who would have won george vs. george

[Mike Tyson Jr.]

who would have won
if old foreman at 45 went back in time
and fought the young foreman that
was champ in the 1970s.



yeah yeah snarfy snarf

[Mr. Ryan]

Teddy Atlas once said that the old George Foreman would've knocked out the younger George Foreman because the older Foreman had become a master of mind games. He was smarter and more self-aware of his faults as a fighter. Age certainly has it's priveledges, and Foreman's older age also had it's negative effects as well. The Foreman of old wasn't able to sustain a consistent offense after the fourth, but was able to lull his opponents into a sense of security, sometimes a false one. The young Foreman also encountered something like that in Zaire 32 years ago. I would say the older Foreman, he was the much smarter fighter.

[Shanus]

The Foreman of '45' wouldn't beat the younger version, but the Foreman of 1990 would have competed, I couldn't call it though.

[NJFighter91]

i go with younger

[-Antonio-]

Foreman claims the older version would have beaten the younger version. I dotn buy it. Young Foreman was a beast.

[leff]

id go for the young one, kinda logical that a 25 year old version of a guy beats the 45 year old one.

btw im glad you finaly made a decent thread cheers

[Derranged_]

I'm picking the older George Foreman. The old version IMO fought a much smarter boxing match by pacing himself, choosing his openings and not punching himself out, and being more defensive minded.

Old George weathers an early storm by Young George, and opens up in the mid to late rounds scoring a TKO or UD. Remember, the 'old'(olds a relative term!) George Foreman fought alot of big punchers and good boxers but was never stopped or even knocked down.

[Abe Attell]

I pick the younger Foreman:

People say George was slow, but I really don't think so...when he was young, he wasn't that slow, especially compared to his older days (where he was slow)...I think it is more from seeing him winding up his punches, so since you saw him pull all the way back, you knew it was coming...the Old Foreman still took far to much punishment, and that would be some serious bruising fighting the younger...George could also go many rounds of what seemed to be non-stop punching, but it is the Ali fight, where he ran out of gas, that people remember the most. Of course you are going to run out of gas if you keep throwing that many punches and are throwing that many power shots; I think it may have been hot/humid during the fight, not sure...If he would of just paced himself a little more, nobody would talk about his "Stamina problem."

One big thing, George Foreman, despite his size/height, was a vicious body puncher.

I just think the younger Foreman would be a bit much to handle...his arsenal/varitey of punches were quite amazing, and although Archie Moore helped him out, it is a shame he couldn't find the "right" trainer to fit him

[dino]

young george foreman fought like a bear..older george foreman was a better fighter eventhough fat..i think its a toss up fight

[Southpaw Stinger]

I'd go with younger. Maybe old Foreman would have the right strategy to beat young, but I doubt he'd be able to pull it off.