Young George Foreman in the modern era

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  1. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Let's take Foreman as he historically was. No "if he was fighting today he would be 8 feet tall and 500 pounds of muscle and could overhead press a fully loaded school bus".

    So the 6'3 217-225 pound George Foreman with all the strengths and weaknesses he had when he fought in the 1970s. How would he do in the Wilder/Fury/AJ/Usyk era?
     
  2. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 MONZON VS HAGLER 2025 Full Member

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    He does badly, very badly. He fought like a “big guy” today he is not a big guy.
     
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  3. Mandela2039

    Mandela2039 Philippians 2:10-11 Full Member

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    Foreman's sole aura would make Dubois throw in the towel himself, of course if he even dares to take the fight, which is of course assuming he'd continue boxing after watching Foreman atomize people he'd struggled greatly with, which of course is assuming he'd even start boxing
     
  4. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 MONZON VS HAGLER 2025 Full Member

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    The aura of throwing punches from the same level as your arse, the Aura of losing to a middle aged Ali who made him look like a dummy with ease, getting made into Jimmy Young’s son so bad you see Jesus and almost going life and death with Ron Lyle… yeah alright.
     
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  5. Mandela2039

    Mandela2039 Philippians 2:10-11 Full Member

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    And George would still knock him out
     
  6. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 MONZON VS HAGLER 2025 Full Member

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    Possibly Jimmy Young raised his son well.
     
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  7. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The same people that say a fighter needs movement and speed to beat bigger guys are the same people that say a fighter has to cut the distance and get on the inside to negate size. They just change the narrative depending on the h2h match up

    Foreman KOs aj, Wilder and Dubois. He stops Parker mid rounds. Has a war with Zhang and gets a mid round stoppage after getting floored. Brutalizes Whyte and Chisora. Has a field day with Joyce. Fury might beat him. Usyk would beat him. He does pretty well otherwise
     
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  8. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    There are people who will say it doesn't work like this but did you know that Young Foreman and Young Stribling were half brothers?
     
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  9. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Foreman threads are the new Marciano threads.
     
  10. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    Fights it out with Usyk for top dawg.
     
  11. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 MONZON VS HAGLER 2025 Full Member

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    This was always the plan, this is it, the eclipse is descending on Foreman like it did Marciano. Soon he’ll be a niche pick the men of tomorrows forum will scoff at.
     
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  12. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Foreman could be a champ in any era. He’s a much better version of Wilder.
     
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  13. Journeyman92

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  14. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Foreman cut the ring and sunk in those body shots beautifully there, thanks for the footage. Foreman had underrated footwork and murderous timing with that uppercut
     
  15. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 MONZON VS HAGLER 2025 Full Member

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    YW If you don’t know who Jose Roman is I don’t blame you but he’s some guy with 27 losses including to other folks we’ve never heard of.