How much Foreman weigh in the 70s if he was conditioned like Joshua or Wilder?

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  1. reckless

    reckless Active Member Full Member

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    How much would the freak, the monster Foreman weigh in the 1970s if he stripped his fat to Wilder and Joshua levels. He was just 217lbs at 6'3 when he fought Frazier. Easy cruiser.
     
  2. tinman

    tinman VIP Member Full Member

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    Steroids weren't as big back in the 70s are they are now. If Foreman had access to the same drugs as modern heavyweights he would be 235 and unstoppable.
     
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  3. miniq

    miniq Tyson Fury Undisputed HW Champion 18/5/24 banned Full Member

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    Rubbish - the bit about being unstoppable and 235 being good for foreman, it wouldn't be.

    AJ is a natty 235-240 pounds when he isn't jacked up and on the heavy weights at 6'6" when it plumps him up to 250+ pounds

    so 220 at 6'3" for Foreman is about right & it looked right.

    Anyone who is bigger than 220 at 6'3" look like bloated juice turkeys anyway Whyte, Chisora, Ortiz etc etc. Holding more muscle mass but also water weight and just looks like garbage anyways. None of these men can hold pace also so the PEDS ain't helping much.

    More mass is never helping them chumps against a natural heavy like Fury. 6'8" 270 pounds of born and bred fighting man.

    AJ and Whyte would look like pro bodybuilders if they wanted to riod their way up to Fury's weight.
     
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  4. tinman

    tinman VIP Member Full Member

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    AJ is natty:qmeparto::qmeparto::qmeparto:
     
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  5. miniq

    miniq Tyson Fury Undisputed HW Champion 18/5/24 banned Full Member

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    You've misinterpreted, what i'm saying is a natty AJ is 230-240 pounds. Not 250 pounds when he is on the heavy weights & riods. Also add his height into the equation. So foreman at 6'3" to be 220 is about right.

    Ali only matched Foreman weight wise because Ali was much older and had that old man mass which Goerge also aquired during his comeback.

    Fury will become a big dude when he retires. Whyte and AJ will shrink back down.
     
  6. tinman

    tinman VIP Member Full Member

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    Ok I see. Yea 235 sounds about right for a guy with his height and frame. 250+ and ripped sounds like roids.
     
  7. guncho

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    If it wasnt for old school training foreman sould be 230 in 70's he told it himself that he was drained by trainers that thought his best weight is 220
     
  8. ForemanJab

    ForemanJab Deus Vult Full Member

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    Probably around what he was during his comeback. He has a much bigger frame than Joshua.
     
  9. Kingmaffe

    Kingmaffe Active Member Full Member

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    Weight training wasn’t a big deal in 70’s pro boxing, not many used it. As far as I know, Michael Spinks was the first to really utilize it when he moved from LHW to HW.

    So I think you could add a solid 15 lbs or so on Foreman, with added weight training.
     
  10. GOAT Primo Carnera

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    :lol:
     
  11. Contro

    Contro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Foreman was in fact closer to 230 by the late 70s.
    Look up his fight weights in boxrec.

    Edit:
    In fact I just noticed they all started getting heavier.
    Frazier was 20 pounds heavier in the foreman rematch than he was against Ali in the FOTC.
    Norton was 20lbs heavier against Holmes than he was against ali.
     
  12. GeorgeDeservesAMedal

    GeorgeDeservesAMedal Member banned Full Member

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    He’s still get boxed the **** up by Fury
     
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  13. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No he doesn't.
     
  14. Somali Sanil

    Somali Sanil Wild Buffalo Man banned Full Member

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    This
     
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  15. SmackDaBum

    SmackDaBum TKO7 banned Full Member

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    And take away some BF% and you are back at 230 lbs once again.

    Klitschko was ripped at 240+ pounds, Foreman was kinda soft at 230.

    If Wlad came in like Foreman he would have weighed over 260 lbs.