Does a prime George Foreman KO a prime Vitali Klitschko?

[Sugar Adam Ali]

for all those debating the sanders rocking vitali,,,

fighters get rocked,, especially when they arent prepared for it, or dont think it will happen,,

vitali knew lewis drops bombs, and was mentally prepared for it,,
vs sanders, i think he got surprised but recovered and beat him

You will see this in a bunch of fights if you watch boxing long enough,, to say vitali got rocked by sanders, therefore foreman would ko him, isnt logical thinking,,, Lewis hits harder than sanders and wasnt able to rock vitali, even with a brutal uppercut,,, and vitali was able to knock lewis down, even though they traded blows, and lewis had been dropped by lesser fighters like rahman and mccall,,,

When your not mentally prepared to feel bombs, and then you do by surprise, then yes you get rocked,, but if you know the guy hits hard and you come mentally prepared for it, then you have a better chance of not getting rocked

[LacedUp]

Are you really that ignorant or just choose to be? I said he was 5-4 in title fights. Vitali would have beaten anyone foreman fought in title fights with the exception of ali due to the possibility of cuts from a great jab. lol at lyle

common argument from the kliterati.

[beez721]

Vitali has twice the boxing iq though. Foreman would tire and be a sitting duck like sanders was

not sure about that. I think even a young foreman was smarter in the ring than people think. I also think his stamina was underrated to a degree. he really only tired badly in the ali and young fights when it was hot as f***

[BG_Knocc_Out]

I think Foreman is easily one of the most overrated heavyweights in history. I don't know what it is, but people need to look at the statistics. Heavyweights in that era were just physically smaller. Foreman is only 6'3. When you watch his fights, he's normally the bigger man in comparison to his opponents. It'll give you the delusion that he is much bigger and stronger than his post-80's heavyweight counterparts.

Foreman honestly couldn't box very well. He didn't show up with a game plan outside of trying to knock them out. He didn't have more than one dimension. Honestly, all he did was stalk his opponents. He couldn't even cut off the ring. Often times you'll even see lesser fighters tee-off on Foreman before Foreman eventually catches them. He was just a brute. He didn't set up punches. He would just overwhelm you. A lot of times you can see him even hitting his opponents with his forearms due to how sloppy he was. Also, lets remember, Foreman was a 6 round fighter. If he didn't KO you before round 7, you had nothing to worry about for the rest of the fight. Foreman's power was more overwhelming thudding blows, more so than concussive one shot knockouts (Tommy Hearns-esque). A lot of his knockdowns/outs featured pushing, off-balance tackles, forearm bashing, and leg-tangling..

I honestly don't see Foreman ever catching a 6'7 Ukrainian who's exceptional at playing keep-away for a full 12 rounds all the while gassing opponents out. I see Vitali actually winning via late round TKO after Foreman runs out of steam.

[A_Jeffrey]

not sure about that. I think even a young foreman was smarter in the ring than people think. I also think his stamina was underrated to a degree. he really only tired badly in the ali and young fights when it was hot as f***

Prime George was so smart that when Ali outboxed and outsmarted him it was only because George was cooking a up masterplan, where he would come back in the 90s, KO Moorer in round 12 and become HW champ again and rise his stock even higher.
So you see, George can also look into the future.

[Ray Corso]

Brutal KO win for George the only way Vitali "prepares" for Formans power would be to get hit by passing trucks!
Georges jab alone has more power than Vitalis opponents bring with their power punches. The Klitz are the most overated heavies of all time when you speak of them in the "history" of heavyweight boxing.
Two very tall very awkward guys who even in todays weak era would struggle if they were 6'1" and had the same skill level.
we just saw one of the worst defensives of all time against a rank amatuer styled fighter by Wlad who "fell on top" of the kid ALL night long just to survive because he wouldn't stand up and fight the kid!
He coiuld have and should have beat that kid easily but he chose to become a wrestler that night instead of the champion of the world. Disgrace! Ray

[A_Jeffrey]

