1991 Old Foreman VS 2003 Vitali

Vitali's no mover, and he's a huge target with ridiculously low hands.
I don't remember any big tall fighters keeping Foreman at bay either.

 

Vitali is certainly a mover, he works off the back foot and stays at range. And he is by no means an easy target. His low left hand protects his body, and he uses his height and reflexes to slip attacks upstairs. Even with Vitali blind in one eye, Lewis was having trouble connecting consistently. And say what you will, fat boys Arreola, Johnson, and Sanders were quick combination punchers better suited for pressure offense than old Foreman..and Vitali had them swinging at air.

...uh, were not talking prime Foreman. Old Foreman kept himself at bay, he coudln't even make chase when Morrison jumped on his bicycle. And 6'3" Stewart battered him. Please don't bring up retired 2 fights in the last 6 years Cooney as a tall fighter that couldn't keep Foreman at bay. For the Vitali opposition bashing..these guys were at least active and usually coming off top 10 wins.

 

There was good reason why Foreman never fought a good top puncher after his comeback.

 

What's a "long extending punch" ?

Vitali's movement in the video is minimal. Foreman knocked out men who moved more than that.
Vitali's height might pose a real problem though.

 

The dumest post in a dumb thread.

Vitali is one of the hardets - to - hit HW's, ever. He has great reflexes and uses his height and leaning back defense to make opponents miss very effectively. Vitali is a minimalistic mover who doesn't need lateral movement or dancing because of his body mechanics, which he uses perfectly.

Comeback Foreman was easy to hit. Moorer and Schulz outlanded him and they wouldn't land anything on Vitali. Foreman was never a guy with a style to get inside am much bigger man, he had good short punches and toughness. There was a reason why he picked 6'2 Holyfield and 6'2 Moorer to try to win the title, not Bowe or Lewis. He avoided the bigger men and the bigger punchers carefully. What he did at his age was amazing enough, no need to assume he would beat someone he clearly had no chance of beating. Vitali can't be outboxed by a slugger like Foreman and old Foreman only had one KO at the elite level and Vitali has ten times the chin Moorer has, besides he wouldn't get hi with a short punch like that.

 

Cmon man, you're suprising me with these type of posts.

 

Notice Lewis had to throw a lunging falling in righthand to even get close to landing on Vitali then he followed it up with uppercuts on the inside. George was never athletic enough to do that when he was as round as a barrel.

 

Mismatch ... Foreman lacked the speed ... Vitali by late round stopage.

 

This. Old Foreman would KO that big clumsy bum easily like he did Cooney.

Young Foreman would have him quitting after the first round I suspect, should he survive that long.

 

I think I might have to agree with you. I think Foreman looked very good against Lou Savarese in his second-to-last comeback fight. Foreman was fighting a decent, big, strong heavyweight in Savarese and beat him fair and square in a fast-paced fight. I thought Foreman actually looked pretty good against Briggs as well. So, I'm not so sure Foreman was all that worse in 1997-1998 as he was in 1991. Granted, he was fighting elite fighters like Holyfield or Tyson, but you could still judge Foreman on how he moved, how he punched, and how he navigated the ring.

 

In a "Where do you rate the Klits thread":

So, ... A big clumsy bum is around the top 25 greatest heavyweights of all time in your own list? What is it an honorary position based off of height or surving the Chernobyl disaster or what?

 

you're pathetic, Foreman stands no chance,and i'm not a big fan of the bro's.

 

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Yeah, and Vitali was at his best against Briggs; it's not like Vitali' s older then Briggs and probably more over the hill then Briggs actually is.

You're right...comeback Foreman is the second greatest HW of all time behind Tommy Morrison.

 

Even Mendoza wouldn't say that nonsense.