George Foreman vs Vitali Klitschko

Foreman may very well beat Klitscko. But comparing " best wins" is not what's relevant here.

 

I changed my mind. I think Vitali stops George late. If Ali could knock him out then a powerful Boxer-puncher like vitali with a 91% KOs would stop him.

 

I think the longer the fight goes the more it favours a win on points by Vitali. But for the first 5 rounds or so, it would be very dangerous fight for Vitali. I voted that Foreman stops him, but wouldn't bet any money on this fight as it could go either way. As one poster said, Foreman, often used his height and size advantage to help win fights and something tells me when that's taken away he's not as invincible as he may have seemed to be. But that power, that's real regardless of who he's fighting.

 

comparing best wins does come into it actually.

especially when you make a monster out of a guy who a) never beat any that good b) lost to the best fighters he fought c) has one of the poorest resumes for a supposed great

beating a whole load of nobodies does not make you a somebody

 

Jimmy Young wasn't a monster either and if you compared his best wins to Foreman's prior to fighting each other along with their losses, you would have arrived at the very same conclusion Jimmy Young with lesser wins + Foreman having greater wins = Foreman kills young. It doesn't work that way.. Yeah, yeah I know there were other factors to consider when looking at Foreman's loss to Young, but the logic still holds the same. Foreman might very well have beaten Vitali, but he wouldn't have enjoyed the physical advantages that he had over most of his seventies rivals and his stamina and poor defense would have been a problem against Klitscko too. If comparing best wins was all there was to it, then there would be no point in watching fights.. Just looking at boxrec statistics.

 

Same here, the young George is a bit over ratred. I see a late round TKO for Vitali once Foreman gasses out.

Foreman owned Joe Frazier, but part of that had to due with Frazier being smaller, and having a forward moving type of style.

Vitali is much bigger than George, and fights tall and smart. Foreman would have a tough time hitting Vitali, matching his foot speed, and avoiding his punches. Vitali would hit Foreman as easy as Ali did.

Remember, Foreman was down and very close to being stopped by Lyle. He was out boxed ( and also floored ) by Jimmy Young before being stopped by a slightly past his prime Ali who at the time was way ahead on the cards.

 

If a guy quits once he's liable to do it again.

 

I agree with you`re assessment it would be very interesting to see how Foreman especially a young Foreman deals with a fighter who matches him physically and has good technique, is durable and has power to go along with that. I think no matter what this would make for a slugfest between two big men much like when Vitali fought Lewis.

 

Agreed. Lewis despite his age however threw straiter punches, had a good jab and was 6'5", 256 lbs. There's a reason why he was able to land more accurately and open up that cut while also taking a fair amount of punishment himself. I don't know if Foreman could do the same thing. I will always give George Foreman a chance in just about any fantasy matchup, but this would definitely be a tall order.

 

Foreman may be the smaller man but hes definately the stronger one here. Can he force the action and make it a shootout? I think a 73 Foreman could overwhelm him.

 

OK but in fairness you also think a 73 year OLD Foreman would overwhelm him.

:ko:bowdown:lloll

;-)

 

lol, i wonder how much power Big George has left at his age.

 

I think its more likely that Foreman would break Klitschko`s nose or some other bone in his face rather then open up a big cut. In a scenario where Foreman wins I picture him backing up Klitschko with his jab and a barrage of wide punches I see Klitschko staggering about the ring like the European fighter he beat in the finals of the Olympics. I picture Foreman clearly having Klitschko badly hurt, but Klitschko still throwing and landing back but Foreman would be relentless on his pursuit of the finish and eventually Klitschko would hit the canvas from a big hook or maybe an uppercut likely around the 4th or 5th round. It`s possible Klitschko would be down for the count after one knockdown but if he does get up I see Foreman continuing his barrage and finishing him off.

That`s just one scenario I see I could also see Klitschko giving Foreman fits with his movement and winning the exchanges with his better technical punches. Very hard fight to access.

 

now georgie would really be a bridge to far for vitto. even ol Georgie would give him a terrible beatin.

vit klit is very tough, he don't go down early but he does go down eventually.


vit klit has slim chance of beating georgie but he needs to adapt wlad tactics to do it, fight in Germany, wrestle, run in fear till georgie gasses and then hit him enough to jusity a cheating german ref to stop the fight.


a fairer chance is against ol georgie for sure.

 

Young was stylistically always a problem for George and ive always felt it is pretty evident Foreman was never the same after Zaire

The point im trying to make is i believe Foreman was more tried and tested than Vitali but Vitali is made into a H2H monster based upon amazing stats against pretty poor opposition.

Although im not the biggest fan of the Klitsckos, i give them their dues but Wlad has the better resume out of the 2, even though H2H Vitali holds Wlads number