Why We Never Saw Foreman-Tyson

[Da Iceman]

marciano is just as overrated, if not more than tyson.

why the **** are you always criticizing marciano? if he's so overated so is ali. ali clearly lost to norton the third time, jimmy young whooped his ass , and liston took a dive. he never couldve whooped any of them in his prime

[butterfly1964]

why the **** are you always criticizing marciano? if he's so overated so is ali. ali clearly lost to norton the third time, jimmy young whooped his ass , and liston took a dive. he never couldve whooped any of them in his prime

wow, you are an idiot! jimmy young fought an over the hill ali and still lost. norton never fought a prime ali, which would make him look ******, and liston didn't take a dive in their first fight, and clay whupped his butt! so your argument is nullified from here on end.

[KingDosia]

In an interview later on after Foreman's fight with Holyfield he himself stated that he "wasnt ready" for a fight with the likes of Iron Mike. He probably saw himself in the annihilation of Holmes

[Southpaw Stinger]

In an interview later on after Foreman's fight with Holyfield he himself stated that he "wasnt ready" for a fight with the likes of Iron Mike. He probably saw himself in the annihilation of Holmes

I bet Foreman was kicking himself when he saw Holyfield beat Tyson twice.

[Hard Boiled HK]

I bet Foreman was kicking himself when he saw Holyfield beat Tyson twice.

Yeah I was thinking of the same exact thing.

[Heckler]

Tyson couldn't fight on the backfoot nor did he have the headmovement and explosive combination punching required to give himself a chance on the inside at that stage in his career. George would be able to impose his physical strength on Tyson on the inside, collect him with those huge looping shots, discourage him and ultimately stop in the later rounds. Tyson would have to overcome a huge stylistic problem and a huge psychological problem. Foreman wasn't as faded and vunerable in his second career as some may think. He was very clever, patient and dedicated but he was still able to show tremendous power when he wished to. Look at his fight against Gerry Cooney. Foreman knowing that Cooney was a dangerous man to be hanging with in that ring absolutely destroyed him, it was a truly awesome display of punching power.

[SABBATH]

In an interview later on after Foreman's fight with Holyfield he himself stated that he "wasnt ready" for a fight with the likes of Iron Mike. He probably saw himself in the annihilation of Holmes

I would like to see that interview. What's your source?

When Foreman came out of retirement it was for one man only and that was Tyson and a large majority of Foreman's early comeback opponents were shorter swarming type guys. That was for a reason. To prepare him for a Tyson fight. After seeing Tyson KO'd by Douglas I highly doubt Foreman thought he "wasn't ready" for a Tyson fight.

[Southpaw Stinger]

When Foreman came out of retirement it was for one man only and that was Tyson and a large majority of Foreman's early comeback opponents were shorter swarming type guys. That was for a reason. To prepare him for a Tyson fight. After seeing Tyson KO'd by Douglas I highly doubt Foreman thought he "wasn't ready" for a Tyson fight.

I remember Foreman was desperate to fight Tyson. He did an interview in ring magazine in the late 80's on how he knew he could beat Mike. He liked to spar and fight shorter swarming guys a lot because a Tyson fight was his main objective next to regaining his title.

[jason100x]

now why didnt liston ever fight marciano, that would have been hell of a fight.

That would have been a great fight. I'm looking at Liston's record and I see that at the point he was fighting at the champion level was 1962 by which time Marciano was already retired seven years. I guess it would have been tough at that point to get Marciano to come out of retirement.

[La_Vibora]

I would pick Foreman because he is never intimidated and Tysons intimidation wouldn't be a factor. All Tyson's opponents were afraid to be Kayoed and for good reason. Foreman was a monster and though he wasn't the best boxer, he could hurt anybody. Tyson has ALWAYS had problems with bigger strong guys. Foreman could back Tyson up, which negates much of what Tyson likes to do and basically punish Mike. I think Mike may have some moments but Foreman's heart and size are too much to overcome.

Actually Foreman very well could have been intimidated, I mean Big George himself admitted that he was scared to death of Joe Frazier when he fought him, he also ducked Earnie Shavers for years(he even admitted it to Earnie), and he has/continues to duck Larry Holmes to this day. Hell, the almost 60 something Larry Holmes, is still calling George out to this day, and he still wants no part of him. Anyways, I do agree with the assessment that was supposedly delivered by Cus D'Amato that a peek a boo style fighter would struggle with Foreman's style, so even an old man Foreman might have a chance, even though I never really brought into his comeback.