How good was Foreman`s performance v Cooney?

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  1. KidDynamite

    KidDynamite Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Did Lyle go down from the stoppage against Ali?

    Do you even watch the fights?
     
  2. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist Full Member

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    Lol @ what Cooney did to him.
     
  3. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Talk about revisionist history and hero’s. Let’s not pretend Lewis was some slick tactician. His skill set exceeded George’s but let’s not pretend he was some perfect boxer. His defense had almost as many holes as George’s for crying out loud.
     
  4. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist Full Member

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    George never even won a decision over 12 in the 70s. He was as incomplete as they come at championship level.
     
  5. Gazelle Punch

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    He didn’t need to win a decision. He knocked em all out...almost. You can’t tell me Lewis wasn’t carefully managed either his whole career. Both were managed well.
     
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  6. KidDynamite

    KidDynamite Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Yeah he was 40 years old in that fight or close to it

    Keep reaching
     
  7. NoNeck

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    He ended up an exhausted mess against Ali and Young. I do give him credit for doing some rounds with that Argentine light heavyweight though.
     
  8. Gazelle Punch

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    Yeah def was arrogant and thought he could put anyone away early. Had nervous problems (was tense so got tired quicker when he was young), pacing problems. He had issue for sure. He just had a lot of other great qualities to compensate.
     
  9. NoNeck

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    100% of his problem is that he wasn’t boxing at an early age.
     
  10. NoNeck

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    Lyn Ball
     
  11. mark ant

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    Lyle was stopped by Ali, AJ hits harder than Ali did and Ruiz got up off the floor.
     
  12. greynotsoold

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    Have you seen the Boone Kirkman fight?
     
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  13. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Ali couldn`t have stopped Ruiz with those shots, none of those shots were as hard as the uppercut-hook combo that AJ floored Ruiz with, look at the slow mo of the impact AJ`s shots had on Ruiz and lok at the impact of Ali`s shots on Lyle, no comparison.
     
  14. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Lewis had better movement and Steward tightened up his combo`s, his 1-2 was sharper and neater than George`s, he out-boxed Tua and Foreman would have been hit a ton of times by Tua over 12 rounds, if that fight went that long.
     
  15. JohnThomas1

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    AJ doesn't take a punch near as well as Ali and isn't near as good as a fighter.