Better Version Of George Foreman

id rather get in the ring with old fatty and use my lt. hvy speed to run away from him than get buttraped by prime afroman foreman and so would everyone with a brain.

 

against a lot of easy fodder, mind YOU.

And YR CUTE! ^_________^

 

i'm just messing around with you. No malice, although I am a smartass.

 

Smarter boxer, but not better fighter. Prime Foreman never loses to Tommy Morrison and I think he'd even beat Evander. He also wouldn't get bashed up round after round by Moorer. He'd steamroll him early.

 

I think Young George would have dismantled them all and much earlier, especially Briggs and Morrison. Holyfield may have gotten more counter opportunities against a wider swinging, more active george, but i figure that same george would have been successfully bullying Holy a lot better. Young george gets classified completely as a wild swinging slugger, but he was better than that(see my baer foreman thread). Don't get it twisted; george may have had his holes, but certainly he was not exposed before ali, and before that he was like an angry god.

 

not that i'm disagreeing with your choice but there was a lot of fodder in his first career, also. he had one of the softest upbringings a prospect could have.

 

True, but considering his overall lack of experience(absurdly winning a gold medal aside) it's not too surprising or inexcusable given his short boxing upbringing at the time. You could say the same about his comeback, but man those were some stiff stiffs.....

 

he was a straight-up thug. houston fifth ward. he road that as far as it would take him, which was far. and if you think he really changed in his second incarnation, i have a bridge to sell you.

 

Prime Foreman was better h2h then Old Foreman - BUT cos of Angee Dundee, Old Foreman was much smarter for ring IQ.

 

You mean easy fodder like Frazier, Norton, Lyle, Ali and Chuvalo?

I dont see it to be honest. I will admit there are lots of "soft' fights in there, but that will always happen when you are starting off, particularly when the activity rate is so high. Chuck Wepner in about his 4th fight is a pretty decent opponent in anyone's book, i would have thought.

As for anyone who is suggesting that Old Foreman might actually be a better fighter than Young Foreman, i really do have to wonder whether you have actually watched the two. Young Foreman might not have been fast, but he hits Old formeman 4 times before Old George lands one.