Could Bob Foster Beat Any Moorer s Heavyweight Opponent s?

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  1. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Such as Bert cooper,Alex Stewart, old James smith etc?
     
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  2. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    No. Given that he was tall, relatively easy to hit and couldn't handle heavyweight power. Cooper probably stops him.
     
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  3. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I don’t think Foster would have much success against the BETTER heavyweight opponents Moorer beat. I’m sure he’d beat a lot of the journeyman and trial horses that Michael fought above 200 though.
     
  4. Devon

    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think he comes unstuck at Mike White, not that he’d beat all the guys Moorer fought before White, I mean Mike White is the level of heavyweight Foster probably comes unstuck against, he’d also lose decisively to Alex Stewart who Moorer fought before White.
     
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  5. Monogamous STD

    Monogamous STD Ya know, Quasimoto predicted all this. Full Member

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    Someone like Bert Cooper probably flattens him early. MM's body was not built to stand in against the better full-sized heavies for that era, but it's a lot more HW-built than Bob's would ever be. A string of disasters.
     
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  6. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    But he wasn't tall.
     
  7. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    6'3 is fairly tall for a light-heavyweight and even in the 90's, it was at least average for a heavyweight. Holyfield, Tyson, Moorer, Morrison etc. were all under 6'3. Foster would be relatively tall even in the 90's although not extremely tall.
     
  8. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Why did I read the thread title as Bob Fitzsimmons? Getting old...
     
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  9. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    :lol:
     
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  10. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s banned Full Member

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    I don’t think so Ferg, I don’t really credit Moorer much for his run at 175lbs in a P4P sense with his jump to HW in the same was as the other Moorebecause Moorer was a 6ft1-2? 210lber classically sized fighter, Foster was a real deal LHW.
     
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  11. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Ezzard Charles could beat Cooper. Bert and Henry
     
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