I give Qawi a lot of credit because the fight was close and it just look like he was tired and didn't want to continue . I think most would agree a prime Foreman at 25 would have stopped him in 1 or 2 rounds . Too bad we never saw Prime Foreman VS Earnie Shavers or Jerry Quarry . Many felt Foreman ducked Quarry and that Shavers right would put Foreman down like Holmes , but I think George would weather the storm and come out the winner .
Indeed. Foreman's lifetime record was 76-5 and of the five losses, the only time he was ever knocked out was when he lost to Muhammad Ali in Zaire, and it took eight rounds. Pretty damn impressive.
@michaelyouth the person i was talking to wasnt refering to a 10 count ko, he was refering to an out cold KTFO, or didnt you read the other persons comment.
Dwight Muhammad Qawi is one tough little fucker and despite that this isn't the prime George Foreman he still couldn't even take him out earlier that's how tough Qawi is.
Qawi was a natural cruiserweight, but he moved up to fight Foreman, so he lost stamina. This isn't Qawi's best. That Fake out was crazy! I wonder if Foreman remembered Ali's no-punch when he let Qawi go?
@MegaEvilempire qawi was 5'5 ? Word, for a dude to be only that tall, and stand in the pocket against a dude like foreman that looks about 6'4 250, is bold or stupid.
@MegaEvilempire qawi was 5'5 ? Word, for a dude to be only that tall, and stand in the pocket against a dude like foreman that looks about 6'4 250, is bold or stupid. I would've moved around the ring to make foreman use energy, I would've had foreman chasing me like rocky chasing chickens
@MASSIVE100 so, on your ass in front of a computer you proclaim that you're better than muhammad ali? he realised that dancing with foreman would make him take 2 steps to foreman 1, and no man could fight that way. not against foreman. the only one losing energy would be you, not foreman.
To my knowledge, this was the lightest ever that Foreman fought at in his comeback. He looked great, but he must not have liked it. I think his performance here was flat due to that weight loss.
He reminds me a bit of Frazier this guy! A little tank who just keeps coming at you no matter how many (knockout) blows you land on him, young Frazier could never knock old Foreman out but he would def have won the fight i believe! Foreman never hit quick enough to knock a guy with the heart and chin of Frazier out with one blow, as you can see here he´s a wearing puncher more than a 1 punch KO guy, don´t know why people say he is when he never was! But VERY powerfull, just in another way!
@brianthenamless Who do you mean? Qawi? I agree, of course - but that's not a knock on Qawi - he was waaay past his prime here, and he had no business fighting at Heavyweight - his prime was 5 years earlier at 175lbs.
Entertaining heavyweight boxing matches from back in the good old days. Do you remember how exciting it used to be? (Vitali, Vladimir: I'm talking to you)
Great performance from Qawi, but he really was up against the odds here. If you can't box going backwards, then you're in BIG trouble if you're in with George Foreman.
@yomi76 Slug-fight.... 2 slow slugger, slugging it out. Show trmendous courage and heart, but not great boxing..... I can appriatcate both this and sick ass skills like Ali, Leonard, Robinson, Mayweather Jr., Winky etc. etc.
Dwight was never really a cruiser never mind a heavy.In this fight Dwight never really had a prayer,George was just too big,Dwight knew the ring and knew how to fight but he was just in against a better fighter who was also 2 weights above him.
It is an absolute disgrace when a fighter has to stop the fight himself. There is nothing worse in this sport than a corner and referee that won't stop a fight before the fighter himself has to. Carlos Padilla is a damn fool as were the corner. Qawi didn't have 0.1% of winning and couldn't have KO'ed George with is hardest shot....Fuckers could have killed the man.
@treetoptop PRIME FOREMAN AGAINST PRIME TYSON?WHO KNOWS?I PUT FOREMAN AHEAD ,TYSON HAD NO GOOD FIGHTS AFTER 1990,BUT HE WAS OUR TENNAGER IDOL IN 1985-1990
That "faint" from Qawi was really dirty tactics. Foreman could have easily smashed him with a hayemaker but he chose not to then Qawi came back with a sucker punch as george starts to walk away.
@tom11zz884 then why did George ever so carefully pick his opponents in his so called comeback which began around this time? Did he fight Holmes? Holyfield? Tyson? He could beat the guys he fought because he was so much more powerful, as wel las larger.
@loyaldude10 Yes he fought Holyfield, fought him good too. Yes he wanted to fight Tyson, but due to personal issues and just not wanting to fight Tyson wouldn't have it...Never a reason to fight Holmes, he wasn't the title holder when Foreman got to the top...
if Foreman wasn't allowed to consistently push his opponents away, something referees were always far too kind with him, he'd possibly be in deep shit with this style of fighter, and it would be the same with Joe Frazier. Watch anytime Qawi comes close, he literally shoves him. Say what you like, its an illegal tactic he constantly gets away with.
