Foreman hand speed?

[pain=gain]

70's Foreman was a rare breed. It's already been said in this thread, his incredible power, strength and intimidation made up for his lack of hand speed and skill.

Ironically, for someone who was intimidating, Foreman said years back in an interview that he was scared of Frazier, and that he was just glad to have ended it so quickly.

I think Ali said he was also scared of Fraizer.

Foreman also said Gerry Cooney was the hardest puncher he ever fought.

[madsweeney]

I think one thing people forget is how good his timing was and his defense was very effective. Crazy talk you say, yea he took lots of hits but he had a pretty effective cross-guard and I can't think of any boxer that caught punches as well as he did.

[prinzemanspopa]

There's a difference between using a guard and actually being effective with it.Foreman's level of defense was never any good,but it was outright shocking during his comeback years.I used to have a picture of him after the Alex Stewart fight saved on my laptop and he look's an absolute mess.