foreman's power...

[mic573]

i have a question...

we all know that weightlifting properly will hlep you gain strength, speed, etc...

george foreman had crazy strength and didnt lift weights...it was natural and lots of bag work...

he also didnt rely on speed or anything and was all about power.

wouldnt he be like 10x better if he used weights? he would hit ALOT harder right?

Foreman did lift weights. I have seen footage of him training and using dumbells.

[yrrej]

No, because all that time he wasted lifting weights, he wouldn't have spent learning proper leverage. He already had the size and strength. He just needed to translate it into punching power. He was unnaturally strong, however, and it went way beyond simple physical strength.....

[SquareCircle]

the strength he got from lifting allowed him to command a clinch, and push guys around,in every fight he fought.

[yrrej]

Wouldn't it be great to get the old-time heavies together with the new breed and see who was better? I'd have to give it to the old-timers, because they were fighting once a month or so and had to be in tremendous shape. These new guys are fighting twice a year maybe. In spite of the advances in nutrition and conditioning, I just don't think they have the guts of the old-timers, especially given they would have to really fight, rather than dance around, the gloves would be much lighter, referee stoppages would be less frequent, etc. Foreman was a great fighter. He could sit down on his punches. Lifting wouldn't have made him a harder puncher, as he was already hitting harder than God. On the other hand, how would lifting create a person like Ali, who took dozens of Frazier's and Foreman's hardest punches right on the chin, stayed upright, and still won fights. Boxing is a brutal sport. At the professional level, guts counts for much more than strength.....

[Southpaw Stinger]

Wouldn't it be great to get the old-time heavies together with the new breed and see who was better? I'd have to give it to the old-timers, because they were fighting once a month or so and had to be in tremendous shape. These new guys are fighting twice a year maybe. In spite of the advances in nutrition and conditioning, I just don't think they have the guts of the old-timers, especially given they would have to really fight, rather than dance around, the gloves would be much lighter, referee stoppages would be less frequent, etc. Foreman was a great fighter. He could sit down on his punches. Lifting wouldn't have made him a harder puncher, as he was already hitting harder than God. On the other hand, how would lifting create a person like Ali, who took dozens of Frazier's and Foreman's hardest punches right on the chin, stayed upright, and still won fights. Boxing is a brutal sport. At the professional level, guts counts for much more than strength.....

Some fought twice a week sometimes!