'94 Foreman vs '08 Holyfield

I don't necessarily disagree with your points, but it's a weird comparison here. Yes, Valuev is highly immobile, but it was Holyfield who was backing up all the time, choosing to land a few and then run for the rest of the round. Foreman, on the other hand, came forward and threw a lot of punches.

 

i cant comment on that cause i haven't watch the holy/valuev fight

 

Wrong... Holyfield is hardly a top 15 HW right now... He needs to retire...

 

Foreman wins with relative ease. Holy is too inactive.

 

How about a prime Foreman vs. '08 Holyfield? :huh

 

That's just downright cruel and ridiculous.

 

I haven't seen the Valuev fight but good point :hey

 

08 holy looked great vs. valuev, but even 94 big george had more boxing ability and power than valuev. his boxing was very limited, but i think it would of been a close fight in george's favor. holy kept landing combos on valuev because nikolai had nothing to hurt him with or wasn't fast enough to land. george was no slickster either, and even his long jab was kinda telegraphed, but his heavy short right hand was the one that won him the fight vs. moorer and at this stage that same right hand is more than enough to put holy or any heavyweight in his prime today into sleepy time and get ktfo if they stand and trade with him. i think wlad, vitali, or an ibragimov might outbox big george, but only outbox. it would be close, but i pick big george

 

I don't think even a Holyfield coming forward is capable of throwing as much leather as Foreman, put it that way. I think Holyfield fought that way against Valuev because he felt that was his best way to score blows and conserve energy for the twelve, rather than swinging away.

In other fights in recent years where he has tried pushing the pace, he's not been able to throw anywhere near the amount Foreman did against Moorer, Savarese and Briggs.

 

Foreman by Late KO most likely.

He had a close fight vs a PRIME Holyfield so an old Holyfield with less power, stamina, speed, and ability to take a beating would be done for.

 

Foreman by KO, even a 1994, Foreman with the beer belly, had a higher workrate, more aggression, and better stamina than Holy..
Holyfield throws only 20-25 punches a round now and dosen't do ****, his ass needs to retire, it's painfully obvious he can't compete anymore..

 

Foreman beats him silly, probably knocks him out. Holyfield barely has the energy to throw more than 10 headbutts per round. He doesn't have any speed or much timing either. Somehow he's been managing to go the distance...I think fighters today give him too much respect because they remember the Holyfield of yesteryear, if a decent fighter just went out an attacked him, he won't be able to do much. (key word: "decent" fighter)

 

Foreman at age of 48 still had a good workrate, so Foreman would win his fight on points, hands down.

 

Right. Compare the Holyfield from the actual fight with Foreman to the one fighting today and extrapolate. That Foreman would easily defeat the Holyfield of today. He was pretty competitive with the Holyfield of that day.