Prime George Foreman vs these Louis opponent's

Prime Farr couldn't beat;
Red Burman
Jim Braddock
Lou Nova
Yet he beats Foreman? Yeah sure.

 

You don't own a farm do you? Could it be because you lost it making a bet like this? Foreman destroys them all, and frankly, without getting KD himself and usually beats them faster.

 

Max Schmeling would pose the greatest risk for him.

 

He probably did beat two of the three, but I digress.

 

I lost the farm betting it on Lou Nova to beat Tony Galento!

 

I might get a lot of flak for this, but prime Foreman left some unanswered questions!

He arguably has the best win in the history of the heavyweight division, and he has a few other good wins, but the rest of his record would make Deontay Wilder blush!

It is the category of fighters between these groups, that really flesh out somebody like Foreman.

The Lyle and Young fights point to strong stylistic weaknesses, and more fights against opponents of this class, would probably have told us a lot.

 

I don't get what this list is supposed to mean, since all of the three above fighters were proven and experienced fighters that would give Foreman a tough fight, but Braddock would most likely beat Foreman, since he'd be able to neutralize Foreman's power and counter him at will.

Red Burman was actually a good fighter and Farr won the rematch. Also, Farr was coming off back to back to back fights against Louis, Braddock, Bear, and Nova, who were all top fighters at the time. I'd say Burman was more proven at heavyweight than Peralta, who George was granted a generous decision against in 1970.

The Jimmy Braddock fight is also another fight that could've went either way, but with that said Braddock would easily be the top win on Foreman's resume after Ali and Frazier, since Braddock would've boxed circles around Lyle, was a more experienced and versatile fighter than Norton, and is a smarter fighter than Moorer, who was dumb enough to stand in front of Foreman.

Although I wouldn't pick Nova over Foreman due to styles he'd definitely give Foreman a tough fight and in my opinion would've put up a better fight than Lyle since he wasn't as easy a target. Also, to be fair to Farr he also had 116 fights going into his fight with Nova. Foreman at 80 fights dropped a decision to Briggs, who is an extremely overrated fighter.

 

Foreman was almost fifty years old at the time. What was Farr doing at that age?

Speaking of overrated fighters, Braddock gets way overrated based on his Cinderella Man moment when he was basically a journeyman for most his career, which is littered with losses to far lesser fighters than Lyle, Norton or Moorer, let alone Foreman.

 

Schmeling would have a much better chance than Baer because of his savvy, Baer was too easy to hit.

 

In the real world Foreman lost to Jimmy Young and was nearly ko'd by Lyle. Writing off Louis's opponents seems pretty silly.

 

Lyle was far more powerful and could throw counter that could KO a vdery dangerous puncher.

 

Charles and Walcott had the savvy to beat Foreman, they wee far better boxers than Jimmy Young.

 

Oh no doubt!