Quote Originally Posted by ICB View Post
You guys must be kidding, Wladimir Klitschko is deadly cautious against fighters like Sultan Ibragimov. And you think he beats a prime George Foreman ? no way no how.

Wladimir Klitschko has a weak chin, he has suspect stamina. And the only reason he is improved. Is because he fights so cautiously, which i got nothing against.

But then again he's only allowed to get away with that, because there's not real Heavyweight's around to test him.

A prime George Foreman in the early 70's, had underrated speed. And was quite loose suprisingly, if you watch his fight vs George Chuvalo you'll see what i mean. It certainly shocked me when i see it.

And if anyone says George Foreman can't KO Wladimir Klitschko, late on because he had suspect stamina in the 70's and was too wild. Then i suggest you look at his win over a good boxer Gregorio Peralta, he stopped him in the 10th round, and Gregorio Peralta was a good boxer.

And eventually George Foreman would catch up to Wladimir Klitschko, there's no way Wladimir Klitschko would be able to fight the entire fight. Not getting hit with one of George Foreman's bombs, and it would only take one flush punch from George Foreman.
You're saying Foreman would beat Klitschko on the strength of Sultan Ibragimov? Do the two fight ANYTHING alike? Klitschko was cautious because he didn't know how good Sultan's chin was and he was good defensively. Sultan was waiting to load up with a hayemaker to try to take him out. Any fighter willing to stand and trade with Klitschko is in for a rude awakening. Klitschko is much better defensively than any incarnation of Foreman and he's also much lighter on his feet than any incarnation of Foreman. People who just stand in front of either fighter are going to lose badly and Klitschko prepares for every fighter. He would have been quick enough to give movement to George so he wouldn't have a standing target.

And let's not underrate Klitschko's power. Michael Moorer, as he put it, was crushing George before the KO came. Wlad would hit him even harder and actually pay attention to his defense. Sure, Foreman could have knocked him out had he landed a couple 1-2s, but Klitschko would have reduced the likelihood of that happening. In the meantime, any version of Foreman was hittable and I don't see Foreman lasting after 2 dozen or so of those straight rights landing flush.