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ICB
Thats actually where your wrong Lyle Holmes was a force in the early 90's, Holmes beat Ray Mercer, almost beat prime Holyfield i had it 7-5 for Holyfield. And he should of beat Oliver McCall and that would of made him 2nd oldest Heavyweight champion in history. And the public did want to see Holmes vs Foreman it was a well talked about fight, but Foreman didn't want the fight. Im not saying Foreman ducked Holmes but he didn't want the fight for whatever reason.
But this just goes back to the cliche but true maxim that styles make fights. Lewis against Foreman would have been the classic example to a boxer-puncher against a slugger and that's a sluggers worst nightmare. Same thing, but to a lesser degree with an older Holmes. And you make my point by citing McCall, who was really good matchup for Holmes.
Tyson would have won rounds against George, but he would have gotten caught eventually. Once Foreman caught you, goodnight (other than the unreal heart and chin of Holyfield. You can say what you want about punch technique, but none other than Joe Frazier calls Foreman the hardest puncher he ever fought.
The old Foreman would not have been intimidated. He would not have been out thought. His jab was actually better in his comeback that in his early days, and he was probably better defensively. And to comment on Jimmy Young "exposing" Foreman. Again. Styles, matchups, and a psychologically damaged Foreman. I stand by my original point. Old Foreman was a huge threat to Tyson.
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