@scottmc316 Qawi was tailored made for George Foreman, Qawi was leading with his head the whole bout like a Joe Frazier, he had no chance in this fight... Some refs let you push more than others, ill agree this ref was very poor
@scottmc316 ---maybe so, but no way Joe Frazier beats Foreman---its the styles---Frazier comes right at opponent, and Foreman hits like a sledgehammer. Qawi is really a lt heavywt--doesnt belong in same ring as Foreman
What a hard bastard Qawi was. The man was literally getting killed and was just too tough & proud to go down. The crowd booing this is a fucking disgrace, as are the man's corner and the ref for putting the man in the position where he had to make the call to protect his own health himself.
folks don't realize that George also had one of the best chins inthe game 'cause Qawi was tagging him. ali used scientific boxing to knock him out, pure genius to topple that mountain
Dwight was too small. He was hard to hit for big George. it was only a matter of time though. What is visible is George is in better shape. I won't say GF took it easy on him but he did not throw a lot of "any where" shots . Any where it would landed it would have hurt him. He took it easy on his ass
@TxREX1991; Are you nuts, and you get 11 thumbs up (till I deduct one).
Qawi quit and I just came straight from watching him mocking Leon Spinks when Spinks was weight weakened and already beaten badly on the ropes with nothing but guts left. What kind of fighter mocks a man like that? Qawi, the bully, Qawi the coward.
really? how about all the other guys who fought george foreman and DIDN'T quit like a bitch? like, i dunno, joe frazier? the guy who got up from 6 knockdowns from a prime foreman? or ali? or lyle? or norton?
@Robstailey I wouldn't call that quitting like a bitch. The left to the liver at the end would have dropped almost anyone. He went 6 and a bit rounds with one of the hardest punchers of all time and at 5ft 5and a half he was too short to avoid getting nailed. No, that is not quitting like a bitch, in fact it's the opposite: it's reckless, over-courageous madness. He kept going when Frazier and Norton would have been on the canvas.
@Robstailey I agree. He got really tired after round 6, and you could see he had all quit in him. That nonsense about the left to the liver doesn't work. He could have rode it out, and he didn't. He quit.
He came in too fat, and got very tired, and decided he couldn't win, and at that point in his career, wasn't anything anyway, and had nothing to lose by quitting.
I don't know how anyone could say this fight showed heart and courage. It showed a man quitting.
really? how about all the other guys who fought george foreman and DIDN'T quit like a bitch? like, i dunno, joe frazier? the guy who got up from 6 knockdowns from a prime foreman? or ali? or lyle? or norton?
I remember watching this fight over 20 years ago. Qawi (222) was carrying about 30 pounds more than he was used to; he'd been fighting at cruiser and he was a natural light heavy. He was just exhausted, you could see him sucking wind. If he hadn't quit, Foreman would have knocked him out before long. Qawi didn't fight over 200 pounds again for another nine years. If you really want to see what Qawi was, watch his first fight with Holyfield.
@derkommissar1917; Yeah he was exausted, like when Spinks was exausted against Qawi and Qawi mocked Spinks relentlessly, cruelly. But Spinks acquited himself like a man and stayed in the fight as long as he could, Qawi quit because he is a spineless bully.
@Maxshard What Qawi did against Spinks was unprofessional, and he should have been embarrassed with himself. But there's no such thing as a "bully" or a "coward" in world-class pro boxing. Qawi quit in this fight because he was at a point he could have gotten hurt badly, and he knew it. Leon Spinks, when he fought Qawi, wasn't fighting 30 pounds above his natural weight. He just hadn't trained properly. What Qawi did was disgraceful--but so was Spinks showing up in such poor condition.
@derkommissar1917; You are wrong. Qawi fought Leon Spinks for the WBA Cruiserweight title and Spinks had shed weight to get down for the fight. Spinks was weakened as the commentators even prior to the fight pointed out and Qawi waited until the later rounds when Spinks was badly busted up and too tired to fight before commencing his bullying. Spinks was in more danger of being badly injured because of his state but he didn't turn away. Get your facts right.
@Maxshard It's a shame he quited. But he wasn't spinless man. He held in there for a long time against huge Foreman. An impossible fight. If he would have gone on Foreman would have putt him in a wheelchair.
I saw Foreman knock out five bums in one day in a row. Back to back beatdowns. No one has ever done that in history. Here he beats down the dangerous Dwight Muhammad Qawi. He had a great jab and awesome body shots. Qawi just QUIT. No MAAS. BIG GEORGE.
