Bob Foster lb for lb harder puncher than Wilder??

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  1. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    YES!!! That's what we must see!!!
     
  2. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    How often did Foster knock out guys 30 pounds heavier than himself? I'll take Wilder.
     
  3. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I don't think he has fought enough guys to prove anything close to that compared with all the great fighters who have boxed professionally. He has a good punch, but he swings recklessly at times and that is going to be his downfall. He will be knocked out soon enough as he is trying to land a punch.
     
  4. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    What did Foster really prove? His comp at 175 was weak, just like Wilder's. But everytime he fought someone bigger, he didn't knock them out. He lost, usually ending up on his ass, and I'm not just talking about Ali and Frazier.
     
  5. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    You know, yesterday at work I was thinking about Wilder fighting an iron chin aggressive counter puncher like a prime Holyfield.
     
  6. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Wilder just beat one.
     
  7. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    A lot of people compare him to Hearns, but I think Hearns was a greater fighter with better wins. Well Foster fought better competition than Wilder. Tiger and Quarry to name a few were better than anyone Wilder has fought.
     
  8. NoNeck

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    Hearns was head and shoulders more accomplished.

    Tiger was great but also past prime and in the wrong weightclass. Mike Quarry wasn't better than Ortiz. He just wasn't. The guy accomplished nothing, just had a famous name and was tough.
     
  9. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Please don't compare the great Bob Foster to that stiff... like ever again.
     
  10. Glass City Cobra

    Glass City Cobra H2H Burger King

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    Lol @ mike quarry being better than luis ortiz
     
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  11. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Yup. There's a sucker born every minute, and conmen like Wilder and his management are counting on that. Can't wait until that glass jawed FRAUD is knocked unconscious.