Brutal KO win for George the only way Vitali "prepares" for Formans power would be to get hit by passing trucks!
Georges jab alone has more power than Vitalis opponents bring with their power punches. The Klitz are the most overated heavies of all time when you speak of them in the "history" of heavyweight boxing.
Two very tall very awkward guys who even in todays weak era would struggle if they were 6'1" and had the same skill level.
we just saw one of the worst defensives of all time against a rank amatuer styled fighter by Wlad who "fell on top" of the kid ALL night long just to survive because he wouldn't stand up and fight the kid!
He coiuld have and should have beat that kid easily but he chose to become a wrestler that night instead of the champion of the world. Disgrace! Ray

I heard once Prime George threw a jab and KOed his opponent, his trainer, referee and 16,000 people in the audience.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

I think Foreman is easily one of the most overrated heavyweights in history. I don't know what it is, but people need to look at the statistics. Heavyweights in that era were just physically smaller. Foreman is only 6'3. When you watch his fights, he's normally the bigger man in comparison to his opponents. It'll give you the delusion that he is much bigger and stronger than his post-80's heavyweight counterparts.

Foreman honestly couldn't box very well. He didn't show up with a game plan outside of trying to knock them out. He didn't have more than one dimension. Honestly, all he did was stalk his opponents. He couldn't even cut off the ring. Often times you'll even see lesser fighters tee-off on Foreman before Foreman eventually catches them. He was just a brute. He didn't set up punches. He would just overwhelm you. A lot of times you can see him even hitting his opponents with his forearms due to how sloppy he was. Also, lets remember, Foreman was a 6 round fighter. If he didn't KO you before round 7, you had nothing to worry about for the rest of the fight. Foreman's power was more overwhelming thudding blows, more so than concussive one shot knockouts (Tommy Hearns-esque). A lot of his knockdowns/outs featured pushing, off-balance tackles, forearm bashing, and leg-tangling..

I honestly don't see Foreman ever catching a 6'7 Ukrainian who's exceptional at playing keep-away for a full 12 rounds all the while gassing opponents out. I see Vitali actually winning via late round TKO after Foreman runs out of steam.

I dont see how you can call someone overrated that was a 2-time lineal heavy champ, in the 2 deepest eras seperated by 2 decades,,,,,

[billeau2]

I was born in 1979, so I wasn't even alive when Foreman was prime. I have to go off of what I see in video clips. I would have to be a revisionist wouldnt I? Anyhow, Foreman only went 3-1 in title fights in his prime and was knocked out by average puncher Ali. Vitali has proven that he's more than capable of taking a good shot and certainly will be able to hit Foreman. This leads me to believe that Vitali would knock him out.

As I said before, Lennox was nowhere close to being 'fat' in the Vitali fight. He was less than 10 lbs over his prime weight and was coming off of a destruction of Tyson where he had almost never looked better. People like you like to act like Lennox was shot or unmotivated for the Vitali fight but that couldn't be farther from the truth.

Wrong....

Lewis got complacent. He was training to fight a little, slow fat Kirk Johnson, it was a rare "gimme" that Lewis took (though the Tyson fight was not exactly a challenge at the time it was made). Read up on it ok? Lewis came in at his absolute worse preparing for an opponent that he would truly have no problems with. Stop revising history! It does not work that way, or maybe it does and your time line is different? But in the general consensus we call reality Lewis took a fight with a bear when he was training to fight a mouse.

I was referring to "watch" as in watch the tapes.

[billeau2]

This post shows you know little about Vitali, his foot movement is superb even if it looks awkward. You can see this is apparent in all of his comeback fights. He is clearly a master of in ring spacing which is created by his footwork. Lennox was the only fighter able to get him out of his rythm and he was an atg and generally reguarded as a better fighter than Foreman was.

And exactly who else has he fought that challenged that "superb footwork?" Sam plodeter? or maybe....chris Sparrow?, fat Corey needs susanders?....A fat out of shape Lewis?

Heres the proof young un...Lewis though an ATG for sure, was a stone cold plodder. I often thought Lewis could ko himself by getting his feet crossed. What was the superb footwork of Vitali able to accomplish exactly? He might have beat Lewis if he had half the movement skills of some guys instead of allowing Lewis to turn it into a battle of attrition. But he couldn;t do that. Could he?