Another Fighter That Beats Foreman (Zaire)?

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  1. SixesAndSevens

    SixesAndSevens Gator Wrestler Extraordinaire Full Member

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    And Maskaev, too. Right?
     
  2. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    If he survives the first four.
     
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  3. SixesAndSevens

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    You might as well have said, "No."
     
  4. NoNeck

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    He did it against Tua and Peter.
     
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  5. Ney

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    Ooooh :D
     
  6. BCS8

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    Tua might be a good call too. What's Foreman going to do, box from behind the jab?
     
  7. SixesAndSevens

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    He certainly knew how to do it.
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  8. SixesAndSevens

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    Do you think "Jazzy" Jeff Wooden or Yanqui Diaz would be able to do the same, then?
     
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  9. BCS8

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    To be fair, that's not a bad boxing display from him and his jab was nice and quick. Still, there's nothing there that leads me to think that Tua wouldn't be able to close him down and force his own brand of slugging into the fight.
     
  10. NoNeck

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    Reminds me of a mini Daniel Dubois.
     
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  11. SixesAndSevens

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    He probably could lay it on early, but I wouldn't bet on him doing it for too long after that. Tua was a very one dimensional fighter, and most men he couldn't knock out immediately gave him tough matches heading toward the 12th. After his loss to Ibeabuchi, he only won by decision five times, against generally inumpressive competitors, and in two cases where it was contested either by way of majority or split decisions.
     
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  12. SixesAndSevens

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    And Peralta reminds me of a taller and thinner Bonavena.
     
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  13. NoNeck

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    Wooden didn’t have enough power. Prime Yanqui definitely would have a chance though.
     
  14. swagdelfadeel

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    I would not favor Young over a prime Foreman.

    I'd narrowly take Liston to do the job. Lewis hmmmm.
     
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    Such a shame that Diaz's prime was cut short by a 41 year old Oliver McCall- Truly the scourge of heavyweight boxing.
     
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