If Foreman would have knocked out Ali.....

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  1. young griffo

    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This post sums up your mindset.
    Basically troll level input. Well done!

    Just don’t expect me to waste my time and engage with you again when clearly you’ve made your mind about Foreman to the ridiculous extreme you’ve stated.

    Oh and Frazier and Norton overrated? Bull dust. Only in your mind and only because George obliterated them are they overrated to you.
     
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  2. JohnThomas1

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    There's something very personal going on Gordon, no doubt at all.
     
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  3. Gatekeeper

    Gatekeeper Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Probably dominates the division until he fights Holmes although if he ever fought Shavers I wouldn't rule out he might have lost that one even though George would be the favourite, GF would have gone straight forward looking for a KO against Shavers, might he walk onto a hail mary punch ??
     
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  4. JackSilver

    JackSilver Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Foreman carries on winning until he meets Jimmy Young.
     
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  5. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I just got a message from a 'Brown Bomber', who has asked you to retract that statement. If not they suggested: You could run, but you cannot hide! ;)
     
  6. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    I think it's much easier to just take another approach to it and look at it from a point that if they had never met in the ring, due to Norton getting the nod in their 3rd fight.
    Ali probably wouldn't have near the status he has now, Foreman would never have lost to Ali and favored against him by most fans and media forever. Probably eventually been outpointed by another slick fighter who came up with his own method to beat the monster, and it's likely George never would have made his illustrous comeback.
     
  7. Glass City Cobra

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    Possibly. I have a hunch young gained confidence after seeing Ali pull it off before he did and studied the game plan.
     
  8. JohnThomas1

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    They were trying to change Foremans style post Ali to conserve stamina. It actually wasn't working well. Pre Ali George i would back to put Young to sleep.
     
  9. Flash24

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    Foreman, like quite a few big punchers was fragile mentally. Once that aura of invincibility was stripped from him in Kinshasha he became a different, less confident fighter . That was proven by the nonsense with the 5 fighters on one night fiasco just to boost his confidence. If he defeated Ali in Kinshasha his confidence would've gone into the stratosphere . Other than Ali, theirs no other fighter outside of maybe Holmes that could defeat him if he's ready to fight. And he could've conceivably have gone on a long championship run. T.Witherspoon could've got by him if he wasn't sharp.