The Best I've Faced George Foreman

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  1. hookfromhell

    hookfromhell Well-Known Member Full Member

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    From the new ring magazine. Can I post the results?
     
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  2. DaveK

    DaveK Vicious & Malicious Full Member

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    Post that.
     
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  3. The Peasant

    The Peasant Crops Full Member

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    yes.
     
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  4. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I wait with interest, you know all those 'unimportant' fighters all we 'experts' disregard... it always amazes me how many 'actual' fighters DON'T! :deal
     
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  5. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    I'd say he'll list ron lyle...thats an obvious one I think....but wonder will he give a little nod to jack o halloran as a wild card thought
     
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  6. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    After Ali , who ?
     
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  7. hookfromhell

    hookfromhell Well-Known Member Full Member

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    BEST OVERALL
    Muhammad Ali

    BEST BOXER
    Between Holyfield and Young gave the edge to HOLYFIELD.

    BEST JAB
    Ali

    BEST DEFENSE
    Holyfield

    BEST CHIN
    Ali "I was a bit too egotistical to understand nobody had knocked him out, ... he had more pride than any other human being I ever met in my life"

    BEST PUNCHER
    Ron Lyle
    "He hit me so hard it didn't hurt"

    FASTEST HANDS
    Holyfield. Ali had the fastest right hand, but Holyfield had
    the best mox of speed and combination punching.

    FASTEST FEET
    Jimmy Young

    SMARTEST
    Ali

    STRONGEST
    Lyle
    Foreman: He (Lyle) was like "I'm as big, strong, and tough as you are"

    Hope the quotes are allowed. Let me know if I can post verbadim.
     
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  8. fists of fury

    fists of fury Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No real surprises, I don't think. Still it's interesting reading. Thanks for putting this up.
     
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  9. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Should answer some of those out there that deny what a nasty puncher Lyle was ..
     
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  10. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ron was as tough as nails !
     
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  11. Baclava

    Baclava Active Member Full Member

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    Interesting, I like those "best I faced". I remember Shane Mosley had an interesting interview too in which he said Winky Wright was not the hardest puncher he faced but he was still physically the strongest (in the clinch).

    I once "spoke" to Foreman a few years ago via email and he said Ali was inhumanly brave. I remember from an interview that Foreman once said when Lyle knocked him down he thought for a second that if he wouldn't get up people would say he doesn't have this and doesn't have that...., so he said he decided in that moment he was willing to die against Lyle and he got up.
     
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  12. The Long Count

    The Long Count Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Nice insight Baclava!
     
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  13. janitor

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    It is interesting to compare Foreman’s answers to Tyson’s answers, because they both give a very strong endorsement to Holyfield, despite the opposition they fought between them.

    Just saying.
     
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  14. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Yes, hardest puncher Tyson met and fastest hands Foreman met, Jesus H Christ.
     
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  15. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    was it foreman who said that hitting ali was like hitting concrete ?

    can't remember if it was him, but one of ali's high profile opponents said it.
     
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