razor ruddock of 1990 vs george foreman of 1990 who wins and why???

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  1. highguard

    highguard Well-Known Member Full Member

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    hahaha this is all FUNNY

    BECAUSE, foreman would NEVER, EVER,EVER get into the ring with him,

    who wins is hard to say
    but its interesting that everyone will tell you how big and powerful
    foreman was, and no one could stand up to him and had to move

    BUT in the 80's and early 90's he fought cruiseweights mostly

    and you mention ruddock

    ok but foreman who you say never had nothing to fear from strong guys that would stand in front of him
    some how never fought

    RUDDOCK,
    BONECRUSHER SMITH
    FRANK BRUNO
    RIDDICK BOWE
    TIM WITHERSPOON
    OLIVER MCCALL


    ALL guys who might give george a reason to start moving around
    and all guys who have a good shot to beat
    a few to be in reality the fav to win



    please dont mention cooney who fought once in 5 years
     
  2. highguard

    highguard Well-Known Member Full Member

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    FOREMAN usually fought guys that could not stand up to him
    and picked those guys well

    thats why he didnt not touch anyone from this list
     
  3. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    I agree. Another thing is Foreman in no way would close the gap like Tyson, so Ruddock wouldn't feel forced to brawl. I see it mimicking the Bonecrusher fight except nobody gets knocked down or stopped unless maybe Ruddock goes down and gets up quickly.
     
  4. Synthetic Decay

    Synthetic Decay Active Member Full Member

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    He made Morrison, Holy, Cooper, Briggs fight off of the back foot, four guys who i wouldn't call weak.
     
  5. energie

    energie Boxing Addict Full Member

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    go watch ruddock/weaver.......ruddock/broad....ruddock/alexander....ruddock/richardson you can see early in ruddocks career he lived off the jab....can sumbody post ruddock sparring with holmes from youtube its on there...ruddock in 1986 weighing 215 lbs helping larry holmes prepare for his rematch wit michael spinks...ruddock throws a lot of jabs in those 2 rds of sparring
     
  6. Theron

    Theron Boxing Addict banned

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    Heyyy arent you the guy that said Tysons arms arent big they just seem that way :huh imma listen to your posts your obviously a smart guy :verysad
     
  7. Jamal Perkins

    Jamal Perkins Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Very very interesting fight and a highly competitive one. A real shame the idiot New York boxing writers cabal of 6-7 individuals were too busy disparaging Foremans comeback with vindictive zeal and ignorance to realise this would have been a blockbuster.
    Ruddock circa 87-89 was actually a highly mobile HW he could really move. But he abandoned this strategy in his career around the 2nd Tyson fight.
    So in theory Ruddock has the tools to move and box but as you say he really lacked the ring IQ or discipline to do this. Ruddock was very cocky in the ring.
    I see his blistering smash being negated by Foremans cross arm defence and Foreman would not have a problem with ruddocks power after all his second incarnation showed one of the best chins in HW history and noted punchers stewart,morrison,Moorer and Cooney couldnt dent him.
    FOREMAN patiently walks him down, there is a knockdown or 2 along the way before he stops him for good in the 7th.
    POST EDIT: I ACCIDENTALLY PUT RUDDOCK walks him down on last post I meant Foreman!!
     
  8. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    George eventually wears Ruddock down.


    Foreman by late rounds tko.
     
  9. highguard

    highguard Well-Known Member Full Member

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    yes that was me,
    i also said it has nothing to do with boxing

    and if you ever went to a gym, you would know a grown man with 17inch arms
    is nothing special and is actually kinda on the smallish side for a heavyweight
     
  10. highguard

    highguard Well-Known Member Full Member

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    holy and cooper were natural crusieweights

    and i do remember holyfield standing up to foreman for much of the fight


    that being said

    i made a list of big strong heavyweights
    of that time period

    and foreman who liked pushing guys around the ring
    SOMEHOW,

    managed not to fight A SINGLE ONE of them


    maybe it was cause he knew might not be able to
    do so
     
  11. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Foreman would win. Decision or late stoppage.

    I really like Ruddock. Good puncher. Pretty trunks. That being said, by the time he was an established name he had discarded his underrated jab and instead tried to bang everyone out. You don't bang Foreman out. Instead, you hit him hard, repeatedly, until you start to become discouraged, and if you have nothing else to fall back on then he's going to hurt you. Razor had fantastic recuperative powers so in the event of a knockdown it's possible he could survive, but once plan A fails it's all downhill for Razor.
     
  12. D9Garrard

    D9Garrard Active Member Full Member

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    Nobody beats the Foreman of 1990 in 1990 except for Evander Holyfield and even that was a competitive fight for Holyfield at his best.

    Ruddock was not nearly as mentally strong as Foreman and would've cracked under pressure.
     
  13. Synthetic Decay

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    Do you know anything about natural training? I'm guessing no.

    A sub 8% bodyfat 17 inch arm on someone of normal height is big. It's not particularly big for anyone that's fat or is on gear.
     
  14. Synthetic Decay

    Synthetic Decay Active Member Full Member

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    No. Every one of them was on the backfoot the whole fight. Holyfield outmuscled Tyson, he was no weakling. Briggs, Morrison, Cooper were big strong guys and they all fought off of the backfoot.
     
  15. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    Foreman was too slow and too easy to outbox by this stage. Against another puncher, I see him been beat to the punch and knocked out. Ofcourse he has a punchers chance but he also has a good chance of being sparked cold himself. In his prime he went life and death with Lyle, an older Foreman is allot slower with allot less fighting gas in his tank and doesn't do aswell in such a brawl

    Rudduck KO5

    I thought Tyson had 15/16 inch arms, could be wrong, not massive arms but conjusive to explosive punching