Standing toe to toe with George Foreman and trading blows .....

tua....maybe the much hyped nutjob ibeabuchi oo....

 

There is a Ron Lyle in every era and two in some.

 

vitali...or lewis....????..bigger, stronger..and vitali at least has a helluva chin...

 

Old George was way too slow and immobile to beat a prime Riddick Bowe. I doubt Foreman's artillery would have much of an effect on Big Daddy. Foreman would land the occasional bomb, but he couldn't hit Bowe with combinations. And Bowe wasn't Moorer in the chin department. Bowe would outwork him or quite possibly stop him late.

 

Foreman was too slow to land a hook like Evander did. Foreman's slowness negated a lot of his punching power.

 

As with most things these works two ways. I could as well mention Lyle, Ali and Young. And: "remember that right from Holyfield that had Big George out on his feet, imagine if it was Bowe landing that right."

 

Bowe was overrated as hell when he fought and it seems he still is now.

Q-What do Lennox Lewis,Mike Tyson,Oliver McCall,Ray Mercer,Tommy Morrison,David Tua,Frank Bruno and Michael Moorer have in common?

A-All were contempories of Bowe,all could punch and Bowe fought not a single one of them.

It can't just be a coincidence that Bowe missed fights with these punchers and the first time he faces a decent puncher in Golota he gets ruined imo.

Yet some reckon he could prevail against possibly the strongest,most powerful fighter in Heavyweight history???

Nuh,no way.

 

Almost frustrating that people persists with this simple analysis. Shavers was arguably even a harder puncher than Foreman, yet he was outslugged by both Quarry and Lyle. Power is good and all, but without precision it loses a lot of it's effect. Baer was probably a bigger puncher than Louis in pure power, and he had a rock solid chin. He was also bigger and stronger than Louis, but just look what happens when they go toe-to-toe. Louis superior sharpness wins the day.

And while it's true that Bowe met conspicuosly few big punchers, Foreman only met one puncher his own size during his first career and was nearly KO'd.

If I was Bowe's manager I'd would also keep him clear from punchers. He just shipped too many punches. There would have been too many brawls and even if he would have come out standing in most of them, his career would probably have been even shorter. You didn't have to go looking for Bowe, and that's always a dangerous proposition when facing many big punchers. But for one night, I'd give Bowe good odds against most guys that were willing to stay in the pocket with him.

 

tua would have thrashed him also.
tyson would have beaten him bad too.
arreola would have matched him well.
mccall would withstand everything he gives and will beat him back.
and ask foreman about tucker and some more.
and what did holyfield did ?
and then some more.

 

arreola?!?!?! :roflnonoatsch

Foreman would trash Tua. McCall? :nut

 

Toe to Toe. punch for punch or fighting on the inside of George reach on his chest with the capabilty to punch hard at the range. Lyle was strong but not really a puncher in the elite bracket, yet he came very close to stopping Big George, in fact If they stopped the fight in Lyles favor at a few points in the fight I don't think anyone can argue. George avoided a lot of the guys that may have been able to get inside and hit with a bit more authority than Lyle. Quarry for one and mabey Bonavena, He also never fought Shavers. I think a good acurate puncher could have taken George out.

 

I agree, Bowe fought Holyfield that is really all and Golota beat him badly...I think Bowe is highly overated.

 

Savarese stood toe-to-toe with Foreman, albeit an old Foreman. But it was interesting how after absorbing Ol' George's blows and never wavering, Savarese was knocked cold in his next fight with David Izon.

 

ron lyle was facing a rusty foreman not the super self-confident undefeated version that frazier and norton faced.

 

I reckon Dempsey would have a great stab at it, moving and being his resourceful self.