Could George Foreman Have Beaten Joshua?

Didn't I clearly say that in my post, I said he wasn't as good as Ali, not as durable, not as much heart, not skilled in the art of controlling pace due to lack of movement and clinching. Lol at all you Joshua haters.

 

I'm not a foreman fan but your comments disrespect foreman in saying Joshua has a chance lolol. This is the same Joshua that was almost got tko by an old decline wlad. <<<Now picture Joshua that version of Joshua facing a young undefeated unstoppable foreman?

 

Then why you giving Joshua a chance then? Lol

 

Every big puncher has a chance, might not be a good chance or very likely to happen which is why I very clearly picked in favour for Foreman.

Why does my giving Joshua even the remotest chance bother you so much? Ron Lyle had his moments against Foreman is it totally inconceivable that a guy bigger, stronger and more refined than Lyle as well as likely being a bigger puncher couldn't even have a remote chance?

 

Nobody is beating Joshua at HW. Too big, too strong, too skilled. If he works more on his stamina .. damn.

 

Height aside, I think George is the bigger guy naturally. Bigger hands, wrist, fist size, head mass etc...His power was also unreal; arm punchers, minimal movement and it still staggered and KOd people cold. He is a natural genetic beast. Just look at how wide Foreman is when in a suit.

Joshua is big but he is bulked up too via weight training and whatever else.

 

Great analysis. Completely agree with what you're saying.

I think if Joshua is to be realistically favoured against him then the first thing he needs to do is lighten up imo. 250lbs is clearly too much for him, I think 235lbs would be more suitable for him. He must have thrown about 20 power punches or something like that in the fifth round and after dropping Wlad he was gassed. He has many impressive gifts but his stamina atm is well, terrible tbh. It also took him multiple rounds to recover from that whether it was due to Wlad's right hand in the 6th or whether it was due to gassing himself out in the 5th. Either way, the pressure that Foreman would bring would have overwhelmed the Joshua that fought Wlad imo.

As you pointed out if he was able to tighten up his defence and improve his movement as well then he could do well against Foreman. Having said that even if he made these adjustments and improvements I think I would still favour Foreman to win that. There is a specific type of fighter required to beat Foreman (e.g. Ali, Holmes) and Joshua simply isn't that type of fighter.

 

Prime Foreman is a 50/50 match vs any prime HW in history. Kinda like Prime Tyson is.

 

Hard to say who is going to win between the 2. Joshua has the edge in size, foreman has the edge in punching power and chin. I think Foreman take s him out in late round.

 

Stamina comes with IN ring experiance. He doesnt need to work on stamina bc he will get that with more fights and fighting below 250 where he WILL be SOMETIMES if he has too.He took a gamble on Wlad with weighing 250 but it paid off.A smarter Joshua defeats wlad inside 6 rnds or sooner now.

Foreman vs Joshua? Joshua too much in about everything.foreman would take punishment until ref stops it and it would be his first stoppage with an actual gifter/power puncher he would have faced.

 

Big George tries to walk through him like he tried with Evander H. but Joshua is no joke Ha Ha Ha , hes a big boy to and can Ko George and both have stamina issues hard fight to pick.

 

Could he???? Ofcourse he could, a prime Foreman not only could but probably would, in my opinion ofcourse. Joshua is great, im a big fan but there must be no doubt in anybodys minds that Foreman could beat him.

 

Evander H, Beats both to busy to good of a chin . Evanders stamina work rate is to high .