Was George Foreman an oaf?

This. George wasn't an oaf, but because of his durability and punching power, which few in boxing history can match George sometimes got too overconfident and paid for it in the ring.

Moore mentioned that going into the Ali fight Foreman figuered that he was going to run over Ali like he did Frazier and Norton and also believed believed Ali couldn't punch. Moore at one time trained Ali and even fought him and warned Foreman that Ali was was just as durable he was and that Ali could punch hard when he wanted to. On fight night Foreman tried to run over Ali and like Moore said it didn't work and Foreman got broken down and stopped.

Going into the Young fight Foreman didn't think much of Young, who had been stopped by Shavers. Moore again warned Foreman not to underestimate Young, who was very cagey and could give anybody a hard time in the ring. Foreman didn't listen and got embarrassed in the ring.

 

Is OAF an acronym for something? Like GOAT (greatest of all time)?

 

Yes, 10 times over.

 

Yes he'd never be a force in the heavyweight division again would he.

 

I've heard bully to an extent but not oaf

 

George cut the ring down very fast and he had deceptive speed. An oaf? No. A terror? Yep.

 

To make it look good. They were able to teach him a jab. That helped sell him as a legit boxer which IMO he wasn’t.

 

Ordinary Average Fighter?

 

Oaf in spanish is oafish.. A clod ,lump etc insulting the fighter basically

 

Ostensibly Ageless Flattener

 

Overwhelming Aggressive Force

 

If you're talking Foreman 2 , the biggest mystery was how he got a title shot.
As for Foreman 1, like I say, exposed is exposed.
They tried to put the stoper back in the bottle but Jimmy Young confirmed that the bubbles had lost their fizz. Funny thing, the fizz didn't really last very long at all.

 

Ok so Foreman wasn't Foreman when he came back LOLOL!

There's a mystery how dozens of guys got a title shot but the fact of the matter is Foreman sure made it count. LINEAL baby!!!

The bubbles didn't lose their fizz post Young. In fact the bottle fizzed so much 17 years later it overflowed!!!!!

 

I don't think of Foreman as oafish. He certainly wasn't the most fluid of boxers, but he had menace in his movement and could be quick on his feet, if he needed to be. It's easy to focus purely on Foreman's style of all-out assault, which could look clumsy at times, but he was not bereft of skills; not by a long chalk.

I might be going out on a limb here, but I tend to think oafish fighters are not likely to win Olympic Gold.

 

Foreman 2 was WWF . One punch v Moorer then a refusal to defend against anyone who could stand up straight.
Foreman 1 was ridiculously overrated.