Prime George Foreman vs Wlad Klitschko.

[Zab Super Judah]

mentally wladimir is very weak. I wouldnt be surprised if BIG GEORGE ko'd him in one or 2

[GasPed]

Up front, it looks like a kayo early for George; but so did the Peter fight until Wlad outskilled him. It's hard for me to see Wlad getting out of the 3 round in this one; but it is boxing, so anything's possible. If he tied George up when he got in close, like he did Peter, and showed the kind of heart he did against Peter and got George into the second half of the fight a win is not out of the question. Remember, a young George wasn't all that technical in his pursuit, which is why Ali outsmarted him and why Jimmy Young outboxed and beat him. Wlad has good skill, a superior reach, good jab, good hook, good power, and decent stamina, as he showed againt the biggest puncher he's ever faced. Wlad could win; but he'd be tested early on...that's for sure.

Comparing George Foreman to Sam Peter is deluded at best. Foreman was much more methodical and technical with his punches than Peter. And if "Haymaker" Peter could put Wlad down 3 times with glancing blows, I just can't see how Wlad survives...

And both Ali and Young absorbed huge punishment to beat George. Wlad is not that kind of fighter (I'm not questioning his heart, just his ability to take punishment). Foreman KO3.

[Hitman932]

Ali absorbed an inhuman amount of punishment to do it, and Foreman was ruined when he fought Lyle. He was not in his prime then because mentally he was a wreck.

You're a flaming cheerleading sack licker who's upset by the topic.

The 1st of many to come crying in I imagine.

and youre a ****in dip****, i didnt do anything that even remotely resembles "crying". sack licker huh? why dont you look at the poll where i voted that foreman would win the fight.

oh and also thanks a lot for pointing out that foreman wasnt prime when he beat lyle. i love it when self-righteous jackasses point out stuff that everyone already knows like theyre smart for knowing it. the point wasnt that he was prime, it was that he could be hurt by a punch froma big heavyweight, but as always you missed the point and moved right onto an ignorant ass flaming response.

youre the first and only person crying in this thread so far, and all it took was 1 person to say foreman wouldnt knock wlad out in 1 round, youre just too damn sensitive.

[Bozo_no no]

and youre a ****in dip****, i didnt do anything that even remotely resembles "crying". sack licker huh? why dont you look at the poll where i voted that foreman would win the fight.

oh and also thanks a lot for pointing out that foreman wasnt prime when he beat lyle. i love it when self-righteous jackasses point out stuff that everyone already knows like theyre smart for knowing it. the point wasnt that he was prime, it was that he could be hurt by a punch froma big heavyweight, but as always you missed the point and moved right onto an ignorant ass flaming response.

youre the first and only person crying in this thread so far, and all it took was 1 person to say foreman wouldnt knock wlad out in 1 round, youre just too damn sensitive.

You're a cheerleading sack licker, and everyone knows it.

The poll asks about "Prime Foreman". So your compairison to when he wasn't in his prime vs Lyle is not valid. He was never the same in his early years after the Ali fight, and was much more succeptable to being hurt. And as I mentioned, you point out the Ali fight with no mention of the tremendous punishment Ali walked through to win that fight.

You're just the 1st of many nut huggers who will come parading in to vent how upset the topic makes them.

It's as tiresome as it is predictable.

[K-DOGG]

Comparing George Foreman to Sam Peter is deluded at best. Foreman was much more methodical and technical with his punches than Peter. And if "Haymaker" Peter could put Wlad down 3 times with glancing blows, I just can't see how Wlad survives...

And both Ali and Young absorbed huge punishment to beat George. Wlad is not that kind of fighter (I'm not questioning his heart, just his ability to take punishment). Foreman KO3.

True, Foreman was better technically skilled than Peter...who isn't?

However, I do think it's a valid comparison. George, in his first career, was looking to take your head off and that's it. That kind of tunnel vision could get George into trouble, shold Wlad be focussed enough to get him into the second half of the fight, where George had shown stamina problems.

Of course, I find your scenario more believable; but if I've learned anything over the years, it's that if it can be imagined, it can happen in the prize ring...hell, it can happen even if it can't be imagined.

[Bozo_no no]

However, I do think it's a valid comparison. George, in his first career, was looking to take your head off and that's it. That kind of tunnel vision could get George into trouble, shold Wlad be focussed enough to get him into the second half of the fight, where George had shown stamina problems.

I don't think it's a very good compairison because Peter was poorly conditioned and couldn't put punches together and he almost had Wlad stopped.

Foreman is bigger, stronger, and puts his shots together much better. Peter was completely out of gas after his attack in the 5th.

Forman back then was superior to Peter in every category.

[Knicksman20]

Prime Foreman destroys Wlad. Sam Peter couldn't cut the ring off effectively & allowed himself to get tied up. Foreman is much better in this aspect. We all have to remember that Foreman is about 6'4 so the height/reach difference wouldn't be a mismatch. Foreman is probably the hardest hitting heavyweight ever & if a green Peter could land & hurt Wlad, Foreman destroys him & early.

[K-DOGG]

I don't think it's a very good compairison because Peter was poorly conditioned and couldn't put punches together and he almost had Wlad stopped.

Foreman is bigger, stronger, and puts his shots together much better. Peter was completely out of gas after his attack in the 5th.

Forman back then was superior to Peter in every category.

Agreed; but the key is how Wlad held Peter, who was physically stronger. That's what Ali did to George when he wasn't rope-a-doping. Peter, I'll say, was physically stronger than George, even though his punch doesn't have quite the explosiveness of a prime George and isn't delivered as quickly. Still, even a young Foreman went 10 rounds with a crafty light-heavyweight, Gregario Peralta, so it's not impossible to see Wlad wrestling with Formean, tying him up on the inside and outsmarting Big George, who wasn't much for thinking in his first career. Even Big George has said he was a wind-up robot in his first caeer.

[Violent Demise]

I like Kiltschko, but a prime Foreman eats Wlad for breakfeast

[AllEyesOpen]

When it all comes down to it, and i've said this before, I dont think Wlad has the chin for some of the heavyweights now(Rahman & Brewster would hurt him), which is a must in the HW division, so I see Foreman Stopping him real quick.