Monte Cox' article on George Foreman

This would never happen. Foreman would be the danger in the early rounds, Lewis and Wladimir tend to pick up the pace by the middle rounds.

I think Foreman would overwhelm Wladimir but a fight against Lewis might be tougher. I wouldn't make a prediction either way.

Cox's article might be biased but all of his articles are really. He wants to highlight the careers of these great, often forgotten fighters, but I myself would be more critical of them. :good

 

Wladimir Klitschko in his prime had a better jab, better left hook, faster sharper straight right hand, and was the better combination puncher. Overall Wlad is clearly the more dangerous offensive fighter. Foreman got tatooed with 1-2's in the 1970s and Wladimir had one of the best 1-2s in boxing history....Foreman was not immune to getting outslugged...Ron Lyle almost did it and he was nowhere near the finisher Wladimir Klitschko was. Now if foreman lands on wladimir a couple times, wlad would probably crumble, but whos to say wlad wouldnt get to foreman first?

Both Lennox and Wladimir showed they were very capable of producing early round knockouts.


Vitali on the otherhand is a different story, not very skilled, not a one punch knockout artist, limited defense, not that much heart, foreman beats him.

 

Remember, odds don't necessarily reflect the true perceived probability of the outcome - they reflect the perceived probability of the outcome relative to betting trends. If a popular fighter is going to have "dumb money" bet on him, that's going to sway the odds.

Of course, that would support UNDER valuing an underdog just to get some sort of money on him (unless he's the popular one). I did notice that the Nova fight was the first one after Louis' Conn scare - maybe Louis was seen as vulnerable at that point?

 

Which Wladimir are you talking about, the pre-Corrie Sanders & Lamon Brewster Wladimir who went for the knockout early or the cautious Wladimir of today?

Klitschko has great tools without a doubt but often he quite simply refuses to use them. The only early round knockout he has scored in a long time was over a completely overmatched journeyman Ray Austin. He hit Sam Peter, an even more talentless slugger than Foreman, with everything except the ring stool and did not manage to knock him down in a 12 round battle in which he himself was knocked down three times.

The Wladimir of early 2000's was great to watch because he tried to knock out people as quick as possible but his lack of durability was found out by Corrie Sanders and Lamon Brewster. If he goes toe to toe with a prime George Foreman, there can only be one winner and it's most certainly not Wladimir.

W. Klitschko is at his best right now in my opinion but he fights with extreme caution. I just don't have much confidence in his ability to take a good punch and I don't think he does either.

 

By the way here's an article by Monte Cox praising Lennox Lewis:

http://coxscorner.tripod.com/lewis.html

 

There is nothing really to object to in this post, and whether they want to admit it or not I think most know that.