Would Hashim Rahman Have Stopped Old Foreman??

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by Fergy, Jan 16, 2021.


What happens?

  1. Rahman wins on points

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  2. Rahman wins by ko - Tko

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  3. Foreman win s on points

    14.8%
  4. Foreman wins by ko - Tko

    59.3%
  5. We Have A Draw!

    3.7%
  1. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    It was due to actually happen..
    Big George on the last legs of his second career, was due to face Hasim Rahman.
    It didn't happen, Foreman faced Shannon Briggs instead.
    If he d faced Rahman instead, could we have seen durable Foreman stopped for just the second time?
     
  2. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Rahman would’ve looked like a prime Sonny Liston and won a wide decision.
     
  3. Smokin Bert

    Smokin Bert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No way in hell Rahman stops Foreman. At the time of the Briggs fight, Foreman was so old and slow that Rahman MIGHT have squeaked out a decision.. The Foreman who fought Holyfield obliterates Rahman.
     
  4. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Rahman was rarely down on the cards in his prime and Foreman didn’t knock out any full sized heavyweights of his caliber after the 70s.
     
  5. Man_Machine

    Man_Machine Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You mean, boxers weighing-in over 200lbs.
     
  6. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    I’m excluding chinny guys who had to bulk up from light heavyweight.

    Natural 230 pound guys.
     
  7. Man_Machine

    Man_Machine Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I guess you need to scratch Wlad's wins over Byrd (x2) then, whilst wondering why Vitali quit against such a fake heavyweight.
     
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  8. NoNeck

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    Byrd wasn’t chinny and campaigned almost exclusively at heavyweight.
     
  9. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    No , Foreman would have slunk Rahman into the ether.

    Rahman moved at a snails pace. . He was made to order for young and old 4Man.
     
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  10. Man_Machine

    Man_Machine Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Compared with who?

    Didn't he lose to a Light Heavyweight, by TKO?


    But, never as a "Natural 230 pound" guy.
     
  11. Man_Machine

    Man_Machine Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Highly unlikely.

    Foreman might well have earned a decision win.
     
  12. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    You’ve got a long reach using a shot to dog**** Chris Byrd as an example of chinny.

    Old Foreman wasn’t beating good chinned, top ten 215 pounders like Byrd either lol
     
  13. Man_Machine

    Man_Machine Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    So, "chinny" compared with what then?

    Byrd was stopped in 4 of his 5 losses - once in a contest at 175.


    Neither was Rahman in '97.
     
  14. Fergy

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    Or lose a dubious decision as he did against The Cannon?!!
     
  15. Man_Machine

    Man_Machine Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    There's that possibility, as well.
     
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