Current WLAD will KO a prime George Foreman

[NChristo]

George's height would reduce the effect of the lean somewhat, but he'd still be reduced to throwing arm punches, the way Lennox did to Vitali. Could get the job done of course but might tire him out and leave him open for the Wlad one two.

George only ever threw arm punches anyway.

Imagine if he put his hips and bodyweight into them ?, scary thought.

[nomadman]

it wasn't hard to see his punches coming, but george brought some crazy aggression those first few rounds.

it'd be far from the first time i've been wrong, but my gut just tells me foreman's power would carry it

True, though Wlad is often at his best in the early rounds as well. I think George's aggression would be his downfall here. He wasted a lot of energy bombing Ali in the clinch, and Wlad's clinch wouldn't allow him to get off with any real effectiveness at all. Although it's by no means a perfect example, I look at the first four rounds of Wlad Peter to gauge how a possible fight with the two might go. Of course, Foreman is a much better fighter than Peter, but then Wlad is a much better fighter from five years ago too. It's very possible he bombs Wlad out early, but he really can't be the reckless aggressive bull that he was against Ali (not that that was a typical performance by George; Ali got in his head). Of all possible scenarios, I see the most likely one being George stalking patiently after Wlad, getting strafed with jabs and the odd right, coming back with a wild swing or two and then getting tied up by Wlad's clinch where he tries to bully and punch his way out before realising he's wasting too much energy and either tries to go back to boxing or goes wild and attempts to KO Wlad around about the third or fourth. After that, it's a tossup I think.

[nomadman]

George only ever threw arm punches anyway.

Imagine if he put his hips and bodyweight into them ?, scary thought.

Not quite true. He didn't have picture perfect boxing technique but he still put his weight into a lot of shots, otherwise he wouldn't have got so off balance when he missed. Regardless, when tied up tightly in a clinch with a big man, it's extremely difficult to land with any power whatsoever. Not only is your body prevented from moving in its normal manner when throwing a shot, but your vision is obscured as well. If Wlad clinches up Foreman I doubt Foreman could get off with any significant shots.