Was George Foreman REALLY any better than the likes of Sam Peter?

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  1. Earl-hickey

    Earl-hickey Boxing Junkie banned

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    I know a lot is made of the old champs like Foreman but if we look at the following attributes.

    Power - Equal
    Speed - Equal
    Chin - Edge to Peter
    Skill - Edge to Foreman
    Chin - Probably Equal
    Resume - Edge to Foreman

    We can see there is not a lot to seperate them. If Foreman was in his prime today he would be another Peter/Areolla type and get KO'd by the Klitschko brothers.
     
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    Yes, he was. He was a great fighter. Peter was never more than average.

    ****ing idiot.
     
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    What a ****ing joke this is.
     
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    He gives an edge in chin to Peter and then two sentences later says their chins are equal.

    Foreman would obliterate Peter.
     
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    stop watching boxing. you dont have a ****ing clue.

    worst thread ever man

    **** off you stupid ****
     
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    Dudes like Peter, Chambers, Puritty are special cats who are cut from a different cloth.
     
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    wat
     
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    Peter TKO2 Ali :bart
     
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    Some very gullible people on these board. :yep
     
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    ItÂ’s funny that in boxing, fans call former world champions average boxers.

    Do you guys know what average is?
     
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    70's Foreman was one of the most overrated fighters in history, even tho I put him at 4 or 5 on any H2H list.

    Foreman was in big trouble in the 10th round against lightheavyweight Peralta and even knocked down at the bell. Look at what Lyle done to Foreman. Lyle was winning SD's and MD's over fighters with records like 10-18-0. Just four years after almost knocking out Foreman Lyle was stopped in one round by Jerry Cooney.....90's Foreman was let go by top rank when he refused to fight any one in the top 100! And sign with USA network when they agreed to let him fight whoever he wanted. And that's what he did. I remember one of his opponents had to be carried out before the fight.
     
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    :good
     
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    peter would KO the likes of ali, fraizer, norton, foreman, holmes inside 6 in H2H match-ups,
     
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