I think Holyfield beats 70s Foreman is that an unpopular opinion?

Very nice Swag but are you going to debate this or nah? Otherwise I’d much rather you go to your DM’s then post here about how you’re doing in school no offence, Genuine congrats btw securing your financial future is more important then ever, single incomes for the layman are leaving a lot of young people choosing between which insurances to cancel etc at this point.

 

Well if it's simple let's go through it.

"Holyfield has a penchant for brawling." well in this hypothetical Holyfield is at his best which includes following a strategy and not being overconfident against guys like Cooper, Bowe 1 and Qawi and GF. Evander demonstrated against Bowe in the rematch, Douglas and against Tyson in 95? (I forget the date) elsewhere he was capable of sticking to a gameplan in Bowe 2 he and Steward devised a perfect plan for GF, EH was to use his legs, wear Bowe down over stretch controlling the distance with his jab and then roll out the combos, Holyfield was slicing Bowe up with his left hand beautifully.

George Foreman himself said Bowe was too young and they should possibly pull him out before he takes too bad a whupping in the 4th RB spent himself with 90 punches and Holyfield for 5-6 seemingly got the marching orders to roll out the volume / combos from Mr Steward... then "Fan Man" showed up lol and gave them both a 10? minute rest - Isn't that a perfect plan for GF? Foreman wouldn't be able to counter Holyfields right hand the way Bowe did to counter EH'S longer range attacks and keep him honest at that distance (That Futch way of riding the right hand and countering with an uppercut wouldn't keep Holy from dominating that range here) GF also looped his punches which is a terrible idea IMO against Holy but I'll get to that.

About "Ring Cutting" why would it be problematic for Evander Holyfield if we believe he's fighting to wear Foreman out / stall like he did with Tyson and in Bowe 2? Why couldn't that strategy work? When you swing your arms like Foreman you create a wide arc to get inside and this was Tyson's issue with Evander... he would get in that arc and onto his chest to Billy Goat him (Leonard talked about this, Steward gave Holyfield the orders to stay on his chest because I suspect it was because Bowe looped his punches) wide hooks are asking for it against Holyfield, he'd butt Foreman or use his GF's hooks gainst him to get inside and work, both guys (Tyson and Foreman) had square hips and were forward momentum fighters, once he's inside he'll be able to move George around the ring (Just physics when your hips are square like that) fighting inside which was one of GF's weak point would be where a lot of this takes place, he couldn't punch short either - EH certainly could also tie up on the inside like he did to everybody...

He did with Rahamn, Tyson, Bowe, Lennox etc no one really overly physically overmatched Holyfield his entire career right? I highly suspect that the walking pharmacy famous for his strength that employed Mr Olympia's and sports science experts is probably a match in the clinch for the dehydrated, softer looking guy who did push ups and chopped wood. I know Holyfield got pushed by Old Foreman but in Foreman's own words shoving isn't an indication of strength, just that one guy might be a lot heavier, that won't be the case here, they're roughly the same size.

 

That’s okay I’ll let you off the hook.