Prime Hrgovic vs. 70s Foreman

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  1. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Hrgovic is no Jimmy Young.
     
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    Neither is Itauma.
     
  3. MarkusFlorez99

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    Due to exhaustion not an overwhelmingly powerful punch, so the point still stands Hrgovic is not a puncher despite his size
     
  4. slash

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    He really wasn't ready for 12 rounds, like some people ON THE GENERAL FORUM questioned before the fight.
     
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    He is average.Just cos he knocked out a hyped to hell guy, suddenly he's on the same level as Foreman, Frazier, Tyson, Louis!!lol crazy.
     
  6. NoNeck

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    Foreman wasn’t ready for 12 until 1990.
     
  7. BCS8

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    1) Dubois would probably beat 70s Foreman too
    2) Dubois would certainly splatter Frazier
     
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    You would have been banned back in the day for spamming all this Hrgovic stuff, ****ing around.
     
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    Keep relying on your personal convictions as fact lmao, the classic forum can deal with that as per usual. Dubois beat the CRAP out of Hrgovic and forced a stoppage
     
  10. BCS8

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    Dubois is significantly larger than Foreman.
     
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    He was significantly larger than Usyk too and got absolutely destroyed LOL
     
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    OF COURSE NOT! Foreman was a pedigree heavyweight, Olympic gold medalist and heavyweight champion of the world when it really meant something to be called heavyweight champion of the world. Itauma has accomplished nothing in comparison. His fighting ability is really low level in comparison.
     
  13. BCS8

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    Usyk is a master boxer. If you put Foreman, Dubois and Hrgovic together, they'd still be below his level.
     
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    Usyk couldn't even drop aj so he's not a puncher and certainly not a body puncher or a physical presence despite his great talent. Power can take someone far, and Hrgovic got busted up by continous power.

    Foreman stops him, and Kabayel will probably stop him in a similar fashion
     
  15. BCS8

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    And yet Usyk keeps hurting guys which are giants compared to Foreman.

    Opinion.