73 Foreman vs 92 Bowe

George pole axes Bowe in 6 or less rds

 

Come again ?

Suspect chin?

The guy was NEVER STOPPED, even totally washed up in Nuthitter 2 he did not go anywhere.

Foreman on the other hand was STOPPED decisively.

Early Foreman is way to wild and wiiiiide open, lol, plus he would be the small guy. Bowe is the better athlete, has more skills , better schooled and possible hits harder too......he had Holy out cold once, almost out in the first while George landed a handful of his sig punches and Holy was shaken a little bit but that was it. Remember, power is the last thing to go.

So Einstein, let me ask you this , if Foreman was such a monster and Bowe was such a glasschin bum how come Foreman AVOIDED Bowe at all costs in his second career ? LOL, because he knew he would get starched..............even if you would have put a gun to his head he would have run for the hills.

In his short peaK Bowe was a excellent agressive fighter with real skills and one of the best if not the best infighting skills of a big man, never ran out of gas, excellent chin, fought the entire round and the guy had no quit in him. Eddie Futch called him one of the best Hwy ever.......but the guy had ghetto demons which he could not get under control.

LOL, avoided big hitters ? , yeah , because Hide,Gonzales or Cooper aren't punchers, lol, they are not the uhs and ahs of boxing but those guys sure could crack.......

 

This fight and Tyson/Liston are 2 fights that are really hard to predict to be honest. I think both fights are about who can really impose their will on the other guy.

Foreman did say something to the effect of, 'They all ran, Frazier tried to be tough but in the end, he ended up running, Ali just lay on the ropes, the only man who pushed George Foreman back was Sonny Liston'

 

I don't think Bowe could stay disciplined long enough to beat Foreman. Once Foreman catches him with something Bowe will wanna fight which i see being his undoing.

Riddick while having a good chin could be hit and hurt and he never got hit as hard has George would hit him.

 

Bowe is BIGGER than Foreman,1-2 jabs,a uppercut and im sure,foreman would be hurt to
Bowes power and chin are underrated

 

I disagree

Holyfield, when asked who hit him the hardest, said George Foreman.

And Bowe was stunned a few times by Hide and Cooper

 

The 73 Foreman would have kicked his ass
before knocking him out in round 6:dead
If the 205 pound Holyfield, was able to knock Bowe all over the ring in their first 2 fights, it disturbs me to think what a wrecking machine
like Foreman would have done to him..

 

Bowe was not bigger than Foreman, and size doesn't matter, if your opponent is twice as strong as you , and has twice your power..
The way Goloata bullied and physically manhandled Bowe in their 2 fights, was priceless...

 

This isn't close, in my view. Bowe won't fight backwards, he'll give up the top of his head and doesn't defend that well in general. Bowe has a good punch himself, but he's outgunned in a shootout.

Jabs won't matter much, I don't think. This will be chin, strength, will, punch and stamine. And all Bowe has as a definite advantage is stamina.

You can bank on Bowe outlasting George, but I wouldn't give two cents for such a prediction. George within 5.

 

My $ would be on Riddick Bowe.

Two big strong heavyweights that can punch I`ll take the better boxer of the two. Bowe was sharper and more polished. Eddie Futch had really schooled him in the art of infighting and his combinations were precise for a heavyweight of that size.

Bowe by late mid to late stoppage.

 

Pierre Coetzer gave Bowe a good fight George kills Bowe.

The one thing you are all missing is mobilty (or lack of in this case), Bowe for all his skills (like George) was a plodder and plodders cant hide from George Foreman.
George might have only been 6,3 but I bet he was stronger than even someone like Valuev.

Im a Bowe fan but this fight would not be good for his health.

George in 6.

 

This is one of the better matches I think could be made between arguably the two best big men in heavyweight history. Foreman's brute force and aggression against Bowe's well school'd attack. There's a few ways I could see this fight playing out and I'm pretty split on who would win it.

I feel the first 5-6 rounds would be very important for the outcome of the fight. I feel they would be somewhat similar to Foreman vs lLyle with two big punchers standing toe to toe. Bowe had better all around tools then Lyle so I feel Foreman would have to be in better forum then he was in the Lyle fight. I feel Foreman would go right after Bowe as he did against all his opponents at that time and would land some big shots likely damaging Bowe and having him in trouble at a few points in the bout. Bowe would have no problem meeting Foreman with his jab, good combinations of both rights and lefts and I feel he would certainly damage Foreman as well in the early rounds. I think Foreman would push Bowe back more with solid pole like jab and this may lead to Bowe getting backed up against the ropes. I feel Foreman may possibly be able to damage Bowe enough with his flurries of wide punches to finish Bowe off sometime before the 7th round. I feel if the fight gets passed the 6th Bowe would begin to take command. I think after 6 rounds both fighters would be weary and hurt but Foreman would tire real badly while Bowe would have enough left in the tank to take command. Foreman would begin to lose steam on his punches and start to lay all over Bowe and swing even more wild. Bowe would begin to get the better with his jab and would land good combinations on the inside and outside and club Foreman around the ring with his big over hand right. I think around the 8th or 9th round an exhausted Foreman would finally hit the canvas after trying to hold on and getting hit with a clubbing right from Bowe. Foreman going to the canvas would be as much from exhaustion as it would from the punch. I feel Foreman would get up and Bowe would attack furiously clubbing away at Foreman and sending him stumbling to the canvas likely finishing the fight.

I'm 50/50 on this one, I feel it would either have to be Foreman early or Bowe late. In any scenario I see the fight being brutal for as long as it lasts with both fighters clubbing away on each other and I don't see this one going the distance.

 

Foreman had an excellent jab in the Chuvalo fight. In fact, I think this was one of George's best fights, in terms of pacing and boxing. He later neglected the jab to just bulldoze people, and as an earlier poster said, he wasn't properly schooled later in his career.

 

Bowe is NOT stopping George.

 

Foreman KO, it would be a fun brawl while it lated but Bowe is going to end up getting stopped. He won't be able to overwhelm Foreman in an arm's race.