Comments Thread For: George Foreman Wishes That He Faced Wladimir Klitschko

[Mr. Invincible]

Vitali struggled against a old Lennox Lewis, what hope would he have against George Foreman in his prime, it would have ended up in a bloody mess

Wladimir is even a crapper boxer than Vitali

I hardly call losing on cuts while winning 4 out of 6 rounds to an ATG struggling. Lennox was twice the fighter George was at his best and while Lennox wasn't young, he was as good as he ever was.

[Mr. Invincible]

Do you realize 48 year old Foreman hit Briggs harder than Vitali did?

If Foreman had landed half the free shots that Vitali got Briggs wouldve been dead.

Hey ******, Briggs weighed 40 lbs less in the Foreman fight and George lost. Stfu. You hate for the Klitschko's shows your true ignorance. There's nothing not to like about them and all you can do is talk ****. What a pathetic hater.

[Mr. Invincible]

• Prime George Foreman (median weight 217 lbs) would be Vitali Klitschkos BOTTOM-3 lightest opponent.
• Foreman II had 3 overlapping opponents with Wlad:
  Wladimir Klitschko vs Axel Schulz|W TKO8
  Wladimir Klitschko vs Everett Martin|W TKO8(23.08yro/34.8yro)
  Wladimir Klitschko vs Mark Young|W RTD2
  ---
  George Foreman vs Axel Schulz|W MD12
  George Foreman vs Everett Martin|W UD10
  George Foreman vs Mark Young|W TKO7
• At
  http://www.heavyweightblog.com/2490/...harder-puncher
  I analyzed a lot of other stats and Wlad is 1-2 punch classes ABOVE Foreman.
• Foreman (1970s) has KOed only 3 opponents (200+ lbs) in heavyweight world championships (212 lbs, 214 lbs, 196 lbs). That approximately sums up his record.

Good analysis. Things I didn't go look up but knew, as a whole of course. I knew prime George was small by todays stds and would have been way too small and one dimensional to beat Vitali and would only have a punchers chance to not get sparked cold by Wladimir at his best.

[Mr. Invincible]

It happened genius. Let me know if you want any more.




On the night of April 10, 2004, Lamon Brewster had climbed off the floor in the fourth, and a round later was beating the piss out of Wladimir Klitschko when referee Robert Byrd intervened to take Klitschko into protective custody. Although Wladimir's performance was consistent with - indeed, redolent of -- his prior boxing history, a day later he and his camp were fanning the flames of a conspiracy theory, charging that the beaten fighter had been mysteriously drugged.A few years ago George Foreman recalled his reaction to his loss to Muhammad Ali in their 1974 "Rumble in the Jungle" as one of the most shameful episodes of his boxing career. "By saying I'd been tricked or that my food might have been poisoned I detracted from Ali's victory," said Foreman. "The man beat me that night and I should have just given him credit for a great performance. Instead I was so embarrassed I started looking around for excuses."

Wladimir must not have been paying attention. After wilting before Brewster's fifth-round onslaught in their World Boxing Organization heavyweight title fight at the Mandalay Bay, the Ukrainian tried to alibi away his performance by claiming that his food had been tampered with, and trainer Emanuel Steward subsequently claimed that his fighter was suffering from "unusually high blood sugar.""It wasn't the water in Wladimir's eyes," said Brewster's promoter Don King a few days later. "It wasn't no soup he ate at the Mandalay Bay. It was Lamon Brewster's punches that knocked him out, THAT's what happened to Wladimir Klitschko."

On May 3, boxing attorney Judd Burstein undertook the representation of the Brothers Klitschko. Two days later, to great fanfare, Burstein posted a letter demanding a federal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the Brewster-Klitschko fight, copies of which he sent to every media outlet on his rolodex.

Burstein must have coveted the Klitschko account badly. The circulation of the letter might make the younger Klitschko look like a crybaby, but it makes his lawyer look just plan silly.
The public release of Burstein's missive to Daniel G. Bogden, the United States Attorney for the District of Nevada, was accompanied by a press release which included this bizarre sentiment



http://www.thesweetscience.com/news/...ust-taste-sour

I do know Wlad cited possible drugging, it' known by most boxing enthusiasts. But, it was obvious that Brewster did nothing of the sort to beat Wladimir other than to stay on his feet until Wlad collapsed. If that means Wlads nutrition was awry leading up to the fight, I don't know but what I do know for fact is that Wlad has NEVER gassed that bad before that fight or since and before he got tired, he was beating Lamon pillar to post. That is all that matters, so your little copy and paste was a waste of time.

[Joeyzagz]

Foreman did not need to soften an opponent up with a jab, or throw 1000 punches like Vitali.. Foreman could land once or twice and put you to sleep.

Id pick Foreman to beat both Klitschkos.

[hweightblogger]

It happened genius. Let me know if you want any more.

I am still waiting for a link where Wlad claims he was poisoned.

Oh, and Foreman to this very day insists he was poisoned.

[the niggest]

Foreman would easily destroy either Klitschko.

[fitefanSHO]

You got it the other way around: Wlad's power plus Foreman's shaky chin.

In his comeback, George Foreman was never off his feet. Not once.

Wlad has been KTFO by Brewster & Sanders.

[hweightblogger]

In his comeback, George Foreman was never off his feet. Not once.

Oh, so this thread is about Foreman II vs Klitschko?

Foreman would have even less chances then.

Foreman II scored only 1 KO in world title fights. Klitschko 14. That is approximately their quality difference.

Now, mind you, I am unfair here, because Foreman was so much older, and additionally we never witnessed his prime (he stopped at 28 and continued at 38).

But toe-to-toe Foreman II would have only very little chances. Even Axel Schultz looked impressive vs Foreman. I cannot even imagine what a one-sided beating Klitschko vs Foreman would have been.

Foreman was even seriously wobbled by heavyweight featherfist Moorer.

Foreman I would have also very little chances, but his chances would be bigger than Foreman II's.

[joseph5620]

I am still waiting for a link where Wlad claims he was poisoned.

Oh, and Foreman to this very day insists he was poisoned.

I already posted the link. Don't pretend like you didn't see it.