Could George Foreman Have Beaten Joshua?

The Foreman Ali would have fought might have killed Joshua. That foreman was an absolute monster.

 

Could he? Surely. If you have that punching power and know how to land those punches you can beat anyone.
Ali and Homes stylistically are the toughest opponents of all time for Big George.

 

He would've ended Joshua's career in RD1.

 

No offense but what kind of a question is this? A young Foreman was unstoppable beast. If Joshua barely beat an old wlad. Imagine him fighting a young dangerous foreman?

 

Big George would have punched roids out of that bodybuilder.

 

Old Wlad coming off a long layoff and a loss. I actually think Joshua would have won more clearly if he didnt gas out and almost get stopped, but still.

 

And don't forget an old decline wlad almost won that fight by tko.

 

Would be a very tough fight for Joshua. He's one of the few who could match or even over power Foreman in regards to strength, he is significantly bigger.

But Joshua is more boxer than brawler, he prefers to sit back and catch and counter. We saw Ali do his rope a dope to catch and counter Foreman and Joshua's usual approach would likely see him have some success as he counters Foreman's aggression. But Ali took a lot of damage with that approach only his iron chin and immense heart kept him in there long enough for Foreman to punch himself out.

Joshua lacks the stamina to simply sit back and wait for Foreman to punch himself out like when Ali fought him. Joshua best bet is to take Foreman out early, but that's a very risky proposition, he could punch himself out trying to take George out and with Foreman's body attack and huge power gassing against Foreman would guarantee him being KO'ed.

If Joshua boxes his usual way, he slowly gets broken down, he'll have success and likely be up on the cards but I don't think he can cope with the heat Foreman brings. Joshua hasn't shown any inclination to clinch and slow opponents down and he isn't elusive enough to stay out of harms way.

If Joshua realises he can't just sit back and box and has to fight back against Foreman's overwhelming aggression then I think we see a Foreman/Lyle type of affair. Two guys throwing bombs, but even then I favour Foreman to ride out Joshua's superior combinations and catch a tiring Joshua and then finish him.

But Joshua is still improving and adding new tools to his skill set. If he learns to clinch and become better at controlling the pace of fights and if he improves his stamina as well as other skills like movement then who knows, maybe one day he'll be good enough to beat Foreman, but currently he has to be the underdog.

 

No no no no no no lol. All the stuff you saying can't change the fact that if a decline wlad who was coming off from a lost to fury and a long layoff almost tko joshua? Imagine what a young unstoppable foreman would do to joshua? Seriously you killing me here with this very long paragraph as your reason you given joshua a chance smh.

 

Nice breakdown

 

Joshua ain't close to Ali skill level smh.

 

Bad breakdown

 

Lmao in both scenarios I laid out Foreman KO's Joshua , I basically only give Joshua a punchers chance and a slim one at that, but clearly that isn't good enough for you. Your love of Foreman or hate of Joshua must be strong lol.