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

Originally Posted by
ross

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.

(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.
Thats also, a light heavyweights chin... What other world class heavies did Foreman KO in his comeback?
Foreman was old and that was not his best right hand. He had freakish natural power, he literally smashed Frazier to bits with raw power. Tyson had better technique which relied on speed and precision, Foreman just hit and people mostly fell.
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