"Foreman is great because he fought Ali! That's it isn't it?"

....I guess there's no arguing with you. It's not like George Foreman had a 76 (68 KO)-5 record with an 83.9 KO percentage over a span of 4 decades and was the oldest heavyweight champion of the world. It's not as if George Foreman had only started boxing a year before winning Olympic Gold in Mexico City.

You compare Ron Lyle to Oliver McCall & Hasim Rahman?!?! That's ridiculous. If there were as many belts back in the 1970's as there are today then Ron Lyle would have held on to more than a few of them he was a tough as nails fighter who got into boxing late and had already had a brush with death before he got into the sport.

George Foreman is great because he was a dominant force in the heavyweight division as long as he fought. He only ever suffered 1 stoppage loss and that was to Ali one of the greatest boxers of all time. Foreman won by KO/TKO vs guys like Frazier, Norton, Lyle, Cooney, Moorer, and so on...guys who were very good fighters and in some cases about 15-20 years younger than George. To say he's famous or thought of as great ONLY because he fought Ali is idiotic, I don't beleive that you honestly think that but if you do you need to seek help.