The scariest thing known to man

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  1. douglas1

    douglas1 New Member banned Full Member

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    Foreman hitting the heavy bag
     
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  2. djanders

    djanders Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not Death, itself, but visions of the PROCESS of dying is probably the scariest thing imaginable to most people. But George is up there.
     
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  3. sasto

    sasto Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It's hard for people who weren't born yet in 1970 like myself to conceive of George Foreman as scary no matter how hard he could punch.

    Even in these old videos, you see the goofy grill salesman trying to put on an air of quiet menace. Of course goofy kids trying to act scary do a lot of the worst things in society, but it's still very hard to see what a lot of people who watched him grow up in real time saw.
     
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  4. exocet76

    exocet76 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Slight hyperbole...

    However Big George just punching you in the gut with those you'd be pissing blood for a year afterwards.
     
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  5. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    Makes me wanna watch Ali knock him out!
     
  6. Rakesh

    Rakesh Well-Known Member Full Member

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    That bag is BENT...

    Im pretty sure George said himself he liked to order 1000 pound (453 kg) bags as any lighter wouldn't hold up.
     
  7. sasto

    sasto Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Damn you're keeping it very real today!
     
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  8. exocet76

    exocet76 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Well it's like explaining The Exorcist to a millenniall or a prime Mike Tyson. Unless your there and understand the context of what came before then it maybe easy to dismiss these things.

    George was a bad man.
     
  9. Skins

    Skins Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'll bet George can still rock that bag pretty good
     
  10. znalniaskas

    znalniaskas Member Full Member

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    Yeah, I remember my dad's stories about watching the Exorcist in a cinema with friends and then driving home through a wood at night. They were all scared af. The cultural impact that something like that had in a still deeply religious society (with tons of superstious stuff going on) was something that you can't compare to a modern horror movie.
     
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  11. RealDeal

    RealDeal Pugilist Specialist Full Member

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    Heavybags back then must have had a different filling in them, as modern heavybags typically aren’t going to leave an indentation like that no matter how hard someone is punching. It kind of reminds me of the difference between older horsehair filled gloves and modern foam gloves. I love the sound those older heavybags made though.
     
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  12. exocet76

    exocet76 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It's understanding what was coming out at the time and in the recent past. My old man saw it at the cinema and he said there were women running out screaming people throwing up everywhere.. They had never seen anything that graphic before or the bad language and the fact it was coming out of a 12yr old girl messed with people even more.
     
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  13. Moonlight

    Moonlight Walking in the moonlight... lonely.. as always.. Full Member

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    Different old school bags with different materials... Big Dosser Wilder would blast these old school bags.
     
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  14. Toney F*** U

    Toney F*** U Boxing junkie Full Member

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    That’s what I was thinking, pretty sure Wilder hits harder
     
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  15. Guerra

    Guerra Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Would rou rather get punched in the body by foreman or punched on the nose by tyson?
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