Buy or Sell - George Foreman would pulverize Tyson Fury

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  1. ThatOne

    ThatOne Boxing Addict Full Member

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  2. CooperKupp

    CooperKupp “B.. but they all playin NBA basketball again!” Full Member

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    Pulverize Fury?? lol No. Fury probably would wear out and outbox young George. Old George would be a better fight imo because of the traps he set but Fury is too clever to walk into many of those and Tyson isn’t Moorer in the chin department. He’d win a UD or maybe split.
     
  3. BCS8

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    Foreman liked to keep the fight at range and Fury would be very happy with that. Foreman's clubbing shots would likely be outmatched by Fury's straighter and faster punches. Foreman's workrate was higher but he'd have to get Fury out of there or he'd gas himself out. In my opinion GF's power is vastly overstated, mostly looking good against a collection of guys that would look comically small next to Fury. I think Foreman might look good early but that he'd run his batteries flat sooner rather than later trying to be the big man against a true big man.
     
  4. Joeywill

    Joeywill Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I'd favor 2020 Tyson Fury or the one who beat Klitschko over Foreman
     
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  5. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Buy.

    Fury is too big not to be caught. Unlike Wilder who relied on just his straight right, Foreman could hurt him with left hooks, left uppercuts, right uppercuts, combinations etc.

    Foreman by brutal TKO.
     
  6. Melankomas

    Melankomas Prime Jeffries would demolish a grizzly in 2 Full Member

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    I think if Fury comes in light he outboxes George to a decision or late stoppage against a tiring George, if Fury comes in really big like tonight I doubt he’d have the power to take George out of there or bully him like he did Wilder. They’d be great fights either way.
     
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  7. Marvelous_Iron

    Marvelous_Iron Active Member Full Member

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    Tomato cans get crushed not pulverized
     
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  8. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Foreman would stop him
     
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  9. CooperKupp

    CooperKupp “B.. but they all playin NBA basketball again!” Full Member

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    lol :D

    Nostalgia is a hell of a drug!
     
  10. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    74 Foreman would stop Fury inside of 5.

    I have been saying for years that Fury's one of the most overrated fighters who ever lived.
     
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  11. Man_Machine

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    Foreman settles into the task fairly early on, bypassing Fury's antics/tactics to inevitably end Fury in relatively short order.
     
  12. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Dropped and gets a gift decision over a Ngannou making his PRO DEBUT and you think he can handle a prime Foreman?

    And don't feed me any bullsh!t about Fury not taking Frances serious, because none of the heavyweight greats have any business struggling with Ngannou, outta shape or not.

    Fury is a myth. Hate to break it to his fanboys, but it's the truth. His claim to fame wins will always be over a man in Wilder, who quite frankly is just a bum with a big right hand.

    The 73-74 Foreman goes through Fury. Nothing nostalgic about it.
     
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  13. ThatOne

    ThatOne Boxing Addict Full Member

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    How do you think Ngannou would have fared against Kingston or Caracas Foreman?
     
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  14. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It would not even require that version of Foreman to beat Ngannou.

    The Foreman who beat Briggs in 98 (and got robbed) would beat Ngannou. Frances is a HORRIBLE boxer.

    There are no excuses to be made for struggling with him. Fury struggled with Frances because Fury is insanely overrated.

    To answer your question though... the 70s Foreman puts Frances in the hospital.
     
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  15. Man_Machine

    Man_Machine Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    But nowhere near as potent as mass formation psychosis.