FOREMAN VS BIG PUNCHERS....why it didnt happen often

So, he fought Lyle but it's mysterious that he did not fight Quarry? What the hell are we talking about here?

 

A lot of men hit hard at heavyweight. I think Foreman fought his fair share.

 

Myth busted.

 

I didn't even know this was a myth. It's like "I've heard they carefully kept Liston away from fast fighters and aside from fighting Patterson and Ali twice a piece he only fought A, B and C and mysteriously no others."

 

Never really heard anyone say Foreman avoided big punchers before. If anything I would say big punchers avoided him. If your best assest is your power the last thing you wanna do is go up against a bigger hitter.

 

I also think except for Frazier, Foreman, Norton, Liston, Patterson, Holmes and a few others, Ali avoided African American fighters. I mean, while he was piddling around with the Bugners, Wepners and the like, he could have been fighting ...Norton again. No wait, that was before Norton...myth busted.

 

Exactly; if you line up his entire era and announce a barroom contest where they sit across a table from George and trade freebies on the chin, with the take-home being double their career purse...you'd get nothing but a lot of gulping, hemming, hawing, and intense scrutiny of the ceiling tiles.

 

You mentioned Dokes as a hard hitter, he wasnt a big puncher maybe average.

You didnt mention Moorer,Morrison,Stewart who all hit harder than Dokes, hell even Holyfield hit harder.

 

He fought quite a few punchers.

In his prime; Frazier and Lyle.

 

Crazy innit? I actually thank that apart from fighting Koki Kameda, that Pongsaklek Wonjongkam actually avoided Koki Kameda.

 

That's a dirty rumor!

 

It is of course why the academics on the general forum call him "duckiao" when they aren't calling him "Pacroid".


PS: Am I the only one that really enjoyed the way this thread turned out?

 

Foreman was a better fighter than Lyle,Mac Foster but I still think he would fall into the category of the slow, open puncher than Quarry excelled against. I think Quarry would be able to survive Foreman's early power and land a few of his own in there. Quarry had a good chance of walking away with a KO here. Foreman had the most padded and built up records of any of the Heavyweight champions. I highly favor durable punchers over a young Foreman and quick defensive fighters. Foreman may have had the ability to overcome his weaknesses earlier if he was exposed to that type of fighter and came back for a loss but he was not mentally ready until his comeback. The older Foreman overcame and defended much better his weaknesses

 

...Hmm...That's...a bold statement, for sure, Bummy. Can't say as I can picture it.