George Foremans tallest opponent (6'7)

The taller man didn't fare very well.

 

I wonder if he was a actual 6'7 rather than a billed 6'7

 

Hazleton was a massive roider. After boxing he served as security for Van Halen. Later he had his legs amputated do to his massive sterod intake. He was very open about it and talked to kids about their dangers.

 

The Foreman loss prompted him to take steroids. He was 6'7" 183 pounds. Even NBA players are well over 200 pounds at that height.

 

I'm not going to look at it yet,

I will wait to see how others veiw this, because my first thought was, "well then here lies an opportunity to see 'how' this Giant fights, is he a cumbersome mauler, slow grabbing spoiler, is he awkward & plodding, is he fast or smoothish, not a bad looking boxer, can he punch or is he a 'paw'r', is he very similar to our S-HW Giants today???

I'll wait, what I will do however is look at his Fight Record, Win or Lose and see how well he actually performed to determine if he was a real opponent for Big George.

Enjoy, Fight Fans.

 

So he has the dubious honour of being both Foreman’s tallest and shortest opponent..

 

In those days a fighter's record was often "embellished." Cosell said Hazleton was 5-2, his actual record was 3-6, with all of his loses by knockout. Hazleton probably would have lost his license today with all of those knockout losses. Federal ID and stricter commissions make it tougher for losing fighters to be allowed to fight.

 

Ouch

 

Grant Hill was 6'8" 225. Look at him.

 

I thought it was Wepner.

 

It was after this bout he began juicing up, I believe it was his excessive use of HGH and insulin abuse that cost him his legs.

 

It looked like he quit on the first good shot, though GF hits very hard and he’s a LHW sized guy maybe I’m wrong? it’s possible he was just a “jobber” which can be found at that level in abundance as you’d know, he’ll fight a bit but after a hard knock he starts looking for a soft spot to land.

 

If he was in another era he could have boxed Don Halpin