1973 Foreman vs 2008 Wlad Klitschko

[ross]

I think people are confusing the the two versions of Foreman.

The first was clumsy and wild swinging powerhouse. The second was more measured better footwork, strong but less energy.

Foreman also got dropped and hurt plenty in the 70's by much lighter fighters than Klitschko.

[brocktonblockbust]

I think people are confusing the the two versions of Foreman.

The first was clumsy and wild swinging powerhouse. The second was more measured better footwork, strong but less energy.

Foreman also got dropped and hurt plenty in the 70's by much lighter fighters than Klitschko.

Dropped and hurt by Ron The Beast Lyle is all. Came back and nearly committed a homicide in the ring.

[ross]

I think people are confusing the the two versions of Foreman.

The first was clumsy and wild swinging powerhouse. The second was more measured better footwork, strong but less energy.

Foreman also got dropped and hurt plenty in the 70's by much lighter fighters than Klitschko.

Dropped and hurt by Ron The Beast Lyle is all. Came back and nearly committed a homicide in the ring.

He got wobbled by a skinny white bloke in the 5 man tournament, dropped by Jimmy Young and knocked out by Ali!

[brocktonblockbust]

I think people are confusing the the two versions of Foreman.

The first was clumsy and wild swinging powerhouse. The second was more measured better footwork, strong but less energy.

Foreman also got dropped and hurt plenty in the 70's by much lighter fighters than Klitschko.

Dropped and hurt by Ron The Beast Lyle is all. Came back and nearly committed a homicide in the ring.

He got wobbled by a skinny white bloke in the 5 man tournament, dropped by Jimmy Young and knocked out by Ali!

Getting hurt or dropped does not detract from a Fighter's greatness. But getting smoked and Sparked by lamon Brewster Corey Sanders and some other guy certainly does detract from any kind of greatness a fighter may be suspected to have

[TitoFan]

I think people are confusing the the two versions of Foreman.

The first was clumsy and wild swinging powerhouse. The second was more measured better footwork, strong but less energy.

Foreman also got dropped and hurt plenty in the 70's by much lighter fighters than Klitschko.

Dropped and hurt by Ron The Beast Lyle is all. Came back and nearly committed a homicide in the ring.

He got wobbled by a skinny white bloke in the 5 man tournament, dropped by Jimmy Young and knocked out by Ali!

Getting hurt or dropped does not detract from a Fighter's greatness. But getting smoked and Sparked by lamon Brewster Corey Sanders and some other guy certainly does detract from any kind of greatness a fighter may be suspected to have

Ross is defending Wlad here because if he doesn't he feels it may detract from Fury's victory in some way. I disagree. What Fury did was remarkable, in that he did what no other fighter has had the intestinal fortitude to do in about a decade. But Wlad is still one of the worst HW title holders in quite some time, and I agree with eric, in that Wlad perfected the art of surviving by holding, mauling, clinching, fouling, and using other questionable techniques to neutralize dangers... real and perceived.

Fury beat a fighter who threw 19 punches a round, roughly one every 10 seconds.... landing 4, of which probably 3.9 of them were range-finding punches just to make sure his chin was out of harm's way. All credit in the world to Fury, for doing what I was dying for someone to do before Wlad retired..... either knock him out or humiliate him. Fury did the latter. Next time, I hope he does the former.

[Mr140]

Foreman had to power to knock anyone out so Wlad would be kinda fucked there. On the other had Foreman when he was younger was a dumb fighter with no form the guy got rope a doped by Old Ali and lost to fucking Young for god sake biggest underachiever in history of boxing. I kinda wish you could combine the smarts of old Foreman with the body of younger Foreman then you would have the goat. I mean who fuck is going to stop a young Foreman with a boxing brain you would be fucked.

[brocktonblockbust]

George foreman---- = ------- instant diarrhea