Quote Originally Posted by TysonBomb View Post
LOL thats complete garbage

Tyson had lost to Douglas in 1990 and Foreman went on to fight Holyfield for the title.

Tyson was in rebuilding mode and took on Razor Ruddock, who was leagues above fat, slow, faded Foreman who didn't even deserve a title shot. Holyfield actually ducked Ruddock to fight Foreman ... Bowe also avoided him. So how did Tyson "duck" Foreman when Foreman went on to fight Holyfield for the title? He "ducked" him because Foreman chose to take a title fight? The truth is that Foreman didn't deserve a title bout and Holyfield should have fought either Tyson or Ruddock, the two best fighters in the division. Foreman's biggest win was Gerry Cooney at that time, who was a bum. Holyfield saw him as an easy opponent who would generate a lot of cash so he fought him.

By the time he was released from prison he was collecting titles and then "lost" to Holyfield around the same time Foreman lost to Shannon Briggs.

Foreman lost to Tommy Morrison ... Tyson would've beaten him too ... look at how these morons try and prop up Gerry Cooney vs George Foreman as some kind of amazing fight that showed Foreman was "legit." Foreman was slow and fat and beat on another fat and slow bum. He beat one of the weakest champions around in Michael Moorer to win two heavyweight titles ... and Moorer clearly outboxed him the entire fight. That article has no credibility at all and any moron who was simply aware at what was going on in the year 1990 and after knows that.
You were not aware of what was going on in 1990, because you've already said you weren't watching boxing at the time.

What was actually going on? In 1990, this was THE fight the public wanted to see. The waters were tested when Tyson and Foreman fought on the same bill which was dubbed "The road back" Bob Arum publicly offered them both a hundred million, claiming this was a quarter of a billion PPV spectacular

Was Mike afraid? Don't know. Don't really care. I'd have asked him had I known I would have raised this topic. The bit I find strange is that the clamor for this fight was such that stories of Tyson being afraid were in the newspapers and magazine on an almost weekly basis. Foreman would appear on any show that would have him, even turning up to commentate on Mike's fights stating Tyson was scared, and he would knock him out with ease, any time, any place, etc.

I have never seen a response from Tyson or team Tyson denying the accusations, or explaining why the fight never happened, save interviews from people such as the guy who wrote that article above who claimed to be in the know.

I expect in 20 years time I'll be on here debating with a young pup who is claiming that there was no public interest in Floyd v Pacquiao in 2010, and Pacquiao hadn't earned his shot.