About George Foreman being a great fighter when Don King was young etc.etc. Actually he WAS fighting in the early to mid 1990's, but he was NOT a great fighter. He was a fighter who won his share of the title when he very luckily KO'd Michael Moorer in the last few seconds of the 10th round, all 10 of which he had easily lost until the KO.
And as somebody who has seen this fight quite a few times, it really looked like a rathwer soft, ordinary punch' Moorer going down from it was a HUGE surprise to everybody, I think even Geoge himself.
When Don King was "young", actually around 40 or so, George made his real reputation, and in no way was he "great", but just a hefty, strong, average fighter. It was his KO punch, which got him through the first -and best- part of his career.
Foremans punches look sloppy and slow, but they are much harder than they look! The physicall strenght of this man was unbelievable!
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