Who goes 40-0 (37) the way Foreman did?

Foreman faced very few good fighters before Frazier. Peralta was tough for someone that inexperienced, Wepner for 4th fight is also decent, then there is Chuvalo and Kirkman. These are the only obstacles to overcome, nothing amazing for ATG fighter. You can also throw O'Halloran here, because he was big, tough and decent - these types are always tough at the beginning of career.

The truth is that until Frazier fight, Foreman's record is almost as bad as Wilder's. The problem are Frazier and Norton fights, because to beat them you need to be really good.

Joe Louis would definitely do that. I don't see Louis struggling against anyone here, even Frazier who wasn't at his best anymore.

Liston can lose a fight or two, especially against Peralta as a young fighter.

Tyson would be likely to duplicate that.

Ali wouldn't have the same KO record, but he would go undefeated.

Lewis shouldn't be beaten here, but he could be a bit sloppy early in his career.

Wilder would likely lose to Peralta or Chuvalo because he wasn't refined at that point.

Marciano should be favored over all of them, but I'm not sure how his fight with Peralta and Frazier would go.

 

Not many, we may have a super super George Foreman mark 2 in the future.. Who knows?

 

Weren't that suppose to be the 6'6",250Ib power punching Joshua?

 

These GF threads always feel like a trap waiting to be sprung on any 'Non believers' who step in the labyrinth of the patron Saint of the holy Cheeseburger grail...... or should that be grill ?

I suspect no living mortal past or present could've dispatched such a long shelf of Tomato Cans as has ever been stacked, with such aplomb.
In this case , what was unusual was that some of the later cans were actually of even more inferior quality to some of the earlier cans, so much so that it's a surprise some of them passed inspection as a can.
Maybe it was feasting on such , which made the monster look still a little clumsy when trying to open the lid of tougher cans up ahead?

Seriously its just a debate on who could beat THAT version of Frazier and Norton.
I dont doubt that GF probably blasted the cans better than most , but there ain't many top HW's losing to anyone in that bunch.
For me there is a longish list who I would pick over post FOTC Frazier and Norton.
Lewis, Tyson, Holmes , Fury, Wilder, Holyfield,...maybe even throw in Tommy Morrison, Tony Tucker, Riddick Bowe etc .

 

No, I guess big George is the man.
He'd have the lid off those cans and would eat the contents , before most others could read the label.

 

Marciano, Louis, Lewis, Liston, Dempsey

That order is the likelyhood of them achieving it as well. Frazier and Norton, as well as the KO%, are the two biggest walls to climb for this.

 

I think your numbers are off.

Foreman's first 40 fights (through Norton) lasted 120 rounds (or less) ... not 109.

Wilder's first 40 fights (through Ortiz 1) lasted 123 rounds (or less). And he was fighting much bigger guys overall.

Virtually a tie.

And I think we all know who would be mostly likely to match Foreman's record. Wilder punches a lot faster and moves in and out a lot faster than George.