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

stopped reading after that, words fail me.

 

Prime Foreman, No.
76-77 Foreman, Tyson, Jerry Quarry, Sonny Liston, maybe Mac Foster.

 

You pick Bowe to win because you judge him from 1 fight and select weakness's from Foremans career which suit your argument.

Foreman [Frazier 1 Version] KO Bowe[Holy 1 version]

Foreman [Lyle Version] KO Bowe[Golota Version]

 

Tyson in 1988 would be able to brawl with, and beat, the 70s version of Foreman.
Liston has a chance.
Holyfield has a chance.
Dempsey has a chance.

 

Max Baer is the first one coming to my mind. There is not much between them in terms of power, chin, size and strength but Baer had the superior stamina. What a fight this would be.

James Jeffries could simply outlast him too. Getting beaten down early on but surviving and coming on strong late and TKO George. Depends on the rules so because Jeffries will have to take some terrible punishment.

 

Not recommended. No, I'm not so sure anyone would prevail swapping blows with him. Maybe Tyson because he was faster and shorter with his blows, but who knows.

 

Prime Foreman is pretty much Invincible in a SlugFest IMO.

If any heavy has a chance winning by standing trading Huge-Haymakers with Foreman, it has to be Only Lennox Lewis - BUT even then he only has 30% chance of winning. Even teh most Iron-cheens would get smashed from takin' Foreman-Haymakers for a few Roundz.

 

Pretty short list as only a handful of HWs in history would be willing AND physically able to take that kind of punishment yet still game enough to fire back for an entire fight. Here goes...


Tyson

Tua

Mercer

Toney

 

Tyson would get KTFO in 2 Roundz like prime Frazier did - maybe even 1 round as he wont get-up.

Tua And Mercer had v.good cheens so they might has 5 or 6 roundz trading haymakers - BUT then they will be KTFO like teh rest.

Toney?? Is that some kind of B$ joke??

 

a good inside fighter can get inside George longer bombs and land..I saw this with 5"7 Dwight Quawi and I saw a slow Ron Lyle beat him to the punch with strait-er punches

...Foreman did not fight too many elite punchers. I think George had a solid chin but was badly hurt by Lyle,who was a good not great puncher...Frazier went in strait ahead in a bob and weave and in that style he could be hit by uppercuts and overcuts.

Marciano got inside and flurried and he would have to get past Georges range but Rocky made his lack of height an advantage and he would lean back low and spring up..

Dempsey got around your range and punched quickly in angles...Joe Louis countered Quickly and an open target would be a quick kill for him.

I think the best indicator we have is the Lyle fight and based off that Foreman looks beatable despite his champions heart and ability to get off the floor to win

I mentioned 3 ATG's but the Lennox Lewis, Max Baer's Mike Tysons and others would also bring a bigger punch than Lyle into the ring

 

I'm definitely not saying that Toney would beat Foreman but he would absolutely take those punches without flinching...look at his head and neck man! You could hit James Toney in the head 20x in a row with an alluminum baseball bat and he'd just say,"You rang?".

 

:bart...I have a hard time believing anyone could KO a young Tua.

 

Here's one from left field... Razor Ruddock. A huge puncher with a stout beard. Not saying he would be a betting favorite but he hit harder than Lyle and took some crazy shots from Tyson.

 

Liston would've imo