How the Hell Did Foreman lose to Jimmy Young?

**portuge puncher** · 04-20-2009, 01:21 PM

ali didnt beat him, ali won a controversial decision, i think young won.

as for george, young fought his absolute best that night, even should that he had good power, it was fight of the year because it was very entertaing from the 5th round on, it was close, but young deffinatly won it.

**larry x** · 04-20-2009, 01:23 PM

**** happens,people lose..its boxing

**MANGLER** · 04-20-2009, 01:28 PM

Never seen the whole fight start to finish. Gotta check it out.

**-Antonio-** · 04-20-2009, 01:29 PM

Originally posted by larrysmith

**** happens,people lose..its boxing

Floyd Joy doesn't lose.

**black.ink** · 04-20-2009, 01:33 PM

Put this in Boxing History. People like Manchine, Silencers and Southpaw16 are the historians of the site.

**TheGreatA** · 04-20-2009, 01:35 PM

**Scott9945** · 04-20-2009, 01:38 PM

Foreman was winning easily, but totally gassed out for the second half of the fight in the island heat. Young won a close but well deserved decision. After the fight in his locker room, George started having religious hallucinations which led to his surprising retirement.

**TheGreatA** · 04-20-2009, 01:39 PM

Originally posted by iron lung

Can a boxing 'classicist' please explain to me how Foreman who is indestructible got owned by Jimmy Young and knocked down in the 12th round?

I understand that Jimmy Young was good and underrated but most of the other elites, the Ali's, Nortons, etc at the time owned young.
How did he beat up on Foreman and why was it Fight of the Year? Was it close etc? Do some people think Foreman won? (I never saw the fight, any youtube videos ya'll know of?)
I have a theory that Foreman is quite possibly the greatest HW of all time but I just can't see how Young whooped him.

You could make a legit case that Young beat Norton and Ali as well.

**KingTito** · 04-20-2009, 01:43 PM

Jimmy Young was a good fighter, and anything can happen in boxing.

How the Hell Did Foreman lose to Jimmy Young?