Qawi could intimidate anyone, even the devastating George Forman. Qwai did a great job in this battle, and would have creamed most other heavyweights larger than himself. Forman was lucky to catch his second win. He was almost done in this fight.
no talk about foreman and quawi who was great fighter its incredible to so short fighter (he was 166-171 cm) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! can fight with holy or foreman ...
Norton, Frazier and the others who beat Ali did itafter Ali was off for three years. No way Norton would have beaten him in his prime. Frazier would have been decisioned much more easily.
Nobody has had a strike force as strong as George Foreman and Shavers would be beaten by foreman before round 5. Foreman was the greatest heavyweight of all time
Foreman is far superior to Ali because Ali has always afraid to give a true REMATCH to Foreman and Ali has always several very questionable decisions of judges in its favor as a rematch against Ken Norton and many other like Joe Frazier. Foreman is superior Ali because it has destroyed easily boxer that Ali was unable to beat .Thats Why Ali was afraid to give Foreman a REMATCH Ali knew he was going to lose against Foreman in REMATCH .The best heavyweight of all time George Foreman.
Foreman is the greatest heavyweight of all time better than Ali because Ali after his victory in Zaire never really wanted to give Foreman a REMATCH which would change the history of boxing heavyweight and Ali knew . I ask association of sport boxing to place George Foreman in the Hall of Fame .
Foreman is in HOF im sure..anyway rematch or no rematch, theres really no indication that a rematch would have been different...except that Ali was getting older. Foreman had every advantage in the book, age, reach, weight, you name it..and he still lost.
U cant just go around making claims like this with no backup at all. ALI BEAT HIM HOW CAN FOREMAN BE GREATER !!
Your comment is very easy its shows a lack of good arguments. An error of course can happen to anybody watch entire career of Foreman and what he managed to do even a very advanced age for a heavyweight boxer and Foreman deserves to be recognized at its fair value anyone who is honest will admit .Foreman has never been lenient judges like Ali in a fight against Norton and many other where decisions in favor of Ali are more than questionable .Ali was afraid of REMATCH end of story .
Cause u say it's the end of story, it surely isnt like i said, back it up..how do you know he was afraid ?Nothing after Ali indicated that GF was ready for Ali again,struggled with lowlevel opponents almost got koed by Lyle.
Jimmy Young beat him
All these opponents Ali simply toyed with, facts dont lie.
If Ali was afraid to rematch tough opponents why would he rematch Norton and Frazier, two who gave him far tougher fights than this one.
GF simply got owned in this fight and it wasnt even hard.
No way the Lyle fight was stopped due to Ali calling it. Lyle was taking a beating and not able to defend himself or respond in any way at the particular moment the fight was stopped. He was all over the shot at this stage in the fight and Ali was just hitting him with no come back. This would have been reason enough for a stoppage, even in those days.
So in fact, I did argument this time, your only argument is "GF is the greatest ever because...he just is..and Ali was afraid of him..how do I know ? I just know"
So you see my little boy, it is you who lack good arguments..not even a single argument do you have.
In fact I rate Champs like Larry Holmes much higher, cause he kept the title for a longer time. You could rely on him that he would win the fights..with George, it was a tossup each time (after Ali)
I have a lot of arguments in favor of Foreman, but here on You Tube we are limited .Only one thing I might have to say look at the battle of Ali against Lyle Frazier, Chuvalo, Norton and compares the same boxers when they had to deal with Foreman. Foreman has not only give a much better Show but also destroyed his opponent who was able to beat Ali very easily . In my humble opinion I sincerely believe Foreman would triumph over Holmes .
Yea ok but none was able to beat ali "easely" who was that ? Some that Forman couldnt beat easy, ali beat easy and vice versa so they are on a tie there. And ali beat foreman, and rather easy...and overall Ali has greater history as champ, more defenses etc, so that makes him the winner.
When Norton beat Ali the first time Ali was very pleased that Norton gives his revenge I think in 2 rematch Norton had won especially in the third battle but the judges always seem to favor Ali even when Ali appears to have lost . If Norton had as Ali and do not give rematch after his first victory Ali was the first to scream injustice .Its what happened to Foreman injustice because Ali did not give rematch .Norton has not been afraid to give Ali a rematch I just do not say the same thing Ali
You have the right to enjoy more Ali I respect your choice but I appreciate more Foreman because the very first time I saw Foreman fight against Frazier j have been so impressed with his strike force thereafter I've never missed any fights of Foreman .I do not deny Ali was very good but I find unfair against Foreman who achieve a lot for boxing and it even has a very advanced age.Foreman was the boxer who impressed me the most in the world .
