Why is Foreman so underrated?

[Miburo]

Are you serious? He's usually ranked quite highly by most publications and knowledgeable fans, frequently in the top 5.

[Silencers]

I think the consensus does have him in the top 10 heavyweights of all time, not very underrated.

[Smokin'J]

You should take a look at his other fights, particularly Foreman vs Lyle.

He was one of the hardest punchers of all time and also one of the most exciting, always one punch away from winning the fight.

Will do.
Its true he was like a damn bear.

[Southpaw16BF]

To be onest i really don't think Foreman is underrated at all, he always gets in people top ten heavyweights lists and and people always talk about how hard he punched and his his great fights and wins and he gets alot of recgonistion for becoming the oldest man to win the world title.Maybe you could say the Ali defeat overshadows some of his brillant wins etc Frazier Norton.

[Grand Champ]

Maybe you could say the Ali defeat overshadows some of his brillant wins etc Frazier Norton.

I think you got it right. Also those who goes down in history usually has some kind of ''arch-enemy'' they are measured against, who brings out the best and the worst in them. Ali had Frazier, Foreman stood alone.

[vandiar]

The George Foreman grill overshadowed his boxing career.

I don't think he is underrated at all. He is almost always ranked somewhere in people's top 10 HW lists.

Between 5-10 seems like the right ranking for Big George.

EDIT:

LMAO!! @ vitali klitscko in the top 20 ATG heavyweights. is that a joke?

[res]

I don't think he is underrated at all. He is almost always ranked somewhere in people's top 10 HW lists.

Between 5-10 seems like the right ranking for Big George.

EDIT:

lewis is overrated on that list there, but then again, so is Tyson.

[JulioCesaChavez]

Because Marciano is overrated and whitey's think he would Ko George!

[paulsinghnl]

Foreman was always able to cut the ring off expertly and just beat u brutally. that was a special kind of man, big as he was, and that he could do it again at 47 or so, that's just crazy..

not underrated in my opinion, top 10 hw's for sure..

[Marchegiano]

I feel like the whole "golden age" is overated if anything. Ali basically pushed the exhausted Foreman over. It was sad as hell. Who got that tired in the era's prior? Foreman, Frazier, and Ali are all overated. The casual fan doesn't know, or care about what happened in Africa, or about exactly how Ali became the stand-out in the three way rivalry. All they know, and care about, is that Ali ends up on top, and the other two are great because one beat Ali and the other beat him. George got way too tired to crack the top 5...just too many guys who could, and would, go for much much longer.

Second. ****ing-A Rocco could knock him out. Vingo may have been smaller, and less talented then Foreman, but their skulls have the same density, and Rocky could break said skulls. So Marchegiano has a KO chance against anyone.