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I think it's Foreman's expression of the Yen Yang symbol like the joker's helmet in the movie full metal jacket (the peace sign and "born to kill"). But that doesn't bother me at all.

What bother pisses me off though is, he's using his "rabbi" excuse. One of the commentator said the reason Foreman's KO percentage is so low because his religion forbid him to seriously hurt someone.

I think that's bull!

I think it is a legitimate point. He is studying to be a rabbi. He's not supposed to harm another human. And if you look at his KO% now compared to early in his career (He's taken up the Rabbi studies in the last 5 years) There is a big difference.
Even if there is some truth to that, it's a horrible mentality for him to have if he plans to succeed in the sport. What if someone has him hurt when he steps up? How about someone who will consistently hit him with good shots.. Of course he'll do whatever he needs to do to win in that case. You can only take the liberty of dolling out a measured dose against a fighter who clearly is inferior to you. Foreman doesn't look that good to me, he can't toy with people like that forever. Not only that if it were true every single opponent he faces would have no respect for his offence and would take every risk to land on him and rough him up.