1991 George Foreman vs present day Daniel Dubois

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by InMemoryofJakeLamotta, Jul 14, 2025.


Who wins and how

  1. Foreman KO TKO

    80.4%
  2. Dubois KO/TKO

    10.7%
  3. Foreman Decision

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  4. Dubois Decision

    8.9%
  5. Draw

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  1. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    You might want to go back and watch Zaire. Foreman quit at the end.
     
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  2. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Stewart is probably the closest to Dubois in style. That didn’t go well for Foreman.
     
  3. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    There's practical strength vs weight room strength I guess?
     
  4. Man_Machine

    Man_Machine Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Neither Usyk nor Miller have much in common with Foreman.
     
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  5. SouthpawsRule

    SouthpawsRule Active Member Full Member

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    Im not gonna debate this with you again
     
  6. young griffo

    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I’m correct and you’re trying to persist with your Foreman belittling narrative. I won’t say that’s fine but you do you.
     
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  7. JohnThomas1

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    :lol:
     
  8. young griffo

    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It’s getting pretty desperate now.
     
  9. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Joshuas not as good as prime Holyfield. Bowe also beat Donald and Hide who were talented fringe contender heavyweights. He was also supposed to fight Ray Mercer but Mercer lost to Ferguson. Donald would beat Dubois 100%, he fought similar to Ali and had an iron chin. Donald was an underrated heavyweight. Bowe is better than Dubois it's not even close, he was undisciplined and had bad performances, but he was elite at his best. Coetzer was also an underrated fringe contender, better than someone like Lerena and Miller
     
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  10. JohnThomas1

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    That's a very polite way of putting it hahahaha
     
  11. Jamal Perkins

    Jamal Perkins Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Nope im not confused on anything.

    I call it manual labour strength and natural strength and the 3rd aspect gym strength.
    Foreman had the first 2 all his life. The 3rd its clear he did weights during his comeback.

    Dubois was made to do some unorthodox training by his father. Hes a strong man but moreso in a modern day gym sense. He has been pushed and forced back many times in his career....no one did that to Foreman.

    Regardless Foreman is far stronger than Dubois and Dubois isnt ' smoking' any version of Foreman in my opinion.
     
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  12. PrimoGT

    PrimoGT Active Member Full Member

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    It went terrible for Foreman but he still won.
    Stewart was knocked down a couple of times early and got up and moved well the rest of the fight. Maybe Dubois can do that. Anything is possible.
     
  13. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    He didn’t quit.

    Absolute revisionism.

    It was the first time he had ever been down, alien territory and he was both discombobulated and heavily fatigued.

    The count wasn’t fast as some believed as at the time - but it was sheer - an exact 10 sec count.

    Many counts have been an actual 1-3 secs longer than 10 secs on average, (thus the false impression that the count was fast) - and had that been the case in Zaire (say a 11-13 sec count), George would’ve beaten such a count.
     
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  14. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Dubois wouldn't even beat Tony Tucker and Tubbs. Witherspoon would have knocked him out like he did Bruno. Would Dubois even beat Trevor Berbick and Carl Williams ? He could lose all of these fights
     
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  15. Journeyman92

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    MAYBE because Foreman wasn’t fighting guys his own size? - manual labour strength is a myth FFS mate I did a ton of it growing up, I worked the fields I did all the things these old timers sell you as making you so strong, shovelling, chopping wood, sledgehammers, wheelbarrows, brick laying blah blah blah … I hate to break it to you, it didn’t make me a beast at grappling in the ring or a monster… I was stronger then someone who didn’t exercise that’s it lol - basically you’re making things up “oh he’s stronger because I said so” there is a more to suggest Dubios is stronger and it’s basically because he’s bigger, leaner lifts weights and uses PED’s while Foreman is smaller, fatter, lifts but never hung with 250lbs opponents he’s unproven.
     
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