Did Foreman simply get lucky in his fight with Moorer?

[Hitman932]

michael moorer strikes me as the whiniest goof fighter of all time.

not only the crying about foreman fight but also on FNF not too far back he started complaining about how he cant train fighters cause there are so many "backstabbers" out there, when in reality he couldnt even train JD Chapman to tie someone up.

[deuce_drop]

yes and no to that question.

no it wasn't a lucky punch because he was well trained and throwing it all night trying to get moorer into position. like Teddy Atlas said Foreman has been gearing up and was ready to do whatever it took to win that fight since losing to Ali, he was mentally prepared. (it was in Teddy's bio, which is a damn good read, i couldn't put it down, must own if you ask me)

but lucky yes because Moorer fell right into Foremans trap and started to get comfortable in the latter half of the fight. Moorer was handing down a beating the whole fight, and Foreman knew he was going to have to take punishment in order to get Moorer where he needed him, and as time went on he started positioning Moorer and by slightly missing, then as soon as Moorer thought that George was going to miss with the same punch,ZANG that **** popped him in the mouth and he never saw it coming..

when i first saw it it didn't look like much but after reading Teddy's book, he said that Moorers front tooth was sent through the mouth piece and into his lip. thats a hard ****ing shot if you ask me. plus it was a short right hand from the shoulder of one of the hardest hitting heavyweights in history, looks can be deceiving........

[Abe Attell]

George did stun him with a punch before the knockout punch came...you could argue Moorer should of just stayed away from Foreman, but he didn't because this is the ego of most boxers, to try to take someone out.
You also have to consider that Moorer didn't look like he had the same bounce in his legs because George was hitting him with body blows all fight long.

[Demorak]

George Foreman, who's career record was 76-5 with 68ko's got lucky that he landed a knockout? Just think about that for a second and this thread answers itself.

hahaha good point!


It wasent luck he outsmarted Moorer, with not giving away his power so Moorer thought he already had tasted George power, thinking to himself "you aint soo bad" then he got brave(or ******)
and got Ko'd

BTW the punch was perfect! right on the jaw.

[hemichromis]

hahaha good point!


It wasent luck he outsmarted Moorer, with not giving away his power so Moorer thought he already had tasted George power, thinking to himself "you aint soo bad" then he got brave(or ******)
and got Ko'd

BTW the punch was perfect! right on the jaw.

yeh tip of the chin with a slight upward angle thats one of the nastiest ways to get hit IMO

[Easy-E]

If he had not landed that monster punch in round 10, most people would have said ...

Lucky is the wrong word.
Foreman was the inferior figher and he knew it, so he was looking to land a big punch, and it happened.

[hemichromis]

Lucky is the wrong word.
Foreman was the inferior figher and he knew it, so he was looking to land a big punch, and it happened.

if it wasn't for moorers average chin he would be one of the worst fighters for foreman to face, mostly due to his hard right jab

[Mr_Ruckus]

That was no lucky punch it was a perfect set up one two. Maybe luck was on the side making it a ko but Foreman pulled the trigger himself and nothing can be taken away from that .

Thats the real deal right there...Big George pulled the trigger...HOW IS THAT LUCK?