George Foreman vs Rid**** Bowe (Superheavyweight Final)

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  • Celtic_Warrior
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    #81
    Originally posted by sonnyboyx2
    you are welcome and entitled to your opinion of your fellow countryman... however others myself included do not rate him as one of the best heavys in history like you do.
    You seem to have an almost shielded view of him, I agree like a lot of fighters he has been hyped up. So was Tyson and to some extent Ali even but he was an excellent fighter.

    He was also British born and became a citizen of Canada so he was as much your countryman as he was mine.

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      #82
      Originally posted by Celtic_Warrior
      You seem to have an almost shielded view of him, I agree like a lot of fighters he has been hyped up. So was Tyson and to some extent Ali even but he was an excellent fighter.

      He was also British born and became a citizen of Canada so he was as much your countryman as he was mine.
      true enough..

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        #83
        Bowe wins george defense was trash

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          #84
          Originally posted by moneytheman
          Bowe wins george defense was trash
          - - George wouldn't even have to hit him in spite of being near two decades older.

          He'd just set Big Dummy down like the Big Baby he is and then sit on him until he hollers.

          Remember when that 180 lb Muy Thai guy made chop steak out of Big Dummy? Poor dear can barely talk or walk he's so punch drunk.

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            #85
            Anybody who picked george is a idiot george when young had no defense and would get caught with shots from people easy bowe would destroy him

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              #86
              Why do some people overrate Bowe so much? Took two pastings from D-Level Golota, binned a belt to avoid a real champion in Lewis, and even lost 1 to Holyfield, who was another wildly overrated fighter who lost about 20. God, that era was bad. Don't get me started about the dark days when Mike Tyson "ruled" before Buster took him to the school of Douglas. The Gypsy King era saved Heavyweight boxing. Nash out.

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                #87
                Originally posted by Nash out
                Why do some people overrate Bowe so much? Took two pastings from D-Level Golota, binned a belt to avoid a real champion in Lewis, and even lost 1 to Holyfield, who was another wildly overrated fighter who lost about 20. God, that era was bad. Don't get me started about the dark days when Mike Tyson "ruled" before Buster took him to the school of Douglas. The Gypsy King era saved Heavyweight boxing. Nash out.
                We won't get you started, unless it is toward the door.

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                • Nash out
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                  #88
                  Originally posted by The Old LefHook

                  We won't get you started, unless it is toward the door.
                  The Great Nash has a feeling that they will have to mentor you as well one day, Old LefHook. Nash out. AKA, Dr. Boxing - no explanation needed.

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                  • them_apples
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                    #89
                    Originally posted by moneytheman
                    Anybody who picked george is a idiot george when young had no defense and would get caught with shots from people easy bowe would destroy him
                    you can’t recognize georges defence capabilities. Who was hitting him so much outside of Ali? Foreman used the saddler style grappling and riding technique which works amazing if the gloves can be opened. He would constantly disrupt his opponents balance and grab the shoulders - any arm punches that got through were rolled.

                    ever wonder why Bowe is so Punchy and George is not?

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                      #90
                      I agree with Nash out that this odd thread, the effort put in by the thread starter notwithstanding, portrays a Rid**** Bowe that simply never existed except in flashes, or light-boarded against inferior (or past prime) opposition. Though each had their flaws, Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Norton, Holmes, Tyson, Holyfield, Lewis, Klitschko, and Fury are Great champions of the past half century. Bowe was not in their class. IMHO, naturally.

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