Why is George Foreman rated so highly on a lot of peoples lists?

[butterfly1964]

boy you sure are creative. Waste of time, im not even gonna bother with you.

Yeah of course your not, cause you know that you just got

[brownpimp88]

Both are these are wrong.

no they arent, baer is a scared ***** and he lost to braddock. Let me guess butterfly, he was past it? Lol, its the same old **** you pull off. Baer and Schemling aint ****.

[butterfly1964]

no they arent, baer is a scared ***** and he lost to braddock. Let me guess butterfly, he was past it? Lol, its the same old **** you pull off. Baer and Schemling aint ****.

Vitali is too unskilled for Schmeling, Schmeling wins a UD.

Valuev is a bum, Baer would pound him into dust, he's too powerful.

[hemichromis]

Vitali is too unskilled for Schmeling, Schmeling wins a UD.

Valuev is a bum, Baer would pound him into dust, he's too powerful.

vitali was a very good boxer, better than schemling. he also had more power and weighed a good 40lbs more. i sa vitali by KO

valuev would get owned by baer

[butterfly1964]

vitali was a very good boxer, better than schemling. he also had more power and weighed a good 40lbs more. i sa vitali by KO

valuev would get owned by baer

If you said Wlad then that might be a different story. But Vitali would get countered all-night by Schmeling.

[Friedie]

vitali was a very good boxer, better than schemling. he also had more power and weighed a good 40lbs more. i sa vitali by KO

valuev would get owned by baer

Who the hell is this "Schemling" some of you write about all the time ? Never heard about that guy, so it's possible that Vitali beats him.

...or do you mean Max Schmeling ? Than you're wrong. Max would win this one by UD IMO. Against Vladimir Max wins by Knockout. Vladimirs chin is not the best and Max counter-right hand would pulverise him like it did with Louis in the '36 fight.

b.t.w. Vitali admired Max a lot and therefore named his newborn son "Max".

[brownpimp88]

Louis beats Vladimir
Tunney beats Vitaly
Schmeling beats Brewster
Sharkey beats Maskaev
Baer beats Briggs
Carnera beats Valuev

joe louis was not from the era i'm talking about. carnera does not beat valuev, and i definetly wouldnt pick tunney to beat a prime vitali.

[Friedie]

joe louis was not from the era i'm talking about.

....the era you're talking about was from 1924-1936, wasn't it ?. In 1935 Joe Louis K.o.ed former Champions Primo Carnera and Max Baer and other high ranked guys like King Levinsky and Paolino. In 1936 he was considered unbeatable. So he definetly is from that era.

[brownpimp88]

....the era you're talking about was from 1924-1936, wasn't it ?. In 1935 Joe Louis K.o.ed former Champions Primo Carnera and Max Baer and other high ranked guys like King Levinsky and Paolino. In 1936 he was considered unbeatable. So he definetly is from that era.

I was talking about champs from that era and the title fights that occured during that era. There were 8 title fights during that time frame, how sad is that.

[Friedie]

I was talking about champs from that era and the title fights that occured during that era. There were 8 title fights during that time frame, how sad is that.

"worst era of heavyweight boxing" you said. In my opinion an era of boxing does not only enclude title bouts.

And if you compare fighters of different eras (what is it we do in this thread) you have to evaluate all their fights, not only their title bouts IMO. Or do you think it is fair to evaluate e.g. Max Schmeling only on his loss to Louis in '38 excluding the fight they had two years before ?

And for the counting of title fights ...there was only one title at stake... and not four.