Send in your come forward slugger type fighter to beat 1974 George Foreman

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  1. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 MONZON VS HAGLER 2025 Full Member

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    I have a lot of brown fat (No pics stop asking) but there is some white veins through it ln shapes not dissimilar to coffee leaves in the forth. I have cultured fat.
     
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  2. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 MONZON VS HAGLER 2025 Full Member

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    @NoNeck why is Povetkin’s sweaty forehead your PFP?
     
  3. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    I thought he had a funny haircut.
     
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  4. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Bowe wasn't at all a swarming fighter
     
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  5. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    He only said that because Nathan Mann was no longer around
     
  6. Showstopper97

    Showstopper97 The Icon Full Member

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    He did slug a lot. Much more than Louis. Look at his Holyfield, (1 & 3) Hide & Golota fights. Wild brawls.
     
  7. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I love the bomber, man.
     
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  8. Glass City Cobra

    Glass City Cobra H2H Burger King

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    I guess he used his jab and boxed from a distance with impeccable defense and footwork when he fought Holyfield.
     
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  9. Glass City Cobra

    Glass City Cobra H2H Burger King

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    To answer the thread question, I don't think anyone is beating Foreman by applying pressure and swarming/inside fighting or slugging.

    Tua had a cinder block chin and good stamina for a slugger with a very wicked left hook, but that was pretty much it. He was by Lennox Lewis' own estimation, a left hook merchant and not much else. You can't beat Foreman being a 1 trick pony, especially if you're very short and coming in a straight line with a repetitive pattern. Foreman would frame him, keep him at the end of his jab, and time him with uppercuts. See the Chuvalo fight: simply having a good chin and stamina doesn't guarantee you can drag Foreman into deep waters where his stamina becomes a problem. Tua sorely lacked the versatility and imagination to use these gifts to hsu advantage and would either get beat up and stopped or loses a wide decision.

    Dempsey might catch Foreman with some vicious shots early with his speed, but was simply too small at 188-196. Foreman pummels him. If someone is disingenuous enough to bring up Willard who was heavier than Foreman, Willard was inactive for multiple years and didn't have a third of Foreman's skill, ring IQ, timing, etc which is saying a lot because Foreman was a slugger first and foremost. Dempsey nearly went into a coma fighting the crude, wide swinging Firpo and was hurt by multiple fighters who didn't pack as much power as Foreman.

    I saw Andy Ruiz name get brought up, but the fat man's belly is going to be as red as a tomato after Foreman hammers away at his body. The Jarrel Miller fight confirmed what I thought, which is that Andy doesn't like getting hit there. He has fast hands, but slow feet, and doesn't move his head. He'd be a stationary target for the most part and Foreman would land with ease eventually wearing him out.
     
  10. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Spot on ... it's a matter of styles ... Foreman's wins over Frazier and Norton were insane but stylistically defined ... bigger stronger faster guys with much better chins are a very different match up ... I feel Foreman was on his way to maximizing his personal best but the Young loss blew him out mentally so we never got to see the best the George could be ... his natural power, strength , size, jab, chin, killer instinct were monstrous .. he was learning pace, less wiidness , ect .... People forget Foreman had almost no amateur background, was fast tracked into Olympics and won the gold on natural ability and still cutting his teeth ...
     
  11. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 MONZON VS HAGLER 2025 Full Member

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    Joe Louis would do it fine applying his own pressure and destroy him on the inside 0 doubt.
     
  12. BCS8

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    Gogo Joe Joyce
     
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  13. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Agit Kabayel. He proved his chin in his fight with Zhang. He's the same height as Foreman, he's got a small reach and weight advantage, and he doesn't have that concussive one punch power but he's clearly well above average in power because he breaks guys down. If Usyk is a 5 and Zhang is a 10, Kabayel's got to be a 7.5. He's got the right combo of attributes to give it a go.
     
  14. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think many thought that about Zhang...
     
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  15. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Zhang? the Chinese mummy? , If many thought that about Zhang think again