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

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

    No, he wouldn't hit as hard, but using his own technique however he did have more single shot power. Hypotheticals like this don't really work, as every fighter is built differently and has different ways to use their natural tools. Foreman was quite a bit bigger than Tyson with much longer arms but far less natural speed and slow reflexes. He never could've learned to throw combinations or attack in close the way Tyson did, it's no different than asking what if Tyson punched like George Foreman did. He couldn't have, there is just no way.

    I understand where you're coming from though, as Foreman is one of those inexplicably heavy handed big men who seemingly didn't have proper form a lot of the time but still threw freight trains.

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

    Maybe I'm off but the first thing to come to mind is maybe Frazier comes the faster of the two and gets under George and turns the tables I prefer my Foreman the chopping wreckless abandon we all remember.

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

    Quote Originally Posted by p4pking View Post
    No, he wouldn't hit as hard, but using his own technique however he did have more single shot power. Hypotheticals like this don't really work, as every fighter is built differently and has different ways to use their natural tools. Foreman was quite a bit bigger than Tyson with much longer arms but far less natural speed and slow reflexes. He never could've learned to throw combinations or attack in close the way Tyson did, it's no different than asking what if Tyson punched like George Foreman did. He couldn't have, there is just no way.

    I understand where you're coming from though, as Foreman is one of those inexplicably heavy handed big men who seemingly didn't have proper form a lot of the time but still threw freight trains.
    Foreman weighed 217 when he beat Frazier (Frazier was 214) Tyson weighed 221 when he beat Berbick. Foreman might have been taller but Tyson was packing more dynamite

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

    Foreman had raw power to Tyson better technique, so yes he would have.
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    Default Re: If george forman punched with Mike Tysons punching technique would he hit harder

    Foreman didn't need to worry about generating power. He neeed to engineer accuracy. He would been a fantastic Winky Wright.
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