Holyfield: "Foreman hit harder than Tyson/Bowe/Lewis"

[Master]

I like Razor Ruddock's analogy of Tyson's power: "He hits really hard.....for a guy his size."


Outside of Marvis Frazier, Tyson didn't end that many fights with KO's. Mostly TKOs. Tyson sure as hell didn't drop Holyfield. And Bowe dropping him was an accumulation of punches.

Tyson weighed the same as prime Foreman but mikes knockouts were because of speed and angles not seen by the opponent. Foreman knocked you out by just hitting you many times until you fell.

[El Kabong]

Tyson was the punch you never saw coming. You'd miss a shot and BOOM! Tyson was right there in your grill with a powerful shot and you were nailed at your most vulnerable....right after you put your weight behind a punch which never landed.


Foreman was a force of nature, you could see the punches coming you knew where they were coming from but there was nothing you could do. You could try to move but he'd follow up, you could try to block but the force behind those punches would move your entire body, you could try to parry but you'd still get clipped. Foreman was like a tsunami....the only way to avoid his power was to completely avoid HIM. You just couldn't stay in range for too long.


Lennox Lewis was a combination of both strength and speed. You could know it was coming or you could get surprised, it was luck of the draw.

Riddick Bowe.....meh, I never saw Bowe just hammer the bejesus out of someone with 1 punch and see the lights go out on them.

[SlimTrae]

Seeing shots & not seeing definitely has an impact. Ruddock took Tyson's all night (fight #2) but couldn't take Lennox for 2 rounds.

Evander took Tyson & Lennox shots, but got dropped by Bowe & Ruiz.


I'll have to watch Forman vs Jimmy Young to see why/how he took Forman's best but couldn't take Shavers best.

[Spicoli]

Foreman came with that chopping axe handle punch. He almost threw uppercuts in comeback without totally turning it over and for as big and shuffling his feet, he kept the telephone pole jab surprisingly straight.

[brocktonblockbust]

Foreman came with that chopping axe handle punch. He almost threw uppercuts in comeback without totally turning it over and for as big and shuffling his feet, he kept the telephone pole jab surprisingly straight.

[El Kabong]

That uppercut vs Cooney was just brutal

[johnsebastianmiran]

I know that Big George was a devastating fighter he had something he picked up on his return that helped him cut the ring off that he may have ignored the first time or developed it in his return. He followed his opponents with a bounce in his legs just like Tito the former welter champ and George was a fan of his too. Dick Sadler should have slowed down his punches and made him straighten out his punches and a great deal more roadwork for endurance and that calming effect. If all else failed he still had those sledge hammers called fists in his glove and a bludgeoning jab.

[brocktonblockbust]

Only an Ali could beat him. I thinkc Jimmy young would not have been able to beat him if George Foreman had not been beaten by ali and suffered a decline in his self confidence by the time he fought Jimmy young