Quote Originally Posted by Klitschkofan
How can anyone say Foreman knocks out Vitali because Vitali has never been knocked down let alone out.There is nothing to gauge it on.Foreman has been put down by Young and Ali and I am sure Vitali was a harder puncher than both of them.As far as Holyfield I think it would have gone to the cards with Vitali winning a close decision.
Ok #1, Foreman suffered from heat exhaustion in the Jimmy Young fight. He collapsed more than was knocked out. Vitali can most likely hit harder than Ali but is nowhere near as scientific of a fighter. Ali had a master plan executed to a 'T' to beat Big George back then and he still got pretty lucky doing it. Vitali is not a scientific fighter, he can box but he's mostly a bomber that trades with you. That would never work with a young Foreman, who was one of the hardest punching heavyweights ever. Foreman would definitely KO him IMO. Another thing is the speed factor. As far as speed VK and Foreman were about equal. You gotta be way faster than Foreman to do what Ali did to him. In short, VK is no Muhammad Ali and will never be a shadow of the fighter that Ali was. He came about during a time where there was no one to fight so maybe we wont ever know how good he was and how hard he hit, but IMO all he has ever done was beat up a bunch of lackluster contenders that never would have even been considered
'C-'level opponents in George's day.