Bad Meets Evil in Hell: Foreman Vs Lyle

It's a different era, apparently fights are hard to come by at heavyweight. Fury is fighting Schwarz and Joshua took on Miller. None of the big 3 feel ready for each other due to anxiety or greed. I haven't followed the business, everybody's got a theory on the blame. Big fights were just easier to make in the 70's I suspect. Wilder should have a better resume, part of that is 2 of the bigger fights in his career got pushed back (Ortiz) or totally cancelled (Povetkin). That's not really on him. And if he fought and beat a younger Povetkin than AJ did in a similar fashion, The separation of the big 3 would be even clearer. But that is alternate history.

Bottom line, technically and stylistically Wilder and Foreman share a ton of similarites as fighters. Things George got praised for, Wilder catches hate for. It's just odd to me since George of the 70's would be one of the more hated fighters of the time for his cold persona.

 

First off you are new here. I post these technical breakdowns, and have been for a few years now. He my article on Old Foreman knocking out Moorer https://imgur.com/gallery/J4ukB. Here's my article on his destructions of Ken Norton and Joe Frazier. https://imgur.com/gallery/ZnjnB I've seen about a dozen or so of his other fights over the years since watching his comeback as a kid with my grand father. I'm familiar with George Foreman and have been since I was 8. I never said Foreman had no technique, but both he and Wilder are willing to go beyond the textbook to dig out every bit of power they can.

Yeah. Those people are above Foreman. All of them.

 

Foreman absolutely did. All of the above. Foreman had better technique overall, was strong and durable enough to push back any one. Wilder has better stamina and a deadly right hand that he can land from a mile away. Both square up at times for power's sake. Both had serious killer instinct and were willing to go after a finish a bit harder than is advisable.