George Foreman says that Wilder and Fury would've whooped him

[Ascended]

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Anyone who beat any version of George kills Fury

Keep trolling yourself

[billeau2]

George has been given to disarming hyperbole since his 2nd incarnation. I image he assumes that people's conjecture simply doesn't matter very much. Since his comeback he has maintained with conviction that Jerry Quarry would have whipped him and that he labored hard to sidestep that match. I'm a big Quarry fan, but I'm less sure than George that Jerry was his kryptonite. As to My pedestrian musings about how a 73' - 77' vintage model would do against today's line-up? Well, I think. Nobody but Ali (himself) has an easy time of it with Afro George, and in hindsight, Ali himself largely got the crap beated out of him across the length of that bout. But I also pick Fury, Wilder, W. Klitschko and Possibly even an invigorate Joshua over many of the post-Ali era stal*****, including Norton, Snipes, Cooney, Thomas, Witherspoon, Smith, Cobb, Williams, Tubbs, Holyfield, Cooper, Bowe, Golota, Moorer, Tua, Byrd, Ibeabuchi, Valuev, Briggs, Haye, Vitali, et el. Holmes, Tyson, Lewis are another matter alltogether. Too close to call. Then...what do I know?

EXACTLY! Basic psychological principles: when you really can fight, you don't need people to reaffirm it. My Karate Sensei was the most explosive hitter I ever witnessed (and fought against). He was viscious and even watching him caused a paralyzing fear until one got over it. But once he stepped out of the fighting zone? sweet, compassionate, gentle... Was the dark horse out of a bunch of well known fighters from the early eighties... you never heard his name mentioned despite his success against more well known fighters... and he never gave two shiats about that name recognition. He loved to fight and when he did you didn't want to be the opposition Big George is pulling a similar personality shuffle. He is that big teddy bear that everyone would whoop on... Sure George, and I am Attila the Hun hear me roar.

Interesting aside. Norman Mailer wrote up Foreman in P l a y b o y Magazine and described his eyes as shark like... the eyes of a killer, an apex predator. My Sensei had those same eyes... very disconcerting lol.

[BodyBagz]

Keep trolling yourself

Keep hugging your Fury blow up doll.

[elfag]

that is his nice guy old man act

he also says he was afraid of tyson and lennox. well he almost fought both

he started his comeback to win the title when tyson was champion and all of foremans early comeback fights the announcers are talking about tyson-foreman constantly until tyson's loss and prison time.

Then consider the disputed loss to briggs, if he didnt lose to brigs he would have been facing lennox soon. He would have gotten battered at his age but he wasnt afraid of lennox or tyson like he claims.

[billeau2]

George Foreman probably has too much chin for these kids tbh.

But these technical breakdowns that avoid talking about specific technique avoid specific technique because they're coming from ****s who only know the terms for basic ****. If the full extent of your punch vocab is **** like jab, hook, overhand, uppercut, and cross....ya can't actually speak to the ****ing techniques you claim to understand. ****ers.

That said, take away his chin and Foreman's more basic than Wilder.

Tell me I'm wrong and we're going fright back to ****ing 2018 when my sig used to show who? Deontay and Foreman doing the same exact **** except, magically, it's Foreman who is sloppier.


It's frustrating. A lot of the same clowns will talk about Wlad like as if Wlad used anything but amateur techniques. Wlad's a very technical boxer, and George Foreman relied on well formed punches and timing not his chin and power.....and I'm meant to take youse seriously like yer ****ing opinions should matter to anyone, including yourselves. Basically because youse can circlejerk confirmation bias out of one another? Nope, not impressed.

Foreman was a bona fide puncher. Interest thing is, Liston who worked a lot with George didn't cut the ring down so much as use exact footwork. To Liston the idea was to get his body weight and exstension on the shots... Foreman by contrast cut the ring. This means sometimes coming in pursuit at an angle. In this respect Wilder is more similar to Liston. Wilder has faster feet by far, but Liston always always had his weight on base for his shots.

Im not trying to put words in your mouth here bub but would it be safe to say that Foreman was a puncher? I don't know about basic, advanced, or what not... Foreman had good skills manipulating opponents into shots, and in cutting the ring. Wilder's skills are there. He gets there quick. With his reach how many quick steps from across the ring before he is in range? He uses that well. Many guys are hit before they saw him coming.

[billeau2]

Yea old George kills him even though he lost to people like Alex and was took mutiple rounds by moorer and others who wasnt half as skilled as wlad or moved as good as him
keep trolling yourself idiot

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[Oracle01]

Forman might be better, that doesn't mean he beats either wilder or fury, they are just too big for him.

Im curious how you correlate this statement with Ruiz destroying AJ?

[PBR Streetgang]

Foreman also said something similar about Jerry Quarry. It's what Big George does, he's effusive in praise for people he most likely would have destroyed in his prime.

George was in his 40s when he detonated a bomb on Michael Moorer's chin and when he came away unfazed after Holyfield launched dozen punch combinations on his head.

I really don't like mythical matchups because I only truly believe what I see happen in the ring but you need to know the sport before you spout things off as evidence.

[TonyGe]

How does this work. We compare George when he was out if his prime athletically to Fury who is at his peak??

[champion4ever]

I don't believe him. In the case of Wilder is all about who gets their punches off first and how often. In the case of Tyson Fury that Kronk gym style would be all wrong for Tyson Fury. George would just as easily push him back and land his power punches on him. However, if Tyson decides to get on his bicycle to box then it would be a totally different story.due to Foreman's lack of speed and poor stamina.