70s Foreman vs Vitali Klitschko

Foreman on points.

 

Foreman KO within three. Years later, when Vitali regains consouseness he announces his retirement, although he has no memory of ever boxing.

 

Doubt feather fisted Vitali will knock Foreman out or even trouble him. Any punch or group of punches which land cleanly on Lenni's face but fails to take him out, sorry but that is just borderlining on feather fisted ness. Besides Danny Williams already confirmed that Vitali's punching power was nothing compared to Tyson.

 

Vitali by mid to late stoppage. I don't like the styles matchup here for Foreman, and I believe the stamina management issues are real.

Vitali would demoralize young Foreman and pick him apart.

 

Vitality wins by decision.

 

I rank Foreman much higher on any sort of list a person can construct. But I'm not sure that I like this head to head match for him. The George Foreman from the Rock 'N" Roll era lacked stamina, had poor defense and relied too heavily on size, strength and intimidation. That's a bad combination going in against a guy who was significantly larger, stronger and had both the chin and stamina to outlast him.. Of course we can't exclude the possibility of a cut stoppage like the one Klit sustained against Lewis or freakish injury.. But if that's all we have to bank on, then it doesn't bode well for picking Foreman.

 

Vitali is a nightmare match up for foreman

 

Foreman by stoppage.

 

Not sure why people underrate today's fighters

 

Good thread.

 

They do. If Vitali was 6'3" 220 pounds they would have called him a monster in the 1970's.

The inability to many on this board to understand why height, size, and range matter in the heavyweight division is either agenda ridden here or ignorant to some.

You don't see many posts on the tendencies and weakness of the fighters. The reasoning based on who they actually fought and how that translates into a head to head match up vs another fighter can be lacking too.

ESB has the best history section on the web. The trouble is some loud and inaccurate posters often fuzzy the quality from more detail oriented posters.

For example, I showed how Foreman gassed and struggled in three fights in the 1970's where he was 1 win 2 losses, and the 1 win was a close call as he was nearly knocked out! Vitali hits harder than all three of these guys, is bigger, more active, and more durable than at least two of them.

I asked which durable puncher did Foreman ever finish in the 1970's. No replies yet.

 

:good

 

several, and now I ask you why you think Vitali is some great puncher? He relies on aggregate punches. Hes not so your question is invalid before you started.

so a few pounds is important and skill is unimportant? Why do you think boxing is not about skill, simply about a few pounds weight?

you are confusing 70s foreman with your reasoning ability that picks a few pounds over ability.

its not a lot, except in your imagination. another fail/

like he didn't get stopped on cuts or injuries. Another fail.

you are gonna regret saying that now. WH you gotta fail so bad and still stick out your head.

 

Vitally was hard to outbox, but he could certainly be out brawled, as Lewis showed.

I suspect that we might be looking at a similar outcome here, thought of course it would be a risky strategy to implement.

 

Not sure why people underrate yesterday's fighters?
I read these threads that say how about Dempsey vs. Klit?
You're talking 80 ******* years for pete's sake.
And you bring up the post-Ali Foreman fights? With all due respect to The Greatest in his passing, he ruined fighters, more often than not, OUTSIDE the ring. George prime example. Adjusting for eras, Foreman would have knocked either of the Klits out pvp eras considered.