90s Comeback Foreman -Is Wilder Too Live For Him?

Foreman too slow and Wilder had live legs. The memory of what Alex Stewart did to George's face lingers. And Alex didn't punch anywhere near as hard as Deontay. This feels like target practice.

 

The best of '90s Foreman was probably 90-92.

That Foreman ends Wilder's meaningful career... (...whatever that amounts to).

So, it would be a step too far for Wilder, who hasn't beaten any one of note and certainly no one in the class of Foreman.

 

I'm shocked the classic forum thinks so highly of Wilder. I do not.

 

Don't hedge your statement with that "arguably" lol. If you think Alex Stewart hit harder than Wilder, just say that.

I disagree and think that Stewart isn't close to the same class of puncher, but if that's your hot take, own it.

 

So Qawi didnt have a chin Ned? He was only stopped twice in his career and the other time was by a prime Holyfield. Holyfield put Mercer Bowe and Tyson on the canvas.

 

In Foreman's case, less arrows than a big bag of rocks. But, yes. Wilder does basically one thing really well and that's his rocket right hand. Old Foreman did several things well. Well, but not fast. That's his main problem. On the other hand Oddone did point out that Wilder was much less sure of himself on the backfoot, and one thing Foreman did well at all times was come forward.

 

I think it's winnable for both.

 

Qawi was a washed up, 5'8 fatass and Foreman won by fouling and having a ref who allowed fouls.

You can't be serious.

 

Foreman fouled a lot in this fight.

 

When did the windmill ever land on target except against the garbage that made up his entire win column?
Great subjective reasoning to bring up one of Foremans poorer comeback efforts (likely against someone carrying loaded gloves) that he still gutted out and won.
Wilder would have spastically windmilled (as per usual) and been KO'd hard with that kind of punishment meted out.
How about George of Cooney or Holyfield? Old, fat, slow but 10x the man and fighter than Deontay ever was.

 

When did the windmill ever land on target except against the garbage that made up his entire win column?[/QUOTE]

Have you looked at the bulk of the names on George's pre-Frazier resume? He was on the cutting edge of the modern padded record trend. Wilder dropped pretty much everyone he faced until his recent decline as he approached 40, including a lot of quality dudes... Ortiz, Fury, Stiverne, Arreola, Scott...

I would love to see even an iota of proof that Stewart had loaded gloves. Did Foreman's corner not inspect his wrapping? I find that hard to believe. The truth was that Foreman left his face out there to be pummeled and his old facial tissues didn't handle it as they did 20 years before.

Cooney was an old, slow cokehead boozer. WIlder would have wasted that version of Gerry. And if Wilder hit Foreman 1/10th the times that Evan did, Foreman would not see another fight.

 

Don’t bring in the “bigger man” aspect bro you’ll come out of that one with a loss.

90s Foreman power showings are less impressive than Wilder’s.

 

Not true. Adilson Rodrigues was ranked 10th by the World Boxing Association (WBA) when George Foreman knocked him out in the second round on June 16, 1990.

 

Not Ring lol. He’d just been destroyed by Holyfield. Keep reaching.

 

Stop deflecting. Back then, the organizational rankings still had some credibility.