george foremans style question...

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  1. shommel

    shommel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    ive noticed that big george always seems to push his opponents away from him is this legal? he constantly does this..why?
     
  2. lefthook31

    lefthook31 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    No its not legal and yes he did it a lot.
     
  3. shommel

    shommel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    so why did he get away with it so much?
     
  4. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    That´s like with Ali´s holding, Lewis´holding and hitting, Tyson´s and Marciano´s elbows and so on. It´s not legal, it´s dirty but those guys got away with it for various reasons. The right ref, they were good at disguising it, they did it just as much to not get a point deducted.

    Foreman did it to set his opponents on the right range to get his shots in, and he was very good at it. It helped that he was incredibly strong. I wonder if he would have been able to do this against guys bigger and as strong or stronger than him, like Lewis, Bowe, the Klitschkos or even Carnera.
     
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    Right, or like Hopkins hitting guys on their thighs or Holyfield headbutting guys. They do it sneaky enough to get away with it.
     
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    Boucher Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I doubt the Klits ,or Bowe were stronger than George,and Carnera found
    Louis a match for him, in the strength department.
     
  7. bodhi

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    I didn´t say they were.