Foreman had ZERO intention of fighting Mike Tyson. Calzaghe only scored 2 legitimate KOs his whole career. Joshua-Klitscko was fixed
I never heard about that. I know that he turned down a flat fee, I think $5 million, to fight Tyson because he probably would have had to give Don King options on future fights. Then they had them both on the card in June 1990, after Tyson had lost to Douglas, with Foreman-Rodrigues and Tyson-Tillman. But the fight never materialized. I always assumed it had to do with Don King demanding options on future fights and Foreman/Arum saying no.
Nope. Foreman was given a contract to sign which he declined, citing the reasons 'I was more afraid of Don King and the dotted line than Tyson'. So after all that running his mouth, when the opportunity came knocking, Foreman didn't want to know. He had a second opportunity to face Tyson in 95/96. Instead of defending his WBA belt against Tony Tucker, he decided to drop it which eventually ended up with Bruce Seldon, who Tyson then fought. But because Foreman was oh so vocal, people assume Tyson was the one doing the ducking. Its no different to Khan/Brook, Khan tells the whole world how he'd KO Brook, but whenever a fight is offered, he has every excuse under the sun.
wouldve been a very interesting affair in 89-91 even if i think tysons inside work might have been too much for George
This content is protected This content is protected [url]http://coxscorner.tripod.com/foreman_tyson_fl.html[/url] No.. No intention at all.it is pretty evident
The irony, you post the same interview where Foreman admits why the fight didn't happen. "I was more scared of the dotted line than Tyson"
You said that foreman had no intention to face tyson and it is not truth at all.in fact tyson was the motive for the foreman comeback , tyson did to george a great favour,he cleaned the era of the "ali clones" and then this one was a Great oportunity for george stylistically
Lennox Lewis is the best heavyweight of all time. He may not have had the best resume or the best career, but he is # 1 from a head-to-head perspective.
Old Foreman would have killed Tyson in 89-90 and Tyson was happy to avoid getting that beating for the one he got in Tokyo, which was much less humiliating. No one aspect of any fighter is more overrated than the Holmes jab. Felix Trinidad would've been life and death with a peaking Jesse James Hughes and I would've bet Hughes to stop him late for the title.