Would Prime Foreman Ever Beat Jimmy Young?

https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/18/...s-decision-young.html?searchResultPosition=12

Says nothing about the odds, but the comments about Ali at the end are interesting.

 

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I searched it on Google and and I got 3-1 or 4-1.

I don't know how to post a screenshot on here so I made it my avatar so you can read it.

 

Google AI produces a lot of garbage. 3-1 traces to Zaire.

 

Yeah it might be mixing up the Zaire odds I can't find any real concrete evidence of the Foreman/Young odds.

So your guess is as good as mine.

 

He's still a big favorite, right now, in this forum of people who know that he lost their real fight...

 

Agreed. People who favor Ali over Berbick need a reality check.

 

When I have time later today, I'll dig through the archives. On the surface, I'd imagine the consensus being Foreman being a favorite with Young having the potential to be a banana peel especially given his fight against Ali, and sweeps over Lyle.

It's certainly not the Douglas-Tyson you're portraying it to be.

 

I remember it being a huge news upset story but people seem to forget how easily he outboxed another big boxer slugger in Lyle ... pretty easily ... Young was a very tricky, crafty guy ... he fought ugly sometimes, he whinned and complained, he could be boring but for a few years when he was motivated , say 76 - 78, the man was a heck of a fighter ..

 

No offence Swagster but the guy straight faced comparing Berbick vs Ali and Young vs Foreman may be due for his own reality check.

 

So you were just talking out your ass, doc.

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Uncle Jim made George his son making me and him cousins.

 

Rumour was Gil Clancy was told by foreman he’s gonna try new tricks on young and king told him too Carry the fight a bit !!! And Gil Clancy told foreman not to play around with young !!! Foreman got exhausted in Puerto Rico on the heat moisture there !!! If true or not :: Gil clansy did say this on during the pre on espn classic of foreman v young abc call !

 

I thought Gil was foremans best trainer !!! His best win was the 2 nd Frazier fight !!! He was up to 225 lbs at this point - all the way too 231 lbs against Dino Denis !!! Great weight for foreman !!! Could u imagine foreman v Norton 2 ? .. it almost happened