Big George Foreman career 1 v Tysons' title opponents onwards

My prediction s for big George are

Foreman w ko 2 Berbick
Foreman w rsc 7 Smith. By cuts.
Foreman w ko 5 Thomas
Foreman w 12 Tucker
Foreman w ko 6 Biggs
Foreman ko 5 Holmes, this version of Larry was out of shape, he'd be kod by Foreman. But the later version s maybe last a lot longer.

Foreman rsc 2 Tubbs
Foreman wko 1 Spink s
Foreman wko 4 Williams, Carl avoid s the big bomb s till the 4 th

Foreman loses by 12 rounds decision to Douglas and is dropped twice.

 

My prediction s for big George are

Foreman w ko 2 Berbick
Foreman w rsc 7 Smith. By cuts.
Foreman w ko 5 Thomas
Foreman w kayo 5 Tucker
Foreman w ko 2 Biggs
Foreman ko 5 Holmes, this version of Larry was out of shape, he'd be kod by Foreman. But the later version s maybe last a lot longer.

Foreman w 12 Tubbs (splie)
Foreman wko 1 Spink s
Foreman wko 2 Williams

Foreman loses by 12 rounds decision to Douglas and is dropped twice.

I agree with some of what @Fergy wrote, but made edits on a few.

Biggs is bumming, blown out hard, same with Williams (Weaver knocked him silly...George would have been minorly irritated with Carl's jab, eventually landed and bye bye Truth.)

The Tubbs fight is harder for me. An in shape Tubbs had enough zip and boxing skill to give George trouble. I'm going to say split decision for George...but Tony might have gotten the nod.

Keep in mind, overall I don't think much of Tubbs as a fighter. It's just his style...Tubbs was past it when losing a disputed decision against Bowe. I'm wondering if the younger version outslicks George.

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I put Tucker lower against George because he was the perfect height for George's overhand right, which would have been the hammer while Tucker was the nail. Tyson got held through most of their fight...Foreman was big enough to shove Tucker off him and the overhand right would be his undoing.

 

Good comments and very plausible. I'm 90 percent certain as well that Foreman, by the time he gets to Douglas, could lose to him. By then Foreman s in his im invincible mode and Buster could be all wrong for him and take advantage. But I reckon he'd see it to the end but maybe suffer those kds.
But good post pal!

 

I do Gordon, can't see anyone before that doing the trick.

 

I can see Douglas taking it...the only thing is, if George knocks down Buster I'm not sure he'll get back up.

But yeah, I could see an upset via Douglas.

Holyfield (Bowe era) versus prime George...I can see Holy giving George some serious problems due to his darting style. But Holy couldn't take an even more powerful uppercut than Bowe's (in fact, excellent puncher though Bowe was he wasn't Big George level of power). George by TKO in the ninth (perhaps not dissimilar to what Bowe did in the third fight).

 

I reckon by three years at the top he's living the high life and not training hardly, so just like Tyson, Buster gets him.

 

That's a good point about if Douglas gets knocked down, could he recover?

 

I might be wrong, but I think there was a long count when Mike knocked him down? Douglas would have been irretrievable if George landed flush. Mike was a super puncher and had significantly better hand speed...but George had it all day on pure, concussive, brute strength.

Douglas was (relatively) too small to take that kind of shot, I think. Not just that, but even if Douglas did the bouncing jack in the box Frazier did, I don't think he had the heart to keep getting back up.

Still, I can definitely sympathize with your views on the subject, @Fergy. Tokyo/Douglas certainly had the skills to outslick George...no doubt there.

I should also mention here that George is #6 on my ATG heavies (after Louis, Ali, Holmes, Holyfield, and Lewis), Mike at #10.