The amazing 7th round of George Foreman vs. Jimmy Young (Video)

Jimmy Young stood with Foreman plenty in this fight in spite of what many forums will tell you about this match. Besides this round it was nearly a shut out Young was just that much better and took it to him like no one else had.

 

You’re a ****ing idiot if you think this fight was a shutout.

 

How many rounds did you give to Foreman? Gave Foreman about 3 rounds myself.

 

My apologies for the foul language. It was uncalled for. That said, I strongly disagree with the notion that the fight was a shutout, and disagree even more that Young stood with Foreman. Their is absolutely no evidence to support this, and Young almost certainly would not have went the distance had he done this.

To answer your question I gave Foreman round 4,5,7, and 10. Round 1 was very close but I lean towards Foreman. So my scorecard would read 7-5 Young which is nowhere near a shut out. Though I wouldn't argue with a 7-4-1 card either.

 

Its's okay. You can disagree but without being snarky it's on film there were points where Young took it to him right in front of Foreman he wasn't a ball of fire charging George or anything but it happened often enough to make note of.

I gave Young 9 of 12. By my card it was a dominant performance GF looked desperate and just about fouled himself out trying to chase Young down because Jimmy was such a negative unbearable fighter to watch I can understand why but it doesn't change the score card.

 

Loved that fight, Jimmy Young with his 12 round decision over George Foreman on March 17 1977 won me a crisp $10.00 bill from a classmate my Senior year of High School.

 

If I wanna say another underrated round, it'll be:
- Coatzee-Weaver 8
-Jackson-Tate 5
-Coatzee-Dokes 5

 

A question I have here is how good is this George Foreman? Is this the same Foreman from Zaire and Frazier? Physically he most likely is, mentally I don't think the championship confidence is there.

So I beg the question, how good was this Foreman? Same one from 72-74'?

 

The referee only gave George Foreman one round. Apparently, this was it.

 

Well, Foreman was so dehydrated and suffering from heat stroke he collapsed and hallucinated that he died and went to hell afterward. Dangerously dehydrated. They carried him to the shower and he thought he was seeing holes in his hands and thought he'd been crucified like Jesus. He spent several days in the hospital under observation.

Watching the later rounds of Foreman-Young is like watching the later rounds of Robinson-Maxim and asking if this was the same Robinson who beat "so-and-so."

Heat stroke is not good.

 

No. He lost his confidence. This 1976-1977 George "pace myself" Foreman was not as good as the 1972-1974 George "seek and destroy" Foreman.

 

“At the time, I thought it was all over,” recalled Young afterward. “I can remember telling myself, ‘Well, it’s all over.’ But then I regained my composure and I said, ‘No, it’s not all over; this big lug can’t finish me off.’ Instead of running away, I decided to go after him.”

 

I would imagine one of the most intimidating things for Foreman's opponents was how he just stared expressionless at them while throwing murderous shots. Ali's nick name the mummy really fits because he just constantly stalked you and was seemingly unkillable.

Young did lots of great survival tactics this round. He ran for the hills, held both hands out, tied up, rolled with shots, threw in a few sneaky counters in between the barrages, etc. He definitely did his homework and probably studied the Zaire fight.