@bloodybob1964 ---Young ouptpointed him, but they couldnt give him the decision, due to Young's illegal tactic of sticking his head out of the ring occasionally. You have to beat a champion a little more decisively under the unwritten rule. I liked Young also---very clever fighter. I picked him to beat Foreman and Lyle based on his style. Ali was clearly past his prime in 1976 when he f"ought" Young----he looked terrible
@MrCandlewax Ali fought Young when he was at the end of his carreer, GF when he was prime. Also, Ali didnt lose the fight, if you have the patience to go through all 15 dull rounds you would see that.
It's bizarre seeing Foreman as slim as he was in this fight...
Foreman started his comeback at nearly 270lbs, and fight by fight, gradually slimmed all the way down to about 237lbs for this match. Then he decided he preferred having more meat on him, and bulked back up again, and stayed around 256lbs for the rest of his career.
Whomever said that shavers hit harder than foreman is crazy. Foreman was the hardest hitting heavyweight ever...not even tyson hit that hard. Shavers was a great fighter but not close in the power dept.
@lee1990lee --shavers had the hardest one punch I've ever seen but George overall was the harder puncher---he would club opponents to death. also had much stronger chin than Shavers
That's bull. If Foreman hit harder than Shavers (and that's highly debatable), it was by the slightest of margins. Saying Shavers' power wasn't even close to Foreman's? That's just a dumb fucking thing to say.
For the record, it's worth mentioning that most boxing experts cite Shavers as the hardest-hitting heavyweight of all-time.
Foreman was 300+ before his comeback. i dont know if he couldve stayed around 235 pounds into his 40s even if he tried. i dont think he wanted to either.
Foreman seemed like he knew he was going to win no matter what. And he didn't even try to act like he cared. He wasn't concerned with landing punches and was taking punches without a care in the world.
I think Qawi quit because he was getting beaten by someone who wasn't even trying, and then when George started to jab and go to the body, Qawi just gave up.
Had Foreman been as smart a fighter at 25 that he was at 45, he might have been champ for 20 years! With the possible exception of Ernie Shavers, nobody in his division hit harder!
@karlmalone1289 Where do you get 48 from? Foreman was no where near 48 in this fight. He regained the title at 45 and for the most part was on the downside after the Moorer fight. He did have his last fight at 48, but I wouldn't say even then that he had more stamina then.
@karlmalone1289 well Qawi had a cast iron jaw, and Big George simply ran out of gas trying to KO him, which shows how smart a boxer Big George was, he knew he couldn't KO him so he used the jab to set up his hook and that devastating uppercut
@NextWorldApparel ---I dont know about that---an over the hill Ali knocked him down, as did light hitting Jimmy Young. Remember, Dwight was a lt heavyweight for much of his career. This is a mismatch
pound for pound of course floyd is better than vitali, much much better, boxing is a sweet science, and if you see who the best of all time was, it was Ali, had speed grace, tecnique, power footwork, etc./so Floyd is more in that pattern and boxingwise yes he is the best, Klit is a great heavyweight for his time but his time is a sorry time with no competition, and vitali is so dam big its almost unfair, pacman has to be there for a more pleasing style than floyd but boxingwise floyd is P4p King
why do people contineu to argue IFS if i ws the king of the world if my dick ws 20 inches long if i was in shape if if if...the things are as they stand and thats it, we can say if floyd mayweather was 200 pounds he could beat a heavyweight. if if if
i thought carlos padilla was a good ref but i change my mind now, and the obvious knockdown by foreman with 15 seconds to go in round 6 where quawi falls into the ropes is an automatic 8count, and padilla waved it on, very bad reffing job there.
Because if he would stayed in for one more round they would have to carry him out on a stretcher. He wasn't winning either, he was behinde. But he still fought a hell of a fight.
01242692723! you got the idea that qawi was a warrior based on his loss to george foreman. i salute you. qawi was all of 5'6-5'7 and won at lightheavy, cruiser and heavy. you know what you are looking at and it was good to see your comment.
