I'd pick old foreman to beat young foreman. The young foreman would have tried to blast out old foreman but fail to do so. he be running out of steam after 5 or 6 rounds. Meanwhile old foreman would patiently wait for the right oportunity and eventually stop him somewhere in the 9th round. Prime foreman didn't pace himself well and this would cost him.
He's more like an NFL lineman in build. Buffed would be like Holyfield or Jimmy Thunder or Frank Bruno....Frank Bruno was not much lighter than Foreman for a lot of his fights, but his weight was carried totally different.
Foreman was in-shape for Holy..... No dude who is age 42 and outta shape is going 12 rds with a peak Holy in a fight..... Foreman took some wicked shots from Holy as well...... Foreman was fine at 257 pounds, but 245 would've served him better in the 1990s.......... Had Foreman dropped back down to 230 pounds, he'd have been drained and weak at his age..... Christ, Foreman was 235 for Qawi in 1988, and Foreman said he didn't feel right there...... MR.BILL
can you imagine older foreman doing what a young foreman did to a prime joe frazier...or ali having a hard time with old foreman ? young foreman was much superior.
I agree with you that he was in-shape against Holyfield, but I can't see how he was in optimum shape. How can an athlete be in optimal shape with 30 pounds of excess flab on his body? All that weight has to be moved around, carried, supported, etc. Aside from being a sumo wrestler or a strong man contestant, excess body weight has to negatively affect cardiovascular functioning and stamina; fat is dead weight! Foreman was in good shape, but I bet he would have performed better - especially against a fast-punching, quick, explosive-type fighter like Holyfield - if he were around 235.