Who did Foreman say hit him hardest?

Well if you believe that you'll believe anything. I can't imagine that day New York Times readership went up 10% because somewhere on the fifth back page Dave Anderson said he thought Holmes lost. Same with Boxing News, whose headline of the fight was similar to Ring's (who had Holmes winning). The review of the fight was very similar too- only with a 'slightly' different scorecard. :huh

 

I thought Holmes won a very close decision. Most of the early rounds were pretty tight, but Holmes was slightly getting the better of the jabbing exhanges over the first 5 rounds. He wasn't landing anything significant on a regular basis, but was a step ahead Witherspoon. I thought Witherspoon really began to dictate the tempo during the second half of the fight. And who can forget his barrage which had Holmes as good as out on his feet during the 9th round, before Holmes stormed back at the end of the round when he caught Witherspoon with a right hand flush on the money.

 

Insulting other fighters does not seem unusual these days. Holmes said bad things about other fighters but guys like Ali, Tyson and Bowe have also done this.

 

Holmes was in much, much better condition for his fight against Shavers and was practically a shell of the champion he was when he fought Tyson. Shavers right hand is often recognized by fighters and trainers as the hardest punch in heavyweight history. Only Foreman, Liston and Tyson can be compared honestly to Shavers in terms of right hand power.

 

Young did pop his eardrums, didn't he?

 

Thank you.

 

And that's it in a nutshell. Your pinpoint candidness comes thru yet again

:good

 

Exactly. Holmes has said Tyson was the sharpest puncher, but Shavers was the hardest puncher.

But anyway, in response to the thread, I've heard Foreman say Lyle. I believe very little that comes out of his mouth. He changes his stories and listings and such every interview it seems.

 

Don't forget Marciano.

 

He's lying if he said anyone other than Ron Lyle.

Lyle hit him harder than anyone.

 

I saw this bandied around the other day, but must say i've never seen the claim elsewhere. Was it Lobo/Duo?

 

Yeah, I was watching Cotto-Malinaggi recently and I think he said that Liston laid a cruel beating on him a couple times in sparring.

 

I think we can conclude then, from his changing loyalties, that whoever did hit George hardest obviously hit very hard indeed...

 

I think it was Michael Moore

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