What are your 3 favourite George Foreman fights?

Ron Lyle
Joe Frazier
Ken Norton

 

It's hard to pick just 3.

I have to brainstorm first-


1. Frazier KO2 (1st fight)- It's a great example of how great Foreman was.

Frazier had beat Ali W15. He had also beat other good fighters like Oscar Bonavena W10 and W15, Eddie Machen KO10, Doug Jones KO6, George Chuvalo KO4, Buster Mathis KO11, Jerry Quarry KO7, Jimmy Ellis KO5, and Bob Foster KO2 among others. He was the favorite and rightfully so.

Foreman dropped Frazier 6 times and stopped him in the 2nd round.


2. Norton KO2- Another example of how dominate Foreman could be.

Norton had gone 16-0 (15) before losing his first fight, LKOby8 J.L. Garcia. Norton beat Garcia in their rematch, KO5. He won his next 14 fights, 8 by KO. During this stretch he beat Ali, WSD12 (he broke Ali's jaw). He also lost to Ali, LSD12. He entered the fight 30-2 (23).

Foreman dropped Norton 3 times ans stopped him in the 2nd round.


3. Lyle KO5- A great back and forth fight vs. a very good fighter. Both fighters were down multiple times.

Lyle had stopped Shavers in 6 and gave Ali a very tough fight. He was ahead on points vs. Ali before getting stopped in round 11. Many feel the fight was stopped too early.

Honorable mention-

Holyfield L12- A great fight but he came up a little short.

Cortzer KO8- I thought Foreman looked great. He looked better vs. Coetzer than Bowe or Bruno did vs. IMO.

Savarese W12- Close fight but a good fight. Foreman was faded which allowed for a competitive fight that Foreman could have won much easier a few years earlier IMO.

Moorer KO10- Foreman was 45 (almost 46), Moorer was 26 (almost 27) and Foreman put him down for more than 10 seconds to win the Lineal HW Title.

 

Debatable.

There was more at stake in Duran-SRL.

 

They were all in Toronto.

 

i liked foreman when he came back, and he was fat and written off by a lot of people.
my top 3.
3. gerry cooney. chilling knockout.
2. evander holyfield. george loses the fight but wins the respect of everyone.
3. michael moorer. "it happened"

 

Ali
Lyle
Moorer

 

Schulz, Stewart, Ali, Young, and Chuvalo*>.

 

Young
Lyle
Ali

Then again I've been meaning to re-watch Ali-Foreman for the longest. I have it in my room on top of my dvd player ya think that....whoops a bit off topic.

Honorable mentions:

Briggs- His jab was pretty effective and he didn't look like the old man who didn't belong in that fight. He should've gotten the decision but at the same time Schulz should've gotten the decsion against Foreman.

Holyfield: Great effort and Foreman was no "loser" inthat bout as both guys gave it their all. Holy utilized his quickness but was not afraid to stand and trade with Foreman. One of my fav fights though I haven't seen it in a while.

Stewart- Great fight and again old George looked younger than his age. Stewart showed heart but should've moved more and used his speed more but a brave performance by both.

George was a great fighter and although he started as a limited slugger, he always had a great jab and became more of a boxer improving his defense with the help of Moore. One of a kind fighter who was a wrecking ball in his prime. Probably the scariest matchup for any fighter PFP bar prime Ali.

 

1) Foreman-Lyle: "Better than any Rocky movie." --so described by a chap who posted it on Youtube years ago.

- Ron Lyle had enormous balls to literally rush straight into the face of such a fearsome man as George Foreman, and begin each round swinging for the fences. Lyle was an inspiration because he exuded fearlessness.

- This fight convinces me Mike Tyson would beat George Foreman. Lyle's single shots had Foreman staggering and crashing straight into the canvas. Tyson had a better punch and threw fast, deadly combinations, not single shots. And George proved he was easy to hit with straight shots, as Ali and Norton had done. This was one reason Frazier was unsuccessful against Big George: the left hook alone was not particularly effective on Foreman. I strongly disagree with those elevating Foreman's chin as something special; Ali's and Lyle's single shots had him stumbling; Tucker's, Thomas', Bruno's, Ruddock's single shots, a guy like Tyson snorted right through.

- But if Tyson-Foreman came down to a soul-to-soul slugfest, Foreman was a giant and Tyson would be in trouble. Foreman stayed remarkably self-controlled in hot water. He had just been catastrophically floored at the end of Round 4, but simply rose and sat back in his corner, nothing but calm in his face. The lessons in Zaire and the sleepless nights afterward had been well learned. He came out for the fifth cool and collected, only to encounter a fighting machine, determined to fell him for keeps. After a minute or so of violence, even Ken Norton glimpsed a Lyle victory ("Here we go, here we go, Howard!") as Foreman swayed back from Lyle's attack. There is one particular, special moment here when yet another Lyle club dazes Foreman, whose body seeks the canvas...and then, something happens: the thought seems to flicker in Foreman's mind, "Oh, no. This is not happening to me again!" And he refuses to be knocked out. The subsequent volley suddenly seems to just bounce off harmlessly, as a power surge ripples through Big George Foreman and he turns on his tormentor, pounding and pounding him into inexorable defeat. George Foreman had a strong ticker, no question.

2) Foreman-Frazier I. Foreman's visage in the staredown is poetry, better than anything Hollywood could make up. The fight is five of the most awesome minutes ever witnessed in boxing history. The relatively unknown George Foreman deployed a frightening two-handed bombardment that promptly, easily dusted a seeming invincible such as Joe Frazier. The uppercut resulting in the second knockdown is picture perfect; the straight right producing the fourth knockdown is savagery: a bully catching a fleeing, terrified little boy. To reduce a man like Frazier to something of the sort is just a towering achievement, a tribute to George Foreman's unique punching power.

3) Foreman-Norton. Foreman is a fearless champion, unable to think of the word "defeat", as he feels out and quickly proves himself superior to an intimidating challenger in his own right. Physically, Norton was amazing; his reputation was one of high regard after two wars with Ali. None of it mattered: Foreman's fearsome short uppercuts and long and short hooks soon harpooned Norton into timidity and defeat. Foreman's coming up to Norton after the fight was stopped and glowering in his face is the stuff of a true bully. And those hugely-muscled arms raised in victory--in the pre-steroid era--are incredible.

George Foreman was awesome, and these fights attest to this.