Lewis~vs~foreman

What about the Lyle fight, when Foreman was done the same number of times in one fight, as Lewis was in his entire career, is that a farce?

Cause I'm thinking that Lewis is going to be hitting Foreman at least as hard as Lyle did. I realize that Foreman got up, which one can say seperates him from Foreman, but make no mistake about it, Foreman was hurt and hurt often in that fight.

They are basically my two favourite fighters so it's a touch choice for me, but I disagree with those to say Lewis' chin would be the difference..that's really a poor analysis if you consider who's been down in their career more times.

 

Lewis KO

Foreman's technique bothers me, Lewis could keep his distance and uppercut on the inside. Lewis was more accurate aswell

Skills pay the bills according to Roger Mayweather

 

For the simple reason that Foreman basically was IMPOSSIBLE to knock out, I'll take George. Unless the Lewis nut-huggers want to posit the 75-77 George (mentally fried) version (which Ali declined to give a rematch).
Lennox's size may make this scrap a 'chess-match' for a few rounds but George will land at some point and Lewis would be in big trouble.
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What an idiotic post. Ali declined to give Foreman a rematch because there was a fair amount of luck involved in his win. I read Foreman's bio and I know he whined and complained about a lot of things, but I do think the delay in the fight, he inability to train because of the injury he sustained and the loose ropes, all helped Ali. I personally think Foreman would have won the rematch. So don't make it sound like Foreman was a skeleton of himself, that's just not the case. And if you watched the Lyle fight, Foreman was not impossible to knock out. No fighter is.

 

I 'resemble' that remark Van.
#1: I too feel that George could have taken Ali in a rematch.
#2: The Toronto Circus/Lyle/Young Foreman IMO should not be used in comparing him primevprime with someone else. George had major head problems during that period.
#3: and many fighters are, basically, impossible to knockout, unless you count their last fight or two which is unfair.
Ali/Gregory/SRR to name a few.

 

Lewis eats him up. Barring a lucky shot (which actually has a good chance of happening due to Foreman's crazy power) I would confidently pick Lewis.

Stylistically a wild slugger like young Foreman is made to order for a guy like Lewis, who feasted on these types of fighters during his reign. He counters Foremans looping hooks straight down the middle with sharp, accurate HARD punches and finishes him off around the 7th round.

Old Foreman is too slow and gets beat up badly.

 

i am slightly leaning towards foreman

but that said lewis has better techique
and also hits fcuking hard

another thing foreman enjoyed being the big bad boss
in the ring
pushing guys back

how will he react to someone bigger looking down at him

 

Foreman liked to be taller, heavier & stronger than his opponents, so he could physically impose himself on them.

Not happening against Lewis.

 

This is a valid point.

However, Foreman does have plenty of experience against superheavies (his comeback). Hell, he was nearly 50 when he beat up Shannon Briggs. Foreman certainly made adjustments in his comeback but too often his second career gets overlooked as if it was a completely different person.

 

Muchmoore, Old Foreman was a very different fighter in many ways; stylistically/technically, mentally, physically. Prime Foreman would probably KO Briggs in a 5 round slugfest like Lewis did, but he might hit the deck himself in the first 3 rounds before Shannon gasses. I do think Prime Foreman can beat top superheavies (especially Wald), but Lennox is the absolute worst one for him to fight.

 

I agree that he was different but he was also in his 40's. I don't think that there's many, if any, opponents that 90's Foreman could beat that the 70's version wouldn't of also beat in easier fashion....just saying . Prime Foreman gets a bit of a raw deal by some I think.

But I'd pick certainly pick Lewis here and agree that it'd be a horrendous style matchup. Foreman fighting a guy even bigger than he is that throws hard shots straight down the pipe doesn't bode well.