George Foreman , overrated ?

Oliver McCall:
First to knock out ATG Lennox Lewis
Beat two men who at one point held the linear title
Beat six men who at one point held belts (seven if Oquendo wins)
Contender in three decades
Avenged his son's loss to an undefeated fighter in his forth decade fighting
Never knocked down in 73 fights

Maybe off topic, but McCall's career reminds a little of bit of George's but he barely gets taken seriously. He's even regarded as being worse than George in the 90s despite accomplishing more.

 

Are you going to tell us what ATG means for you ?

 

I dont think many people overrate his skills tbh. But in terms of his "greatness" it really depends on your standards. I think he definitely deserves his place in history even if his opponent selection in his 2nd career was very careful,
The good thing with george was that in terms of his performances, even if he had an "off" day or was ill prepared, his biggest advantages size strength and punching power were always going to be there. This makes it easier to judge his performances, than those of some other fighters which relied on speed, reflexes sharpness and timing.
Now george had a great chin as well, but keep in mind(and any one who has boxed even at an amateur level before can tell you this) The way you take a punch, as in how you react to getting hit( in terms of being prepared to take one to give one, staying cool after taking a punch, not freezing or panicking) has to do with preperation as well

 

1. Broke down crying in the rematch
2. One of them was 45 years old and on the comeback trail
3. guys like Bruce seldon and a six fight Maskaev shouldn't count for much
4. He wasn't really a contender for that long.
5. okay interesting statistic
6. That I'll give him credit for.
7. Bonus fact - George Foreman was never beaten by Mike Hunter, Joey Christjohn, Orlin Norris, or juan carlos gomez.

 

McCall cried in the ring. Foreman talked to God after losing to Jimmy Young.

Foreman ran through several ham and eggers in one night. McCall ran through several hookers in one night.

The similarities are eerie.

Bonus fact: Foreman ducked 45 year old Larry Holmes.

 

It is possible that he is still a great champion but also overrated.

 

Ali talked to God at least 5 times a day. Your point is?

 

God was audibly speaking back after the Young fight, according to Foreman.

 

You act like that isn't possible...

 

We`ve gone down a bad road here.

 

Because it isn't?

 

This is going to turn into the wrong debate pretty soon...

 

There is the little fact that he beat Moorer.

No other fighter in history matched that specific accomplishment, in my humble opinion.

They say that age defeats every fighter, but Foreman handed age its only career loss!