Foreman looks in incredible shape for this fight, almost no sign at all of the middle-age spread we saw later in his comeback.
boycie64 1 month ago
qawi becamea quitter at the end of his career
axebattler1 1 month ago
2:48 foreman'' ok nobodys lookin,just sux my dick n then plz stay the fuck down ''
Da2faan 1 month ago
I give Qawi a lot of credit because the fight was close and it just look like he was tired and didn't want to continue . I think most would agree a prime Foreman at 25 would have stopped him in 1 or 2 rounds . Too bad we never saw Prime Foreman VS Earnie Shavers or Jerry Quarry . Many felt Foreman ducked Quarry and that Shavers right would put Foreman down like Holmes , but I think George would weather the storm and come out the winner .
double42 2 months ago
Indeed. Foreman's lifetime record was 76-5 and of the five losses, the only time he was ever knocked out was when he lost to Muhammad Ali in Zaire, and it took eight rounds. Pretty damn impressive.
danning1 2 months ago
qawi is a little fucker
EverydayNormalDude 2 months ago
Qawi lost because he was tired and carrying two much weight for his frame. If he was a natural heavyweight he would have easily knocked out Foreman.
wety77 2 months ago
@wety77 "easily" ?... no one could have "easily" knocked out Foreman. He was a beast.
dogeban 2 months ago
@wety77 funny george was counted out once NEVER knocked out.
MrLukedanger 2 weeks ago
@MrLukedanger A knockout means you don't get up at the count of 10.. That is seen as a knockout.. So George was knocked out once,by Muhammad Ali.
michaelyouth 2 weeks ago
@michaelyouth the person i was talking to wasnt refering to a 10 count ko, he was refering to an out cold KTFO, or didnt you read the other persons comment.
MrLukedanger 2 weeks ago
@MrLukedanger No didn't read it..You're right, even though Ali knocked Foreman out, he never knocked him out cold..
michaelyouth 2 weeks ago
Dwight Muhammad Qawi is one tough little fucker and despite that this isn't the prime George Foreman he still couldn't even take him out earlier that's how tough Qawi is.
Brownpride480 4 months ago
why the fuck are the crowd booing?? qawi had balls to go 7 rounds with foreman
thewelshviper 4 months ago
this version of qawi will rape klitschko brothers on the same night....
waldoesj 6 months ago
takes real balls to get in with a guy like foreman (well there isnt anybody like foreman but you get the idea)
foreman also looks in very good shape here what weight was he?
eatthisvr6 6 months ago
@eatthisvr6 He weighed 235 for this.
wtw88 3 months ago
Qawi said: its true that fatigue makes cowards of us all
LA8PVCallingTheWorld 7 months ago
I dont see how qawi is listed as 5'5. He was very short yes but compared to foreman he looks closer to 5'10 - 5'11.
5'5 is shorter than pacqaio lol
CombatSportsFan 7 months ago
Qawi was a natural cruiserweight, but he moved up to fight Foreman, so he lost stamina. This isn't Qawi's best. That Fake out was crazy! I wonder if Foreman remembered Ali's no-punch when he let Qawi go?
carmodifire 7 months ago
Why didn't Foreman ever get warned for pushing?
counterstriving 8 months ago
Dwight amazing only 5.5 ft and lasted 7 rounds againest one of the hardest punchers of all time
MegaEvilempire 8 months ago
@MegaEvilempire qawi was 5'5 ? Word, for a dude to be only that tall, and stand in the pocket against a dude like foreman that looks about 6'4 250, is bold or stupid.
MASSIVE100 7 months ago
@MegaEvilempire qawi was 5'5 ? Word, for a dude to be only that tall, and stand in the pocket against a dude like foreman that looks about 6'4 250, is bold or stupid. I would've moved around the ring to make foreman use energy, I would've had foreman chasing me like rocky chasing chickens
MASSIVE100 7 months ago
@MASSIVE100 so, on your ass in front of a computer you proclaim that you're better than muhammad ali? he realised that dancing with foreman would make him take 2 steps to foreman 1, and no man could fight that way. not against foreman. the only one losing energy would be you, not foreman.
snoewhiteb00bs 7 months ago
Who remembers Dwight Braxton?
JonMichael001 9 months ago
joke ? rick rolled ? wtf
pinusstrikesback 9 months ago
To my knowledge, this was the lightest ever that Foreman fought at in his comeback. He looked great, but he must not have liked it. I think his performance here was flat due to that weight loss.
treetoptop 10 months ago
@treetoptop good comment ,i was thinking the same thing
juseph29 9 months ago
2:00 is EPIC
boxingfanofthegame 10 months ago 3
Yeah... he's got huge heart! He quits in th middle of the round!
housedude32 10 months ago
Is there supposed to be no sound or is my speaker fuking up?
shadows987987 10 months ago
He reminds me a bit of Frazier this guy! A little tank who just keeps coming at you no matter how many (knockout) blows you land on him, young Frazier could never knock old Foreman out but he would def have won the fight i believe! Foreman never hit quick enough to knock a guy with the heart and chin of Frazier out with one blow, as you can see here he´s a wearing puncher more than a 1 punch KO guy, don´t know why people say he is when he never was! But VERY powerfull, just in another way!
