Does any version of Foreman beat Jimmy Young?

Foreman did a fair job of handling Peralta in their second fight, stopping him in the late rounds. If there's any performance that indicates he could beat a clever boxer like Young, it's this fight. I never saw the fight though so I can't really say.

 

Foreman of 73 would stop Young.

 

you're absolutely right.. In my opinion, Young is the perfect boxer to outpoint foreman. his elusiveness and durability are the key in this fight. he dodged a lot of foreman's shots by dodging them and jabbing back. that counter right hand is as good as a right hand you can get. ANDDD, let's not forget, the way you beat foreman is not by outslugging him, but by using lateral movement and BOXING him. Morrison did it, holyfield did it, and young did it.
he also beat Ali (IMO)

 

It is possible as Foreman did have Young in deep trouble at least a couple of times during their fight.

75% of the time I would choose Young whose style is poison for Foreman to deal with.

 

Let's not forget that Shavers had Young seriously hurt in their second fight (where Young was close to his prime form) until Shavers traditionally ran out of gas.

 

Young didn't win by much and was in bad trouble at one point.It's not that much of a stretch to imagine foreman being capable of picking up a win against him.

 

i think he won by a land slide, and even knocked foreman down..

 

Foreman had Young hurt in the 7th but ran out of gas with his wide swinging blows. He seemed to have more stamina in his 2nd career or a better way to pace himself...If he could pace himself vs Young he may have caught Young again and George was not as wide a puncher in his comeback

 

I wouldn't give Young much chance against an undamaged, pre-rumble Foreman.

Along the same line of reasoning, I would pick 88 Tyson over any version of Holyfield.

 

The jab, doubling the jab. More composure, more movement, probably better trained, better mentally, and a more fitting pacing.

Believe it or not, the Foreman that feel in love with his power liked to just dispose a person. The one that fought Peralta could go the distance, but maintained a strong aggression. He was going to let people put him on his ass or out-work him. It was sort of young naive Foreman. The post-Ali version fought at too slow of a pace.

Foreman is capable of winning a 12 round decision. It wasn't like their fight was a whitewash to begin with.

Well it's an interesting proponent. But to remind you, Foreman lost a 113-114, and a 112-116 decision against Young. The last card was 118-111.

I think Foreman is going to have to start well. Young will finish better, but Foreman can pick up enough rounds. If he hurts Young almost every round, that's going to be a huge swing to him. Add the fact that judges like aggression, I think Foreman can out-hustle Young. Foreman should keep his weight around 220-225. He wasn't being drained anymore, but that 230-235 range is a bit too much weight.

Lastly, I think Foreman sucks in outdoor arenas. Zaire was more of him punching himself out. But he never got his body accumulated toward PR's climate. I've never seen Foreman as tired as he was in those two fights. Both in hot places, and outdoor arenas.

 

"Lastly, I think Foreman sucks in outdoor arenas. Zaire was more of him punching himself out. But he never got his body accumulated toward PR's climate. I've never seen Foreman as tired as he was in those two fights. Both in hot places, and outdoor arenas."

Interesting point...but George was from Houston and should have known about that problem if it had existed from his much younger days.

 

George is always going to match up better against the guys he can land his uppercuts on. And nobody is landed their uppercuts on a prime Jimmy Young. You'd have to get the job done with other punches, but you'd be taking away a big part of the Foreman offense.


But to beat Young, you just need the same judges as that Ali bout. 1 guy had Ali winning 13 rounds, didn't he?