Quote Originally Posted by hitmandonny
Young Foreman would have paced himself?!

This question raises an important question for me.
Everyone is acutely aware that Ali's prime years may have been robbed from the boxing ring by circumstance...However in turn did Ali rob boxing of the prime of George Foreman?
George was very young and raw upto and until the point he fought Ali, the loss damaged his psyche and mentality and subsequently affected him badly up until his "layoff."
When he managed to repair the psychological damage and come back he was undeniably aged and past-peak...So im wondering (quite rightly i feel) had he not been beaten by ali, not taken the layoff how devastating could he have been? The power strength and youth of a 70's Foreman with the mentality, fortitude and work ethic of the 90's foreman? Did we miss out big time?....
Nice point
Although im of the line of thinking that Foreman gained his mental fortitude through finding God.
Which i doubt he would of done, had he not temporarily turned his back on the sport.