Prime Sonny Liston vs 90 Foreman

Just wait until the next James Toney thread

 

Why not? He makes good posts if you can defend and articulate the idea well why not? It’s fun to hear a new take, none of us have any stakes in boxing we don’t have to just write “Ali via UD” why not entertain something interesting? - eventually the final evolution of the try hard pseudo intellectual super serious amateur poet poster is a “troll” anyway, that’s at least how this fish grew legs.

 

Harold Johnson would beat “Big” Toney, he was very wary to throw the right, I think he’d tame Jamie with his left - I think he’d get him rolling for rights and eating jabs my 0.2$ checkout him (HJ) vs Henry Hank for some ideas if you like black and white footage of guys who couldn’t carry Sugar Boots Ennis’s jock.

 

Because his opinion is a joke and I don't take jokes seriously. Great comedy though. Made me laugh my ass off, not many people can do that, credit to him

 

Harold Johnson would be P4P#1 today

 

I’m taking Liston in this one. As tough and durable as 1990 Foreman was — and he was a tank — I think prime Liston just has too much. The jab, the reach, the timing, and the overall boxing ability give him the edge over the distance.

Foreman in the comeback was strong, smart, and very composed, but also much slower and more plodding. Liston would beat him to the punch all night, keep him off rhythm with that telephone pole jab, and pile up rounds. He wouldn’t try to trade recklessly — he’d box, control range, and punish Foreman when he opened up.

George was nearly impossible to stop at that stage, so I don’t see a KO, but I think Liston clearly outboxes him to a decision. He just had more tools in his prime and enough toughness to handle the return fire.