SkeksisBestSongEver 11 months ago
@SkeksisBestSongEver -disagree with u. Frazier's style was tailor made for Foreman; no way he would have beaten him
loyaldude10 7 months ago
Damn I forgot Foreman was in this kind of shape early in his comeback, what a scary man!
whitedeviltx 11 months ago
qwai at 2:01 was unbelivabel
lhwood777 11 months ago
@lhwood777 Pretty vicious...
Eternalover78 9 months ago
The way qawi kept up with blubber george,tyson in these years would have blown foreman out quickly.
fadethetrade 11 months ago
Foreman would have killed him in his prime
brianthenamless 1 year ago
@brianthenamless Who do you mean? Qawi? I agree, of course - but that's not a knock on Qawi - he was waaay past his prime here, and he had no business fighting at Heavyweight - his prime was 5 years earlier at 175lbs.
shakedaddy1 11 months ago
Guy below says 'this fight shows that a prime time Tyson would have beat Foreman in my opinion. Qawi was like Tyson Jr'
I understand that people are delusional when it comes to young Tyson, but if you think Tyson had Qawi's chin, you are dreaming.
Tyson's people knew it and ducked OLD George-they knew he had nothing to gain in a fight with George-even if you win you beat an old man
If Tyson inc was afraid of old George...young George...you get the idea...
PorkFrog 1 year ago
1:55
what the hell was that? What an insanely risky move by Qawi. Never seen anything like it especially against THE premier head hunter
PorkFrog 1 year ago
Entertaining fight! Really entertaining!
Entertaining heavyweight boxing matches from back in the good old days. Do you remember how exciting it used to be? (Vitali, Vladimir: I'm talking to you)
Great performance from Qawi, but he really was up against the odds here. If you can't box going backwards, then you're in BIG trouble if you're in with George Foreman.
Thanks for uploading fagiu.
yomi76 1 year ago
@yomi76 Slug-fight.... 2 slow slugger, slugging it out. Show trmendous courage and heart, but not great boxing..... I can appriatcate both this and sick ass skills like Ali, Leonard, Robinson, Mayweather Jr., Winky etc. etc.
Haassan1 1 year ago
How can Qawi fight when Foreman pushing
EvanderHolyfield7 1 year ago
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EvanderHolyfield7 1 year ago
Dwight was never really a cruiser never mind a heavy.In this fight Dwight never really had a prayer,George was just too big,Dwight knew the ring and knew how to fight but he was just in against a better fighter who was also 2 weights above him.
Hard,hard man Dwight Braxton /Muhammad qawi.
3rdpug 1 year ago
It is an absolute disgrace when a fighter has to stop the fight himself. There is nothing worse in this sport than a corner and referee that won't stop a fight before the fighter himself has to. Carlos Padilla is a damn fool as were the corner. Qawi didn't have 0.1% of winning and couldn't have KO'ed George with is hardest shot....Fuckers could have killed the man.
bteniswood 1 year ago
Your allowed to quit against Foreman, especially since he took it for 7ish rounds.
emekonen 1 year ago
Referee was a clown. That should have been a knockdown at the end of Round 6
BruceinFalkirk 1 year ago
Qawi was tough....but he probly got some brain damage after this one
nwo4lifedta316 1 year ago
This dude has a stronger chin than Smokin' Joe and his hooks landed. Qawi, I think he's a former cruiserweight.
fabianngui1 1 year ago
Qawi is an Iron Warrior who must win or be carried out on his shield.
biglala1 1 year ago
I love Foreman, but this fight shows that a prime time Tyson would have beat Foreman in my opinion. Qawi was like Tyson Jr.
treetoptop 1 year ago
@treetoptop PRIME FOREMAN AGAINST PRIME TYSON?WHO KNOWS?I PUT FOREMAN AHEAD ,TYSON HAD NO GOOD FIGHTS AFTER 1990,BUT HE WAS OUR TENNAGER IDOL IN 1985-1990
aleksandrpondios 1 year ago
That "faint" from Qawi was really dirty tactics. Foreman could have easily smashed him with a hayemaker but he chose not to then Qawi came back with a sucker punch as george starts to walk away.
trailstar1 1 year ago
this George Foreman at about 38 or 39 was a wrecking machine, he would have blew Tyson away
mcentrac1 1 year ago
2:04 what a dick.
Glasya666 1 year ago
this George Foreman would have defeated Holyfield
tom11zz884 1 year ago
@tom11zz884 then why did George ever so carefully pick his opponents in his so called comeback which began around this time? Did he fight Holmes? Holyfield? Tyson? He could beat the guys he fought because he was so much more powerful, as wel las larger.
loyaldude10 1 year ago
@loyaldude10 Yes he fought Holyfield, fought him good too. Yes he wanted to fight Tyson, but due to personal issues and just not wanting to fight Tyson wouldn't have it...Never a reason to fight Holmes, he wasn't the title holder when Foreman got to the top...
