1973 George Foreman vs 1986 Mike Tyson

[THE THIRD MAN]

There has never been such a brutal display of awesome power shown by a challenger in the history of Heavyweight boxing than what we saw with Foreman's demolition of Joe Frazier in 1973. This was Joe Frazier...conqueror of the great Muhammad Ali, a man who had taken all before him in the previous 10 years of his career. An Olympic gold medalist and undefeated World Heavyweight Champion and Foreman enters the ring and punches him around the ring like a rag doll. Foreman in 1973 is a monster, a powerhouse the Heavyweight division has never seen before. Ali studied him closely in this fight and his next two, by the time Foreman fought Ali he had only 5 rounds under his belt and Ali exposed this vulnerability and realised big George sent out messages that a punch was coming via the Pony Express! Foreman v Tyson in 1973 is a short fight, Tyson goes 2 rounds and receives similar treatment to Smokin' Joe.