If george forman punched with Mike Tysons punching technique would he hit harder

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Originally Posted by ross

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Originally Posted by TitoFan

Big guys with long arms will never achieve the hand speed of the short-armed guys. That being said, George had amazing power, even though some of his punches looked like arm punches. Had George twisted his torso into his punches like Tyson did, he would've literally decapitated someone in the ring, and boxing would've been banned for sure. ;D (So good thing he didn't).

I'll never forget the right hand he dropped Michael Moorer with. It looked like George just raised his arm and dropped it on Moorer. That, my friends, is freakish power.

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Thats also, a light heavyweights chin... What other world class heavies did Foreman KO in his comeback?

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Other than David Tua, who punched like a mule kick, Moorer was never KO'ed by any other heavyweight. So his chin couldn't have been all that bad. And like M said, this was an old Foreman, not to be confused with the earlier version. And yet he still managed a one-punch KO, something many other HW's were unable to do to Moorer.

Moorer did have a weak chin and I hate him for losing to Foreman when he had the fight easily won. Moorer was wobbled by Alex Stewart, knocked down 200 times by Bert Cooper and Holyfield. Foreman knocked him out.

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Originally Posted by Master

Moorer did have a weak chin and I hate him for losing to Foreman when he had the fight easily won. Moorer was wobbled by Alex Stewart, knocked down 200 times by Bert Cooper and Holyfield. Foreman knocked him out.

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The boxing landscape is littered with dreams, schemes, upsets and especially disappointments, so stop hating and start accepting.
Foreman vs Moorer was a fun fight for me, seeing Atlas begging Moorer to stay away from Foreman and Moorer doing the opposite, plus seeing that old boxing axiom about power being the last thing to go proved once again.
It's great to see the old guy come through once in a while, especially since everyone was laughing their asses off at Foreman when he announced he was making a comeback.
Master, it's too bad you didn't enjoy the fight, it was classic boxing at it's best.

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Originally Posted by OMGWTF

or weaker than he usually does?

I think Tyson has better technique than foreman, his punches are snappy clean and sharp alot of the time, this is because he whips his torso into them.

George definitely has some whip in his torso as well but not to the same extent as Tyson.

Would George's power increase or decrease?

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George was george - tyson is tyson , a stupid question .

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Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al

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Originally Posted by OMGWTF

or weaker than he usually does?

I think Tyson has better technique than foreman, his punches are snappy clean and sharp alot of the time, this is because he whips his torso into them.

George definitely has some whip in his torso as well but not to the same extent as Tyson.

Would George's power increase or decrease?

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George was george - tyson is tyson , a stupid question .

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You are right but I'm not calling it a stupid question.
Two different guys, mentally and physically.
Foreman didn't have the speed to fight like Tyson and his fighting style--wade in throwing bombs with the occasional jab--would have kept him from ever fighting like Tyson, in my opinion.
Foreman is a very strong guy mentally and I doubt if anyone could have changed his style because it worked for him and he probably enjoyed it, a little.

It's hard to say because they both were vastly different punchers and athletes. Force is mass X acceleration, George had more mass but Tyson had more acceleration obviously.

Tyson's technique IMO was more built for a guy with his athletic ability (or a guy like Floyd Patterson who also had great speed and used the peek a boo with great success).

So would George hit harder with Tyson's technique, given his differing athletic attributes? I doubt it. George had a lot of smart boxing guys around him, I'm sure they tailored his punch style to fit his athletic attributes.

It's scary to image Foreman hitting harder than he did.

I think they possessed different types of power...and the way they where built contributed to that. I think on pure strength...George was the stronger guy. He had heavier hands and clubbed his punches. He was just such a big guy...massive arms and shoulders. Tyson's power was as much a result of his incredible speed...the amount of torque he created on his punches was amazing. But Tyson was perfectly built for that...shorter guy with a strong, compact body. It would be terrifying to be in the ring with either of them!