Both Bowe and Tyson wanted to fight Foreman

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  1. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tyson also said he was going to eat Lennox Lewis's unborn children... :lol:

    Stop playing with words Asser, he never said I didn't want to sign at all, he was just joking about Don King but only a skip rat like you can't understand that.
     
  2. janitor

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    I mean if these fights had happened in the 90s, let me make that clear.

    A past prime ATG tends to look pretty good, until he faces the best guy of the next generation, who is actually a puncher, and Foreman was smart enough to know this!

    So Joe Louis lasted the distance against Charles, and Foreman lasted the distance against Holyfield.

    When Louis fought Marciano, or Holmes fought Tyson, it was a different matter!

    Old Foreman was smart to avoid the best punchers of the era!
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  3. heavy_handss

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    :rofl and it is based on tyson is yoru favourite fighter lmao what a biased joke.. funny as you mixed that bowe topic with the tyson topic... foreman KNEW that he would have knocked tyson out, because stylistically he could do it, so he called tyson out.. he never did it with bowe because he had no guarantee to win it from bowe in his 40s, he would need more his young aggressive style. so he did not call tyson out just because he had the tittle, it was because honestly he did think that he could win it.
     
  4. Azzer85

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    Foreman is on record saying why he didnt sign to fight Tyson.

    That equals a DUCK.

    Get over it, :hi:
     
  5. Azzer85

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    There were three guys in that era who had the tools to do serious damage to Foreman, Lewis, Bowe and Tyson

    He ducked all three.
     
  6. Wass1985

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    Post the evidence, Foreman is on video saying he WANTED to fight Tyson, Tyson didn't want nothing to do with him, fact! :hi:
     
  7. Azzer85

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    Tyson: Ill fight Foreman before he dies of old age
    King: Puts BOTH on the same card to promote a future fight. Tyson/Stewart and Foreman/Rodriguez

    Foreman: I didnt sign on the dotted line because i scared more of King than Tyson

    Foreman ducked Tyson while shouting his name at the top of his lungs.
     
  8. heavy_handss

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    marciano had stylistical advantage over louis, foreman had stylistical advantage over tyson, foreman had a much betetr chin than louis, evander holyfield was a terrorific combo puncher with longer reach than tyson and he was by far more dangerous than tyson in 90-91. marciano was much more dangerous than charles,and louis was even more shot when he faced rocky than he was when faced charles, foreman was a real force even in his 40s, louis was a bad joke at 37,great difference.
     
  9. Wass1985

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    Foreman: that's what I've always wanted, to fight for the title against Tyson. I can guarantee that I will do it in devastating fashion in one or two rounds.

    Tyson to Don King: I'm not fighting that ****ing animal, if you love him so much you fight him!

    Tyson was basically petrified of Foreman and what he'd do to him. He had it embedded in to his head by the tapes he watched of Foreaman with Cus that his style was made for Foreman.
     
  10. Azzer85

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    What the **** has Marciano/Louis to to do with Tyson/Foreman?

    Foreman had NO stylistic advantages over Tyson. Young Foreman yes, Old Foreman? hell no.

    Foreman would have been by far the slowest guy Tyson has ever faced. Tyson holds all the cards, Foremans power would be nullified because Tyson had a very good chin, was good at recovering from single shots (which is all Foreman would be landing) and he still had some head movement in '91.

    Holmes also had never been knocked out until Tyson got hold of him.

    Holyfield was widely criticised for not putting Foreman away and that was because Holyfield had little power. Tyson would have caved in Foremans skull.

    So was Larry Holmes, where did that get him for his troubles?
     
  11. Azzer85

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    A quote made by someone who claimed he heard someone say who knew Tyson.

    Basically chinese whispers.
     
  12. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah someone would just make a story up out of the blue, you really are pathetic. Go look up who George Benton is, he's not a bullshitter like you.
     
  13. Azzer85

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    Oh the irony :patsch

    Benton, Futch, Dundee were all butthurt trainers because a) their fighter lost to Tyson and/or b) they wanted the Tyson job, but King said no.

    Its like believing anything Freddie Roach says about Floyd Mayweather
     
  14. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah because all those trainers held a grudge against Tyson, get your head out of your ass you moron.

    Tyson was petrified of a grandad, accept it will you! :D