George Foreman vs Anthony Joshua ?

[Dariusz]

You're back. Got over the fat Polish dude being wreaked by a shot to pieces Helenious?

I think you should lay off on picking winners considering...

What Kownacki's loss has to do with Foreman vs. Joshua prediction ? And if you think that abusing Kownacki and me validates your opinion, you're wrong.
If you like it or not, my opinion is that prime Foreman would wipe the floor with Joshua.

[hugh grant]

To be fair either have a chance. But right now in time George is higher in AT G status.
So that might sway it his way

[CombatCan]

Both in their prime who would win ?

AJ is too chinny. Foreman knocks him out 9 times out of 10.

[Zonkmeister]

I've got Foreman (especially prime Foreman). Too aggressive, too heavy-handed, and an extremely intimidating individual (you gotta take this into account as well). Only way I could see AJ winning is staying up until late rounds and getting George to gas - and for that you need some really good dancing movement or a whole lot of cleverness and a chin out of this world.

Would be a fun fight though.

The comeback Big George would be a fun fight as well. The man was an immovable object in the ring with tremendous punching power.

[elfag]

What did Lyle do better then A.J ? Get real he was far from Olympic champion material, he was physically strong and able to use his size ,imagine what a a 6”6 240 plus guy with elite pedigree would do .

Foreman bullied guys with a lot of shoving and if he didn’t get you out early he lost confidence like Young who even knocked him down who wasn’t a power puncher and near 200 pounds then that of anyone even like Ruiz . It’s why the entire prime topic is laughable ,Foreman was more effective in the 90”s so it’s a weird point of talks anyway .

He was on his way to be the US olympic team before he went pro. He stopped the guy twice that was on the US team.

[Sid-Knee]

Apparently, Joe Frazier couldn't handle his shots but sure Joshua would. Foreman wasn't the most skilled fighter but Joshua is no Ali or Fury himself. Foreman could take shots from hard hitters in both era but Joshua beats the daylights out of him?

Joshua couldn't even trade with a little fat Mexican. We know they cannot fight, so everything is hypothetical. But one thing can definitely be compared for real...let's see if Joshua can become a HW champ at age 45.

AJ isn't someone who comes forward with no skills nor defence. AJ would keep it long. Completely two different styles. AJ wouldn't be there to taker those shots.

Which hard hitters did Foreman face back in his prime? How many of those guys did he actually get hit by?

Tall fighters don't trade with smaller fighters with faster hands for that very reason. You swing that much weight into an incoming shot, you're going. Look at Holyfield swinging into Bowe but nowhere near as aggressively in the 3rd fight. You commit that mistake, it doesn't matter how good your chin is.

AJ would dominate on the back foot like a much lesser skilled Young did. But with much bigger shots. Foreman went down because he doesn't have his feet positioned under him properly when coming forward. Walk like that into a big puncher, it's over pretty quickly.

So anyone who doesn't win a title at the age of 45 is lesser than foreman? Sorry, but it doesn't work like that. AJ will end up with more than just 3 good wins and being a 5 minute champion like foreman. That's all that matters.

[tophat1]

Foreman ko. Think aj would cause him problems before the finish tho

[Zelda]

AJ isn't someone who comes forward with no skills nor defence. AJ would keep it long. Completely two different styles. AJ wouldn't be there to taker those shots.

Which hard hitters did Foreman face back in his prime? How many of those guys did he actually get hit by?

Tall fighters don't trade with smaller fighters with faster hands for that very reason. You swing that much weight into an incoming shot, you're going. Look at Holyfield swinging into Bowe but nowhere near as aggressively in the 3rd fight. You commit that mistake, it doesn't matter how good your chin is.

AJ would dominate on the back foot like a much lesser skilled Young did. But with much bigger shots. Foreman went down because he doesn't have his feet positioned under him properly when coming forward. Walk like that into a big puncher, it's over pretty quickly.

So anyone who doesn't win a title at the age of 45 is lesser than foreman? Sorry, but it doesn't work like that. AJ will end up with more than just 3 good wins and being a 5 minute champion like a foreman. That's all that matters.

That is all a hypothetical story much like every other fight that did not and cannot happen. I am not sure Joshua is more skilled than Young. Frazier was skilled enough but that did stop him from getting KO'ed. Foreman fought Chuvalo, Ken Norton, and Ron Lyle, and in later years Evander, Morrison, and Moorer. None of them could knock him out.

Joshua has shown evasive skills in only one fight and that was against an obese, small guy. In all his other fights, he was quite robotic. It's not a done deal that Joshua can take Foreman's shot(s) and continue to perform a perfect fight afterward. Not a big fan of such hypothetical fights but my comments were in reply to "Joshua will beat the daylight out of Foreman". Don't see that happening.

[buge]

A young Foreman swings like Wilder but slower. AJ probably wins a decision if he fights like he did in Ruiz 2.

[buge]

AJ will end up with more than just 3 good wins and being a 5 minute champion like foreman. That's all that matters.

Perhaps, but he might not have a single good win yet.

Maybe Parker? ... but Parker got beat by Euro-level Whyte, who was iced by 41-yr old Povetkin.