Prime George Foreman vs Liston's Best Wins

[uncle ben]

1973-74 Foreman vs

Wayne Bethea
Mike Dejohn
Cleveland Williams
Nino Valdes
Roy Harris
Zora Folley
Eddie Machen
Floyd Patterson

[OctoberRed]

1973-74 Foreman vs

Wayne Bethea
Mike Dejohn
Cleveland Williams
Nino Valdes
Roy Harris
Zora Folley
Eddie Machen
Floyd Patterson

Would you consider that to be his prime? Would prime be defined by age? To me, personally, he was better when he came back as the old man.

[Dempsey-Louis]

1973-74 Foreman vs

Wayne Bethea
Mike Dejohn
Cleveland Williams
Nino Valdes
Roy Harris
Zora Folley
Eddie Machen
Floyd Patterson

Bethea -- don't know enough
Dejohn -- don't know enough
Williams -- Foreman by KO
Valdes -- Foreman by KO
Harris -- don't know enough
Folley -- Foreman by KO
Machen -- tough against everyone; could prove slick and befuddling - Foreman by 'ugly' UD
Patterson -- Foreman by KO

[OCPancho]

Foreman vs Patterson would have been ugly.
Cus would have had to bring in a few towels to throw in the ring.

[uncle ben]

Would you consider that to be his prime? Would prime be defined by age? To me, personally, he was better when he came back as the old man.

That can be argued but when most think of "prime" Foreman they think of the 70's version.

[uncle ben]

Bethea -- don't know enough
Dejohn -- don't know enough
Williams -- Foreman by KO
Valdes -- Foreman by KO
Harris -- don't know enough
Folley -- Foreman by KO
Machen -- tough against everyone; could prove slick and befuddling - Foreman by 'ugly' UD
Patterson -- Foreman by KO

Yeah Machen would have been the most likely to hand Foreman a loss. But I would pick Foreman via ugly UD.

[OctoberRed]

That can be argued but when most think of "prime" Foreman they think of the 70's version.

Most of young fans don't even know a young foreman existed.

[uncle ben]

Foreman vs Patterson would have been ugly.
Cus would have had to bring in a few towels to throw in the ring.

Patterson ma have lasted longer if he fought like he did vs Chuvalo

[embryo]

Foreman was just a big puncher. He would have been destroyed by Tyson, Liston, Joe Louis, if all those guys were in shape. Foreman's most impressive win to me was over Shannon Briggs lol. And he got robbed in that fight. Frazier was a total mismatch.

[embryo]

Patterson probably would've been KO'd by Foreman but Patterson had heart, he would have fought until he was obliterated or the towel was thrown in. There's just not much you can do if a guy with Foreman's power lands a clean shot, no matter who you are (except Ali...and Ron Ryle....and Jimmy Young lol)