Vitali Klitschko vs George Foreman FULL FIGHT WRITE UP

Mash away you simple foamer.

 

Young didn’t fight and lose to Ocasio “right after” beating Foreman. That was several fights later. Young become despondent after the SD loss to Norton prior to facing Ocasio.

Jimmy weighed 220 lbs for Ocasio vs a svelte 213 lbs for both Foreman and Norton.

Everyone knows a properly committed Young ran extremely hot for a time, albeit for a limited period, hanging with and defeating the best.

Foreman was deliberately weight drained. Toward the later stages of his first career, George was hitting a more natural 228 lb - 229 lb. Compare Vitali’s weight at the same age - woo hoo, a whopping 10 lbs heavier.

You’re also ignoring the facts that Foreman’s power and strength well transcended his already large size - P4P stronger and more powerful than Vitali.

For his rematch with Patterson, a fully matured Ali outweighed Floyd by 30 lbs. Don’t cite just the ONE fight when Ali was just 23 yo just to suit your self.

You either don’t know all this or you are pretending to be ignorant of these facts.

Either way, it’s an indictment on you.

 

A commendable amendment to all the rubbish, but I get the feeling you’re wasting your time.

 

Another fine post.

On top of this "end of the road LHW" Peralta, (weighing in at 196 incidentally) was actually a top 10 heavyweight while Foreman, who'd only fought professionally 15 times and just turned 21, wasn't. Quite a good win for the young inexperienced heavyweight going against the cagey seasoned campaigner in the form of his life.

"end of the road LHW" Peralta was also coming off a draw with the much higher ranked Bonavena.
"end of the road LHW" Peralta hadn't been beaten in over 30 fights prior to Foreman besting him.

We should all be that good at "the end of the road"

Some tidbits -

Peralta, the former South American champion, said: He was tougher than Bonavena [Oscar].

The Argentine, giving away 16 pounds and three inches in reach, could not get under Foreman's stinging jabs.Foreman, who has learned to shorten his punches, surprised the fans with his strength and his straight right leads.

 

Peralta being stopped by Foreman was a rare, rare occurrence in Peralta’s career too, from memory.

 

Thanks JT. Not that mine was - but yours IS a TOP post.

You’ve absolutely put paid to the earlier rubbish written re Peralta.

In fact, you’ve fast tracked the purveyor of poppycock to the end of his OWN road.

 

My how you have a way with words

 

Him saying Sanders would blow Norton out, is a virtual guarantee Norton wins this match up.

 

Norton KO1.

 

1991 Mike Tyson vs 1991 Evander Holyfield

 

One eyed Joe Frazier would beat Vitali to a bloody pulp , the guy beat no one .

 

In this matchup, I agree Foreman would need to stop him within 5-6 rounds. Vitali's stamina, pace, and high volume would be problematic down the stretch.

The biggest issue for Vitali is he probably can't get around Foreman's heavy jab and body shots with his robotic upright style.

As for size, Foreman had been draining and dehydrated himself in the 70's and walked around at 230+. At most there would be maybe an 8-10 pound difference if Foreman fought in the 90's without draining. In terms of measurements, Foreman was bigger in some areas: thigh, fist, wrist, reach. Vitali was marginally the larger man in the chest and height, but he wouldn't be dwarfing anyone.

 

A punch to the throat and it’s Norton vs Bobick all over again.

 

The Shavers and Cooney blowouts overwhelmingly suggest Norton just didn't deal well with big hitters regardless of pedigree/greatness/accomplishments. Given Nortons record against punchers how is this an impressive win for Foreman that establishes him as some H2H beast? Do Shavers and Cooney beat Vitali too? A lot of Foreman's rep is based on beating Frazier with the rest of his resume pretty underwhelming for a guy held so high in H2H matchups. In fairness, Vitali doesn't have a deep resume himself.