Big George Foreman was "On the Ropes", Interview covering most of his amazing career!

Awesome!

 

That picture makes him look almost Vulcan.

 

You got that right.

Bring on the interview. :happy

I eagerly await some new quirky quotes.

 

It's not just me then. Good. It's the eyebrows and the ears are kind of sticking out. If he had that haircut, it would make it really obvious. But, no hair, so...Hey, you have photoshop, right... ... ...?

 

It would be interesting to hear his take on the Tyson fight that never came off in the 90's. Tyson handlers have told me it was George who prevented the fight by not signing a multi fight deal with King.

 

Yeah I have Photoshop, I just have no idea how to use it.

That would be cool, I wonder if he still claims Tyson was "scared".

 

Damn it! I gotta get and learn photoshop. But, then I'd have to come to the realization that I actually paid money to purchase a program almost solely to edit Valuev photos. I don't know if I can take that.

 

That's a curious way of framing it. You could just as easily say, probably more reasonably, that Don King prevented it by insisting Foreman sign a multi-fight deal with him !

 

Big George!!! happy:good:happy:thumbsup

 

King didnt care about matching Tyson with Foreman. He went so far to put George on the Tillman undercard. King wanted the fight.

 

I wouldn't say that Foreman avoided Tyson in any way. He had nothing to lose and everything to win, except a potential beating. The sole reason he came back was to get a million dollar payday against Tyson without having to face tough opposition on the way up. There was no reason for Foreman to sign a multi fight deal with King though as he was over 40 years of age and only wanted a shot at the title. He originally intended to retire after the Holyfield fight as well, but kept being handed out (undeserved) title shots.

 

Are you saying he wanted the fight BUT he wanted Foreman to sign to a multi-fight deal ?

Of course King "wanted the fight". That's a lot of dollars. But sounds like he wanted guaranteed control of the winner thrown in to the bargain too.

 

Yes thats exactly what Aaron Snowell told me, that Foreman would not give future promotional options to King if he beat Tyson even though there was no title at stake.
Theres just a lot of rumors that it was Tyson who didnt want to fight Foreman and he was the one who prevented the fight from happening.