Prime Alexander Povetkin vs 88-91 George Foreman

Because Klitschko is roughly 3x better than old man Foreman

 

When did Foreman ever use his feet to get away from anyone? What you just typed demonstrates a total lack of understanding about Foreman and boxing in general. . Loads of could this and could that. And no did this as in actually showed it.

First of all the thread states 88-91 Foreman. Morrison fought Foreman in 1993.

Foreman was 38 in 1988. There's a massive difference in this era Foreman to any version of Foreman from 94 onwards. Pick any fight fight from this era and hear commentators surprised at how he was deceptively nimble and sharp.

You're under the assumption that fast footwork is good footwork. In that case Andre Dirrell had better footwork that Golovkin. Not true.
Foreman was a ring cutter master and popped out the most devastating jab in the the history of boxing. He's e giving up an inch of ground to Povetkin because he doesn't need to.
He has Povetkin right where he wants him due to Povetkins one-dimensional , come forward style. Povetkin had a terrible time getting past the jab of Carlos Takam and this is when he was supercharged on peds. Walk straight into Foreman blows for 5 rounds , and there is not going to be anything left for the next 5 rounds.
Likewise , getting blasted with power punches at a 60% connect rate is fine against a guy like Chambers. Against Foreman its career over.
Example Pierre Coatzer , a come forward guy same as Povetkin.


Second, your reading of the Klitschko fight is all wrong because Klitscko stepping back and off-setting Povetkins attack is not how that fight played out and pretending it did further demonstrates how you will say whatever you need in order to pick the guy you want to win , not who you actually believe will win.

Klitschko simps argued for years that Povetkin was to blame for getting hugged every 5-10 seconds of that fight. . He was lunging in all night they said.
But now against Foreman he is going to magically transform into some fleet footed, in-and-out master boxer like Holyfield and Ali?

 

What idiot voted Povetkin by tko

 

Same dunce that voted Foreman on points. Actually, Pov by TKO might be more likely now that I think of it.

 

Foreman on points isn't unrealistic if Povetkin goes down

 

Povetkin could write the new Great Russian Romance novel in the time that it takes for one of Foreman's big slowass looping punches to complete its trajectory.

 

Foreman had deceptive hand speed, you fell for it, like everyone else he KO'd

That jab will still pop, those body shots will still land, the uppercuts are always there and Foreman will walk him down all night, constantly pushing him back with frames. You have to ask, when has Povetkin ever fought on the backfoot the whole fight ? Because he will here.

 

Nah, Foreman was slow AF. What he did have, which his younger version did not have, was much better timing. His slowass jab used to pepper guys the whole time and it really should not have because it was not fast. However, Povetkin was always fast to cut the distance, and hard to tag while doing it. That kind of dipping rush he did was his trademark.

Foreman simply doesn't have the speed and workrate to beat Povetkin down the line. And Povetkin has too much head movement and he is too good an inside fighter for Foreman to deal with. Oh, sure Foreman will land stuff. But Sasha will land 3x more. I mean we are talking about the guy that Axel Schulz lit up in the pocket all night.

 

Gatekeeper Takam lit up povetkin lol. It's interesting you haven't let me know a single fight where Povetkin was forced to fight on the backfoot. I can't recall. That's bad news against foreman. Schulz was using the ring, can Povetkin ?

 

Takam took a nap.

Opinion.

That's a good point that you make. Bad news for Foreman.

 

Indeed it is. Foreman is stronger, more durable, great jab, always comes forward and physically pushes his opponents back to unset their feet and rhythm.

Povetkin cannot fight on the backfoot, he's never done it. Old Foreman might actually stop him lol

 

Even assuming you are correct: Povetkin never had to because he's that ****ing good in the pocket.

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False equivalence Schulz used the ring and moved in and out, do you have eyes ? lol. Povetkin is coming forward all night and he is getting beat up, very skilled but a 1 dimensional approach. Foreman eats povetkins for a light breakfast, even old Foreman who is inferior to prime Foreman. Throw that agenda in the trash

 

^ Proof that you DKSAB

 

Old Foreman had a iron chin. I wouldn't bet on a stoppage.