In 1992 I'm going with Holmes, he still had a little bit of speed and the ability to move and evade. Foreman was really good if he had a target, Larry showed with younger quicker guys he could still be a moving target and not easy to hit. Now their young primes, I'd pick Foreman, but the older versions...........Holmes
Larry Holmes. With his Jab and chin he's getting this win. Can't see George knocking him out (tho it's not out of the question of course), so Larry gets a decision win, something like 8-4.
Holmes 90s run was against lower competition. Holmes lost 5 of his last 6 12 round+decisions. With only 1 10-8. While you could take that as a testament to the strength of his chin that means he was being outboxed. While Foreman went 3-3 with the Briggs robbery. Against their shared opponent Holyfield, Foreman was trying to knock Holyfield out and was giving away rounds while Holmes was trying to outbox him. Despite this if we add up all the scorecards Holmes only scored 1 point better. Holmes in the late 80s was KO'd by Tyson easily. While we could say that wasn't his best night and if we repeated that fight Holmes would do a bit better Holmes never fought anyone who was a serious threat to KO him again. And whether 90s Foreman can KO Holmes or not is irelevant if Foreman gets Holmes down even once its hard to see Holmes winning the fight.
Larry Holmes would beat George Foreman if they were both young men, middle aged men or old men stylistically it just doesn’t work out.
