Thread: Big George not so big...?

Back in his prime foreman was beast, to the 70's HW fighters. i dont think he ever faced anybody bigger than him tho.

i was wondering if he would be strong enough or big enough at just 6'3 and weighin in at 220 max?
i dont think he has ever fought anyone much taller than him, what would be the outcome if he fought a fighter like wlad, surely he cant fight the same way against wlad like he did against chuvalo or frazier?

btw i know foreman is a total beast, unhuman punching power and all that but he im not sure how he would fight the much taller and heavier HW of today. the guys today are alot taller and fatter.
still i cant picture a man like george foreman fight a guy like wlad or say, lennox lewis.

Well we can't really figure how he'd attack Wlad or Vitali now because he didn't have to think like that...he was the Wlad Klitschko of his day, the biggest hardest hitting bastard of the bunch!

Foreman would ALWAYS be good he was too effective with his punches and too mean not to be....besides he damn near beat a PRIME Shannon Briggs who's waaaaaay bigger than Wlad now

wlad is bigger in height, thast what would trouble foreman imo

Originally Posted by Lyle

Well we can't really figure how he'd attack Wlad or Vitali now because he didn't have to think like that...he was the Wlad Klitschko of his day, the biggest hardest hitting B****** of the bunch!

Foreman would ALWAYS be good he was too effective with his punches and too mean not to be....besides he damn near beat a PRIME Shannon Briggs who's waaaaaay bigger than Wlad now

Foreman got robbed in Briggs fight.

Originally Posted by Lionheart Lacy

wlad is bigger in height, thast what would trouble foreman imo

Wlad's dominant jab would trouble George more so than the height....George was good at going to the body it would mean if Wlad was just taller and didn't have a good jab A: George could get to the body and B: there would be a bigger body area to attack .

Wlad's offense would have helped him vs Foreman but I don't think enough to beat a Prime George Foreman....he was a freak of nature!

thanks for the feedback lyle!
yeah i totally agree, the man was simply a freak of nature back in his prime. foreman did say that the only man to stop him dead in his tracks with punches was sonny liston whilst sparring, also he couldnt make liston take a backward step. i think this says something also about liston.

For once Foreman just couldn't come in and overpower his opponent, he would have to work his way in with a jab and that is where Wladimir has the advantage.Wladimir has a very strong jab that is acurate something George was lacking.It would be an interesting fight with a wide swinging Foreman vs a straight punching Wladimir.And remember how Foreman was rocked in the first round by Ron Lyle, if he could hurt George sure as anything Wladimir could and follow up with acurate shots as well.

I was thinking that i don't believe we ever saw the best of big George apart from the Frazier and Norton fights.
Why there was no rematch with Ali is still a mystery Foreman fought on for 3 more years!
George would have handled the big guys of today allright as they wouldn't be to hard to hit.

Originally Posted by THE THIRD MAN

I was thinking that i don't believe we ever saw the best of big George apart from the Frazier and Norton fights.
Why there was no rematch with Ali is still a mystery Foreman fought on for 3 more years!
George would have handled the big guys of today allright as they wouldn't be to hard to hit.

Yes but George wasn't the most elusive heavyweight around either, he could just as easily be caught with a huge shot at deliver one.

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

Originally Posted by Lyle

Well we can't really figure how he'd attack Wlad or Vitali now because he didn't have to think like that...he was the Wlad Klitschko of his day, the biggest hardest hitting B****** of the bunch!

Foreman would ALWAYS be good he was too effective with his punches and too mean not to be....besides he damn near beat a PRIME Shannon Briggs who's waaaaaay bigger than Wlad now

Foreman got robbed in Briggs fight.

yea, but got a gift in the Alex Schultz fight. i think it was the Schult fight, pretty sure it was Alex.

Well.. I suppose thats why he is big george..Theres not all that many guys who are bigger then him..

Its interesting to consider how he would do against a tall guy, But its not all that matters imo considering he always fought a good crowd of fighters

Originally Posted by Lyle

besides he damn near beat a PRIME Shannon Briggs who's waaaaaay bigger than Wlad now

Yeh but Foreman was about 35 pounds bigger than Briggs in that fight

If a prime Foreman could get through a taller guys jab and get inside to work the body often enough he would stop the opponent late. IMO thats the only way he could beat a taller guy. He couldnt just swamp a taller guy with big bombs because he would just be jabbed continously.

Big George was a mean and intimidating hard sumbitch that could KO an elephant... Thats something that Wlad isint... Wlad is very soft in terms of toughness. George would clean him up no doubt.. Even Old George was a freak his chin was concrete and so was is mental resolve, heart and determination.. George would just Bully Klitschko and intimidate him

Prime George Foreman would have crushed both Klitschkos. Wladimirs chin wouldn't have stood up to Georges punches. Klitschko is vastly overated.