Foreman - Is it telling that...

Pffffft,first of all,who isn't?

Secondly,facing Holyfield,Morrison,Moorer in the 90's isn't peanuts.

 

Holyfield and Moorer were the champions, he had no choice.

 

I agree and all, but others go around making it seem like Foreman was destroying Moorer. Fact is, he did sort of get a lucky shot. He set it up though. He saw Moorer was getting careless, and he made him pay. I personally think it is an amazing feet, but its not like he was beating the **** out of Moorer. And IMO if they had a rematch, Moorer would have beaten him.

 

Foreman beating Ali in a rematch.:think

 

Foreman did beat Moorer but as others have mentioned none of the other guys he beat were rated very highly. Additionally, other heavyweights were far more deserving of a shot against Moorer than Foreman was.

A young Foreman lost to Jimmy Young who not long after lost to Ossie Ocasio. Does this mean Ossie Ocasio was a better heavyweight than Foreman?

 

No,just means that Young was mentally shot because of his loss to Norton.

 

Not necessarily. Moorer gave Holyfield a rematch, not long after, and this time lost in eight rounds, suggesting that perhaps Moorer was declining a bit himself. What's more, I belive Foreman had Moorer's number after that match, and knew how to catch him.

 

True, he was KO'd in September of 1994. But Moorer and his camp could have chosen to unify against Lewis earlier in the year instead of fighting Foreman. What date was the Foreman/Moorer fight signed? I'm sure a Lewis/Moorer fight would have been a bigger seller than was a Lewis/McCall fight.

 

I don't know , but Moorer had just taken the title from Holy, In April 1994, and Lewis defended his title against Phil Jackson in may of that same year. Therefore the time frames were a bit close to be signing for a unification match.

By the way, can you really hold it against Moorer for fighting Foreman, when Bowe defended his title against Jesse Ferguson, and a washed up Dokes, while Lewis' first two title defenses were against Phil Jackson and Oliver Mccall?

 

Lewis may have been coming off a loss but was still far more deserving of a shot than Foreman.

 

First of all, Lewis lost to MCcall in September of 94'. Foreman and Moorer were scheduled to meet 2 months later in November. There was no possible way for Lewis to meet Moorer, as the fight had already been signed, and Lennox had just gotten his ass kicked. The time frames didn't work. Secondly, I disagree that he was more deserving than Foreman. In 81 career fights, George never got his ass knocked out by a fighter like Mccall.

 

Oliver McCall seems like a more worthy opponnent than the 90s Foreman so I don't think this choice of opponnent is that bad.