wait till he fights someone whos auctually talented please.:spankme:
We've seen Wilder employ this strategy where he gives opponents false confidence, and then snipers them when they fall into repetition or let their guard down. Wilder has done this measuring move before. It can be very devastating because even if his glove is blocking their vision for a fraction of a second, that's enough to throw a quick right that they can't see. And of course the ones you can't see are the killers.
This may be a stretch but he might be the most dominant heavyweight in boxing history.
take a look at you and your buddy comment upthere, what you guys describe is Wladimir klitschko.