How Would A Young Foreman Have Done In The 1990s?

Well in 98 he'd be shot after a career in the 90s meat grinder don't you think? that's providing he fight's 2 real contenders a year. The worst version of Foreman is the guy who was almost losing to Lyle apparently so someone a few notches below that probably get's hammered by Tua.

 

I think to answer the question @Fergy I think he does badly, starts strong and fades down the stretch because of his style, longevity and mindset issues. Just my 0.2$ like Jimmy Young he might have a meteoric couple of years but be an opponent type by the end the 90s were a war zone and 10 years of fighting contenders... that's too tall an ask for a seek and destroy type as barbaric as Big George.

 

2 contenders per year isn't realistic. Holyfield and to a lesser extent Lewis were the only two to really approach that. The B/C tier guys who were around in 1990 were washed up or retired by the late 90s, and generally weren't fighting two contenders per year even at their best. Mercer is probably the only one to last the entire decade and his resume is still pretty sparse.

 

But wouldn't someone they say would "dominate" the 90s be fighting at least 2 a year? I know it's not realistic for regular guys but if he's "the man" of the era...

 

Well yeah, it might be a relevant schedule if he were dominating. I’m pretty sure he’d spend multiple stretches in the 90s rebuilding and hoping to land a fight at a higher pay grade against a more highly regarded fighter.

 

If you had to pick a fighter in the 90s to best represent his career path (being realistic) who do you think it'd be? I saw you pick Ruddock - I agree with that, just instead it'd be Holyfield giving him his first loss. I'd say it is Old Foreman funnily enough? anybody else really?

 

Yeah, Ruddock or Old Foreman. Michael Grant is also fine.

 

Of course, Big George is not going to dominate the whole 90s decade.
But he could well dominate the first half.

I am sticking to my chosen 1990 -1995 timeframe, where Big George would be at his prime and other than Holyroid, Bowe and maybe Lewis, I don't see who else could seriously challenge his dominance.

In this mainframe, if Big George doesn't retire at the end of 1995 and goes into a spiritual journey looking for the holy grill, then he gradually loses his edge and eventually starts raking losses. By the end of the decade, he is a weary faded old glory: Sometime around 98 – 00 he is beaten badly, probably by one of the Klitchkos, or maybe Briggs, and retires.

 

And if my aunt had balls she’d be my uncle.

 

Tyson, Bowe, Holyfield and Lewis are NO less then 60-40 even if you're a diehard fan so he's far from dominating and I suspect the only one on that list he gets is Bowe if GF isn't a wreck from fighting Holyfield and Tyson back to back (Ferg said he starts fighting Holyfield in 91 and also fights Tyson) Bowe actually could just outlast GF even if he is losing... Lewis 0 doubt would destroy him he knew what to do with a threat like Foreman, unless GF Rahamn's LL it's much more likely he get's smashed over 5, bigger, better boxer with the perfect uppercut for that square stance... especially one who punches like that is a terrible match up for GF...

 

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I had no idea Bonavena did that to him.

 

Hard to believe honestly.

 

I know how powerful Ruddock was. I also know how much trouble Ruddock had utilizing that power at world class level. If he wasn't, maybe he'd have more than all of one win against top ten opponents.