George Foreman vs Ken Lakusta 1990

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  1. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I remember 20 years ago watching George Foreman fight Ken Lakusta on the USA cable network. It was Foreman's 23rd comeback fight, and the one right after dispatching Addilson Rodriguez maybe a month earlier...

    When one glances at Lakusta's final career record ( 20-23 ), they might conclude that he was a bum, but this was hardly the case. Ken showed up in good form for that fight, and historically hung in there with a lot of quality heavyweights..

    Lakusta was the Canadian heavy weight champion and actually made a little bit of a fight out of the affair. I encourage you guys to watch the whole fight, which went for 3 rounds, but pay particular attention to the third and final round. Ken gets decked by Foreman, then rises at the count of 9.. He immediately goes out there, tags Foreman with a big right hand, momentarily staggering him, before getting dropped again..

    George got a lot of flack for fighting mediocrities in his comeback, but some of these guys were a lot better than given credit for, and Lakusta was one of them..

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiVVtQa3jfs[/ame]
     
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  2. choklab

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm-I0EQZLaw[/ame]

    here is frank bruno against the same guy...
     
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  3. NoCoolFool?

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    Lakusta fought a lot of top guys. I have his fight vs Tua as well.

    He's still around...I believe he is training Tye Fields(??) Who's rebuilding After getting bombed out by Barrett.
     
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  4. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I taped the fight off the USA net back in the summer of 1990... Christ, 20 years has passed... Lakusta wobbled Foreman for a brief moment in the 3rd round before Foreman lowered the boom and got rid of Lakusta with a sloppy barrage of shots...

    Yeah, the USA network used to air some horse**** mismatches, but I still miss that network now that its cancelled their Tuesday night fight cards...

    ESPN utterly bites the rod for boxing...

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  5. lefthook31

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    Foreman came back the right way, he should never have gotten flack for who he fought. He was well prepared to go 12 with Evander when the fight came off.
     
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  6. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    I agree. :good

    Old Foreman took his comeback slow & steady, shaking off the rust.
    When Old Foreman met Holyfield in '91, he was highly motivated & trained very hard, to be both physically* & mentally the optimum of his comeback potential at the advanced age of 42.

    *George had been a lot lighter than 257lbs in his comeback (as low as 235lbs against Qawi), but I consider him to be the best conditioned against Evander & he demonstrated solid stamina.

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  7. mister

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    he landed one wild punch and he is supposed to be a good fighter,this guy is a club fighter,he is a guy a fighter will fight to use as a human punching bag,he is actually lucky george held back on his punches or he would of had his head ripped off,ken is a minature tex cobb,2 guys who take 100 punches before landing 1,:think
     
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  8. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Foreman was too light at 235 in '88 at age 39 for Qawi.... Foreman's body had changed during his 10 year layoff from the ring... Foreman began training in Sept. 1986 at a weight of 325 + or - pounds for Christ sake... He was 267 in his first fight back in March 1987 against fireman Steven Zouski in California...

    I thought Foreman looked good and strong at 243 to 245 pounds as he was in his fights with "Sekorski & Trane" on ESPN... Foreman would've been better suited maintaining that weight while shaking off the ring rust...
    :deal:hat

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  9. anut

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    I THOUGHT FOREMAN LOOKED GREAT AT 235 LBS VS QUAWI:good
     
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  10. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    LOL.... So did I.... In fact, I probably still have that fight, ( and numerous others ) on VHS tapes in a box somewhere, but no longer even have a recorder to view them from..

    I know what you're saying Bill. I used to watch USA fights religiously, and yes its damn near impossible to believe that 1990 was 20 years ago!!!!!
     
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  11. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I am not maintaining that Ken Lakusta was anything extraordinary, only that he was a decent opponent, especially for good fighters who were inbetween big fights. I think of million guys who qualify as tomato cans, but Lakusta was not among them in my opinion.
     
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  12. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Last I saw of Lakusta he was getting hammered on the USA Tuesday night fights in 1993 against Lawrence Holmes... I taped that too...

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  13. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I didn't tape that one, but I think I remember seeing it... The early to mid 90's were somewhat of a hazy period for me... Lot's of booze ( and other things. ) I'm real glad you're on here Bill. You and I seem to have many of the same memories when it comes to obscure American fights that appeared on the same networks...:good
     
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  14. MRBILL

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    I taped all them Holmes and Foreman USA net fights in the late 80s and early 90s...

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  15. AnthonyJ74

    AnthonyJ74 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I don't think so. I think Foreman would have been better off facing stiffer competition. Foreman wanted a big money fight so bad that he didn't allow himself to fight any dangerous guys for fear of losing and blowing a big money shot.
     
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