Would 48 y/o Foreman have finished Briggs faster than Klit?

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  • Joeyzagz
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    Would 48 y/o Foreman have finished Briggs faster than Klit?

    George Foreman lost a very close decison to Prime Briggs back in 1997. At the time George was 22 years older than his opponent. Briggs used youth and speed to avoid the right hand.

    How do you think George would do against the stationary slob that showed up against Vitali?

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    YES Foreman KOs Briggs early
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    YES Foreman KOs Briggs Late
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    No Foreman wins by UD like Vitali
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    Foreman kills Briggs
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    #2
    Foreman would have KO'd him.

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    • Joeyzagz
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      #3
      Originally posted by Mr. Blobby
      Foreman would have KO'd him.
      I think any half decent boxer with power wouldve KO'd Briggs.

      Vitali is a guy stabbing you with a short dull knife repeatedly for 12 rounds...

      George Foreman is a guy with a Broad Sword who can end it in one swing...

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      • Boxing Scene
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        #4
        Actually it is very well known that Foreman was robbed, but he didn't do anywhere near the damage to Briggs that Klitschko did.

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        • ИATAS
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          #5
          Foreman beat briggs in his prime when he was 48. So he probably would have knocked him out against an older version.

          but who knows, briggs showed a lot of toughness against Vitali.

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            #6
            Also before you go playing up the second coming of Foreman, I met an ex-Mexican boxer in L.A. out by the airport in this bar, he told me that he was offered 100,000 to take a dive against Foreman. At the time I looked the guy up on my phone and it was a legit professional heavyweight. He told me he turned down the fight but he wished he would have taken it now.

            To answer your question though, I watched a lot of Foreman fights in his older years and he did a lot more boxing than brawling, so I think he wins a UD just like he did the first time.
            Last edited by Boxing Scene; 10-21-2010, 03:55 PM.

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            • Rick Grimes
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              #7
              Originally posted by Boxing Scene
              Also before you go playing up the second coming of Foreman, I met an ex-Mexican boxer in L.A. out by the airport in this bar, he told me that he was offered 100,000 to take a dive against Foreman. At the time I looked the guy up on my phone and it was a legit professional heavyweight. He told me he turned down the fight but he wished he would have taken it now.

              To answer your question though, I watched a lot of Foreman fights in his older years and he did a lot more boxing than brawling, so I think he wins a UD just like he did the first time.
              I met a guy that said he was Hitler in his past life and he was born in 1945.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Boxing Scene
                Actually it is very well known that Foreman was robbed, but he didn't do anywhere near the damage to Briggs that Klitschko did.
                THe Briggs Foreman fought had 10 times the mobility than the one that showed up against .

                I think 48 year old Foreman punched harder than 39 year old Vital. Better stamina too.

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