The incredible thing that we don't talk about when it comes to George Foreman

[powerpuncher]

The fact is Wlad would have knocked out young George Foreman.

wlad had more skill but in no way does he beat a young foreman. foreman had a solid chin and hit like a monster. you can bet his trainer would tell him to just walk forward and throw as many punches as he could. i dont see wlad lasting more than 2 rounds. terrible style match up.

I agree with you on George being a bad style match up for Wlad. George always had a GREAT CHIN and would close the gap. Where smaller guys allow Wlad to hold and lean on them, I see George being strong enough to manhandle him, push him off and land the one-two. I don't see Wlad taking George's punch very well at all either. There is always the chance that it goes like the first Sam Peter fight did for Wlad, but I think George was a much better fighter and would likely stop him.

I think Lennox and young George would have been a great fight. Lennox was a little sturdier than Wlad, but he also would have been put to sleep if caught with a good shot from Foreman. I favor Lennox in that fight by decision after some shaky moments, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if George caught him and stopped him.

Prime Lennox should be too wise to get bombed out by Foreman.

I can definitely see Lewis winning but his main problem was that he seemed to get intimidated pretty easily. He also had a few really bad fights. Lewis on a good day would beat foreman, but in general it would be a toss up because you aren't sure which Lewis is showing up.

[Master]

I do not think Lennox got intimidated by anyone. He beat fearsome punchers like Razor, Golota, Grant, Mercer, Tua and was never intimidated by them. You could criticse Lennox for taking people for granted but even he would never do that against Foreman.

[brocktonblockbust]

Lewıs always moved fast agaınst the bıg bombers---he wasted no tıme agaınst Grant, Golota, Morrıson, Brıggs. all bıg punchers. But ıf he treıd that wıth George ıt would have backfıred. YOu dont punch wıth a puncher, and though LOennox was ındeed a bıg puncher, I gıve George the sıgnıfıcant nod about beıng the BETTER of the 2 punchers. Foreman-Lewıs would not have gone 4 rounds. George Foreman KO 3 or KO 4. Baddest-ass puncher I ever seen and he ALWAYS got the job done. Except ın the Congo---but the ropes was loose

[TitoFan]

I was always a Foreman fan, but.... you gotta be realistic. As was very accurately stated in the opening post, George lacked some basics. It's not like he needed them against most of the opposition he faced back in the day. Norton went in looking like he was already defeated. Frazier was a little sparkplug of a heavyweight, and tried those leaping left hooks with George, leaving himself wide open for George's bombs. Ron Lyle was a fellow puncher just trading bombs with George until one of them would fall down.

Lennox was a big guy himself and huge puncher, but with better boxing skills. It's not inconceivable that Big George would've lost to Lewis. Wlad is another matter. Wlad's mental makeup is to make the fight as ugly as possible if he feels his chin is in danger. It's hard to tell what would've happened. It's not as if one punch from Wlad would've taken George out. While the opposite (George landing) would've been lights out for Wlad.