XionComrade 1 year ago
if Foreman wasn't allowed to consistently push his opponents away, something referees were always far too kind with him, he'd possibly be in deep shit with this style of fighter, and it would be the same with Joe Frazier. Watch anytime Qawi comes close, he literally shoves him. Say what you like, its an illegal tactic he constantly gets away with.
scottmc316 1 year ago
@scottmc316 Qawi was tailored made for George Foreman, Qawi was leading with his head the whole bout like a Joe Frazier, he had no chance in this fight... Some refs let you push more than others, ill agree this ref was very poor
kcatleticos 1 year ago
@scottmc316 the way i see it its not good but its not as bad as hugging and holyfields dirty tactics were in a leage of their own.
trailstar1 1 year ago
@scottmc316 ---maybe so, but no way Joe Frazier beats Foreman---its the styles---Frazier comes right at opponent, and Foreman hits like a sledgehammer. Qawi is really a lt heavywt--doesnt belong in same ring as Foreman
loyaldude10 1 year ago
@scottmc316
Frazier was the wrong style to fight Foreman and always would be.
Foreman was shrewd in his comeback and Qawi was hand-picked for this match, I think.
BruceinFalkirk 1 year ago
What a hard bastard Qawi was. The man was literally getting killed and was just too tough & proud to go down. The crowd booing this is a fucking disgrace, as are the man's corner and the ref for putting the man in the position where he had to make the call to protect his own health himself.
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corporation26 1 year ago
folks don't realize that George also had one of the best chins inthe game 'cause Qawi was tagging him. ali used scientific boxing to knock him out, pure genius to topple that mountain
neilsdunn 1 year ago
The fans booing should let big George belt them around for about just 2 or 3 seconds. I don't think they would boo Qawi anymore for quitting.
xxdonaldqxx 1 year ago
Prime Foreman, was over in two rounds with quawi
chicodelaoculta 1 year ago
Foreman looked like his old 70s self in this fight. Bodywise
Doderhultarn89 1 year ago
Dwight was too small. He was hard to hit for big George. it was only a matter of time though. What is visible is George is in better shape. I won't say GF took it easy on him but he did not throw a lot of "any where" shots . Any where it would landed it would have hurt him. He took it easy on his ass
tellthetruthg 1 year ago 2
Well, there's courage and there's stupidity, and I guess Qawi knew where the line between them is.
rottenvenetic 1 year ago 2
I wish Foreman were this trim when he fought Holyfield.
ScottInVa1760 1 year ago
@ScottInVa1760 Right. He was only 235 here! Similar to his 70's weight.
ph1484 1 year ago
Qawi had no chance of winning, but it's disappointing seeing someone quit like that. At least quit on your stool instead of in the middle of round
transitny 1 year ago
What happened in the end??? FOreman went talk with him about something looks like.. ???
guitarspectre 1 year ago
i have never ever seen a boxer with the heart and courage like Dwight Muhammad Qawi
TxREX1991 1 year ago 22
@TxREX1991
that's supposed to be sarcastic right?
Robstailey 1 year ago
@TxREX1991; Are you nuts, and you get 11 thumbs up (till I deduct one).
Qawi quit and I just came straight from watching him mocking Leon Spinks when Spinks was weight weakened and already beaten badly on the ropes with nothing but guts left. What kind of fighter mocks a man like that? Qawi, the bully, Qawi the coward.
Maxshard 1 year ago
@TxREX1991 this bout reminds me of Frazier vs. Foreman
kcatleticos 1 year ago
@TxREX1991 he's a stupid fighter bu tough
FIGHTFANNERD3 1 year ago
@TxREX1991 are you joking? Qawi just quit on his feet. Fraizer or Ali would rather die than quit. Thats heart.
trailstar1 1 year ago
@TxREX1991
Haven't you seen holyfield man
403766 1 year ago
@TxREX1991 Joe Frazier had a helluva lot.
danning1 11 months ago
@TxREX1991 Then you haven't seen many boxers!
manofsteel564 8 months ago
@TxREX1991
Then have a look at joe frazier:-)
AgentPaulSmecker 7 months ago
@TxREX1991 Plus Qawi had the ability to turn his brain into a jar of pickles from all those head shots he took.
