George Foreman's most epic and destructive dismantling of an opponent ?

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Foremans most destructive knockout?

  1. Bob Hazelton

    2.4%
  2. Joe Frazier

    56.1%
  3. Ken Norton

    9.8%
  4. Gerrymandering Cooney

    19.5%
  5. Bert Cooper

    2.4%
  6. Chuvalo

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    0.0%
  7. Gary Wilder

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    0.0%
  8. José Roman

    4.9%
  9. Peaceful hail of uppercuts

    4.9%
  10. Violent hail of uppercuts

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  1. Storm-Chaser

    Storm-Chaser Well-Known Member Full Member

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    What do you think? I'm going to go with foreman vs Bob Hazelton. But no shortage of fights to chose from here :) just because it was almost a murder in there.

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    Good choice!
    But No Neck is gonna interpret the question broadly, & insist that since he actually somehow should have lost or been disqualified in every fight, his best "destruction & dismantling" involved him taking apart an Epic, Impossibly Sized Burger he just fired up on his grill, separated the layers of meat/cheese/BLT/Fixings & usual-suspect side orders + beverage...

    And ate them all 1 by one. :eatingburger
     
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    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s banned Full Member

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    An overmatched LHW, what more could you expect? Wait till you see the Peralta fight, it was meant to be a very similar circumstance. Bob Hazelton realised he was too small for HW after this bout and began abusing every PED he could find with little regard for proper dosage or cycling, he quite literally lost his legs I think, to Insulin abuse related issues involving HGH. But all the guys in the 70s were clean… right? The first paper regarding PED abuse was written in the 70s, it was common.
     
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    To answer the thread question, I liked his bout with Bert Cooper.
     
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    Willie Maeket "40 Acres and Mule" -General William T. Sherman Full Member

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    Frazier. I will post a video later. Evertime he hit him, Joe would lift up like he was going to fly from a punch. No one had ever beaten Frazier like that before that time or after.
     
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    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I gotta go with Joe Frazier
     
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    Storm-Chaser Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Well you do know George had a very destructive belly bump and you can credit each and every food group for that. Nearly as effective as Holyfields signature headbutts just more or less legal and done without steroids! Lmao

    Foreman was never down in his 2nd career.
     
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    Cannot forget the steam rolling ken Norton received in round two of that respective match.

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  9. Storm-Chaser

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    Ummm... Tyson beat Frazier in a very violent hail of uppercuts, arguably better than foreman's beating of Frazier sr. Lol
     
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    Storm-Chaser Well-Known Member Full Member

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    So... What's your point? I asked about your favorite destructive ko not to rate his opponenets skill level. Is your implication here that goerge was juiced?
     
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    I would probably go: -

    Frazier 1 & 2
    Norton
    Chuvalo
    Cooney

    I particularly like Foreman’s disciplined and methodical destruction of Chuvalo - and that includes taking into consideration how young Foreman was at the time.

    That win must’ve or at least should’ve made a number of experts and fellow fighters sit up and take note on how formidable Foreman was and his potential going forward.
     
  12. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Has there ever been a peaceful hail of uppercuts??
     
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    Did I say peaceful? Lmao take a little time to re-read the post.... Get it now?
     
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    They are all the same, the foreman deniers, it's boiler plate at this point. Shavers was the better puncher, that punch did not lift Frazier off his feet, the cow on his back doesn't count because it was a photoshoot (wonder if foreman ever worked on a ranch?) he was fat and old in his second career and didn't fight anyone noteworthy (other than his loss to ali, his win against Moorer was just a lucky punch, etc
     
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    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    You said a violent hail of uppercuts, but if there's a violent hail of uppercuts, is there a such thing as a peaceful hail of uppercuts?
     
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