Ezzard Charles vs George Foreman

i think ezzard charles is the best lightheavy of all time and pound for pound he's one of the very best,but big george would break him apart

 

Ezzard Charles was a really good light heayvweight Turpinr but as you just said Foreman would rip break him apart. Charles was a middleweight/light heayweight. I don't see why people here keep putting light heavyweight or cruiserweights against 220 plus pound heavyweights. There are weight classes for a reason.

 

Agreed. The younger Foreman, although a Monsterous puncher with heart was also very predictable in his style and had suspect stamina{see Ali, Young fights.} Charles a very inteligent fighter would understand this and of course be cautious in his approach with the younger Foreman. The older Foreman was much more wise a hence more dangerous throughout a bout. And don't forget, Charles had a Razor in his gloves and could chop a Man up. In a 15 rd. bout I can see a Prime Charles possibly getting a late TKO over a young Foreman if he is patient. I could also see Charles outpointing the older Foreman relatively easily, again, if he is patient and dosn't lose his head and try to mix.

 

Then why did it take George Foreman 20 rounds to finally dispose of a 33 year old Lightheavyweight Gregorio Peralta?

 

Ezz is a bit of a box of tricks for anybody to deal with.

No sensible manager would get George this fight unless either:

A. Charles held the title

or.

B. Beating Charles would get you a title shot.

Of course if either of those conditions is met then Charles has his work cut out.

 

George knocks him out within two/three rounds at most, far too much firepower for Ezzard to defend against and an aggressive Foreman looking for the early KO will more than likely get it.

 

Peralta fought a defensive gameplan in both fights which is why he lasted the distance in fight 1 and almost made it to the end in fight 2, he did not go into either bout looking for the win but rather to last the distance and keep away from George`s firepower. Also keep in mind that Peralta was by far the more durable fighter between him and Ezzard, Gregorio had a cast iron chin and was rarely ever hurt in a fight.

Now Ezzard was a terrific boxer but he wasn`t as agile or fleetfooted as Peralta was, so even if he looks to fight a survival type of fight I doubt he would be able to last the distance let alone win as he isn`t nearly as mobile as Peralta was, he was much more flatfooted than the Argentine. Either way I have hard time imagining Ezz winning this fight, its possible but highly unlikely imho.

 

I agree.

 

Foreman stops Charles he is too big and powerful for him 8rds ko.Much is made of Gregorio Peralta going the distance with George once and surviving into the 10th rd in their second fight.Well,thats just what Peralta came to do ,survive.The Argentinian was stopped only 3 times and kod only once by Mauro Mina,Willie Pastrano tkod him on a cut eye and Foreman finally got to him in the 10th in the 2nd fight ,the guy was super durable a cagey safety first boxer who ,at the age of 37 twice went the distance with Ron Lyle ,getting a draw in the 2nd fight,his results against Foreman ,have no bearing on how a fight between Foreman and Charles would pan out.

 

I disagree here respectfully. Now I have talked about charles footwork before, but the 1949 Charles defintley had better footwork to me than Gregorio Peralta, and he certainly knew how to stick and move and dance around the ring very intelligently and gracefully in 1949. Charles defintley did not fight flatfooted in his best days. Charles against foreman would surely choose to fight a stick and move counterpuncher type fight and he would have alot of success. Lets not forget Gregorio Peraltas best days were when he was tangling with Mauro Mina, Peralta was past it when he took on George.

 

Because perhaps this wasn't Foreman's best performance and Peralta was there to survive

A fighter only fighting to survive won't take chances and won't get hit flush but someone trying to win, thats a different matter

I'd be gunning for Charles in this fight but don't much fancy his chances

 

Foreman crushes Charles.