Mike Tyson vs George Foreman (1991)

Obvoiusly you never boxed before if he wasn't elusive Ruddock would have took his head off

 

A jab what a crock of bull**** you need more than a jab to cause Tyson problems.

 

Tyson himself said Ruddock punched like a mule kicks. Don't think one can make that observation while being too elusive

 

Definitely.. Like a good defense, the ability to tie a man up. The tendency to fight well at mid range, good chin and power in both hands..

George Foreman.

 

I know it's been mentioned before, but there are some postings that are the same person with a different name.

 

That is correct.

But you had to be there, all what we have now is internet revisionism.

Nobody called for a Foreman /Tyson fight....except Foreman who was doing a Pac/Arum/Roach "calling" out Mayweather but with no intent to actually pursue a fight. it is called "Marketing".......what a coincidence that Arum was with Foreman.

Foreman was regarded as a Circus act. Fact.

After his somehow lucky win against Moorer he REFUSED to fight ANYBODY worth a lick and got stripped. Fact.

Foreman's comeback was a brilliant Marketing campaign but lacked in substance.........he was taken the distance, granted a little older but nevertheless by the awesome Crawford Blondie who got laid out immediately within 10 sec by yourneyman ham and egger Jimmy Thunder..........

A total washed up, dope smoking in Hawaii, spent shell of a Tyson Impersonator still faced the Heavyweight champ of the world Lemmie Lewis............Foreman openly admitted that he would never share the Ring with either Bowe or Lewis and that was not just humble talk, he spoke the truth because he knew they would do a number on him.

What some of you noobs never understand is that George was very ring smart in his comeback. He still saw the opeings or the incoming artillery but he could not react to it anymore in time, it is called age and so he carefully handpicked each opponent to suit camo his weakness.

Holy was picked besides the title because he was still considered a non Heavy.

Moorer, title glass chin, mentally weak

Morrison, unfocused boozer, chinney

ETC ETC ETC

Bowe, Lewis, Tyson, Ruddock, Mercer and so on did not meet the above criteria and were avoided.

 

Incorrect. I was 16 years old in 1990 and there was plenty of talk about a Foreman vs Tyson match. It wasn't the most desired fight out there as Holyfield vs Tyson was priority, and when Tyson lost to Douglas, it shook things up. But there were definitely people who wanted to see it. Below is a link showing a 1990 ring mag cover.


http://static.boxrec.com/wiki/thumb/b/b0/90Nov.jpg/300px-90Nov.jpg

 

Oh hell, there was a demand for all kinds of fights in the 90s that never happened. I believe if Tyson didn't lose to Douglas, the Foreman fight would have been a realistic possibility in 91.

I believe Foreman/Tyson was being seriously discussed in the mid 90s as well, but obviously Tyson ended up losing to Holyfield and getting suspended.

 

Correct. There were even polls on ESPN around 1990 asking people who they thought would win and even a ring mag edition or two which featured a hypothetical meeting.

http://static.boxrec.com/wiki/thumb/b/b0/90Nov.jpg/300px-90Nov.jpg

 

I lived through the era.
Of course not many people gave Foreman a shot in hell, but no one thought he'd go 12 rounds with Holyfield either. In fact, most people thought his 1987 comeback would amount to nothing, didn't expect him to get past 20-odd clubfighters.

I always thought it would be an interesting fight, with Foreman having a live chance. Just based on styles. And in hindsight his chance gets stronger due to mental factors.
But opinions - mine and the minority and the majority - don't mean ****. A fight is a fight.

If the opinions of the time are to be taken as a good barometer then Mike Tyson would have beat them all and retired at 100-0 with about 88 KOs.

 

Ha, I remember thinking the Cooney fight was a tossup.

 

I think he was serious about his goal of a fight with Tyson in 1987-1989 but was building up his following to a point where he didn't have to beg Don King and could have all his demands met.
It's all about money so I think he was aiming for the champion.
From 1990 onwards, there was comparable money to be made from other fighters, namely Holyfield.
It was all about money with Foreman.

I don't think he was ever scared of taking a beating. He took his beatings like a man.

 

his primary focus was going after the champ. After Tyson lost to Douglas, his sites were on Holyfield.

 

Exaggeration. Fact.

 

in hindsight, do you think foreman would have been a better win for Tyson than Ruddock?

Had Holyfield opted for Ruddock, more than likely we would have seen Tyson/Foreman