Why was George Foreman such a successful slugger?

Foreman COULD box

 

Normally I wouldn't nitpick but you forgot Ben Roethlisberger

 

He was a physical powerhouse who had total faith in his strength and power to destroy anyone (until he met Ali which is why he took so long to recover psychologically from that loss).

I remember watching an early fight of George’s (against Boone Kirkman I think) and at the beginning of the fight as they walked towards each other he just shoved a big 200lb man halfway across the ring and to the floor like he was nothing. I don’t care how strong you are, with weight and forward momentum coming at you that is very hard to do and George did it again the next round to prove it wasn’t a fluke.

The guy was uniquely powerful but also tough, mean, determined and brave which made up for any technical shortcomings he may have possessed.

 

I don't think he forgot

 

psycho. lol

 

When I say someone can box, I mean like Muhammad Ali or something like that. Good jab, tremendous handspeed, good footwork, combinations, very intelligent, etc. While Foreman does check the first and last boxes, he totally misses the middle three. There's no way one can call SRR, Ali, Holmes, and Holyfield good boxers and in the same breath call Foreman a good boxer.

 

That says something too considering how big and strong Kirkman was

 

Cos he had power, a smashing Jab, a good solid jaw and the belief that he was invincible. Good ingredients for a powerful, successful slugger.

 

He was really good, but it'd have been even better if he was president.

 

Here's one of George's top qualities hilited in this video:

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Foreman did have a great jab in the 70s. Watch in fights with Frazier I and Gullick come to mind.

 

This is a myth.

 

Several reasons:
- his size for that era, only a few were as big as him.
- he hit very hard, with either hand, and his punching power wasn't speed dependant;
- he was very strong;
- he was lucky he competed in an era where there were just a handful of big skilled HW's (bi big I mean similar size to his)
- he could cut the ring pretty well.

But he's not among the top 5 HW's all time, as some have suggested.

 

SerbianLoudmouth is in a league of his own.

 

The lowest of the low. He's not only by far the most moronic poster, but he's also a plagiarizer which is understandable because if I had the level of intelligence he did, I'd steal peoples posts to!