DexterHaven49 5 months ago
@TxREX1991 check foreman vs frazier
taleseum 5 months ago
@TxREX1991
really? how about all the other guys who fought george foreman and DIDN'T quit like a bitch? like, i dunno, joe frazier? the guy who got up from 6 knockdowns from a prime foreman? or ali? or lyle? or norton?
Robstailey 4 months ago
@Robstailey I wouldn't call that quitting like a bitch. The left to the liver at the end would have dropped almost anyone. He went 6 and a bit rounds with one of the hardest punchers of all time and at 5ft 5and a half he was too short to avoid getting nailed. No, that is not quitting like a bitch, in fact it's the opposite: it's reckless, over-courageous madness. He kept going when Frazier and Norton would have been on the canvas.
wtw88 3 months ago
@Robstailey I agree. He got really tired after round 6, and you could see he had all quit in him. That nonsense about the left to the liver doesn't work. He could have rode it out, and he didn't. He quit.
He came in too fat, and got very tired, and decided he couldn't win, and at that point in his career, wasn't anything anyway, and had nothing to lose by quitting.
I don't know how anyone could say this fight showed heart and courage. It showed a man quitting.
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@TxREX1991
really? how about all the other guys who fought george foreman and DIDN'T quit like a bitch? like, i dunno, joe frazier? the guy who got up from 6 knockdowns from a prime foreman? or ali? or lyle? or norton?
Robstailey 4 months ago
I remember watching this fight over 20 years ago. Qawi (222) was carrying about 30 pounds more than he was used to; he'd been fighting at cruiser and he was a natural light heavy. He was just exhausted, you could see him sucking wind. If he hadn't quit, Foreman would have knocked him out before long. Qawi didn't fight over 200 pounds again for another nine years. If you really want to see what Qawi was, watch his first fight with Holyfield.
derkommissar1917 1 year ago
@derkommissar1917; Yeah he was exausted, like when Spinks was exausted against Qawi and Qawi mocked Spinks relentlessly, cruelly. But Spinks acquited himself like a man and stayed in the fight as long as he could, Qawi quit because he is a spineless bully.
Maxshard 1 year ago
@Maxshard What Qawi did against Spinks was unprofessional, and he should have been embarrassed with himself. But there's no such thing as a "bully" or a "coward" in world-class pro boxing. Qawi quit in this fight because he was at a point he could have gotten hurt badly, and he knew it. Leon Spinks, when he fought Qawi, wasn't fighting 30 pounds above his natural weight. He just hadn't trained properly. What Qawi did was disgraceful--but so was Spinks showing up in such poor condition.
derkommissar1917 1 year ago
@derkommissar1917; You are wrong. Qawi fought Leon Spinks for the WBA Cruiserweight title and Spinks had shed weight to get down for the fight. Spinks was weakened as the commentators even prior to the fight pointed out and Qawi waited until the later rounds when Spinks was badly busted up and too tired to fight before commencing his bullying. Spinks was in more danger of being badly injured because of his state but he didn't turn away. Get your facts right.
Maxshard 1 year ago
@Maxshard It's a shame he quited. But he wasn't spinless man. He held in there for a long time against huge Foreman. An impossible fight. If he would have gone on Foreman would have putt him in a wheelchair.
bcibibcibcpCB 1 year ago
@bcibibcibcpCB
You could be right. Qawi was on course for an injury if the fight continued much longer.
BruceinFalkirk 1 year ago
Dwight was smart to get out before he suffered sever damage
tellthetruthg 1 year ago
I saw Foreman knock out five bums in one day in a row. Back to back beatdowns. No one has ever done that in history. Here he beats down the dangerous Dwight Muhammad Qawi. He had a great jab and awesome body shots. Qawi just QUIT. No MAAS. BIG GEORGE.
stangilmer 1 year ago
Qawi could intimidate anyone, even the devastating George Forman. Qwai did a great job in this battle, and would have creamed most other heavyweights larger than himself. Forman was lucky to catch his second win. He was almost done in this fight.
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boxingUN 1 year ago
why you talking about ali ....
is asli on this video?
no talk about foreman and quawi who was great fighter its incredible to so short fighter (he was 166-171 cm) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! can fight with holy or foreman ...
rudziu102 1 year ago
Norton, Frazier and the others who beat Ali did itafter Ali was off for three years. No way Norton would have beaten him in his prime. Frazier would have been decisioned much more easily.
hugofroto 1 year ago
qawi<holmes<foreman ^^
jejevson 2 years ago
Nobody has had a strike force as strong as George Foreman and Shavers would be beaten by foreman before round 5. Foreman was the greatest heavyweight of all time
xbonker 2 years ago
Foreman was not the greatest of all time, Ali beat him and rather Easily.
BringerOfTheTruth 2 years ago
Foreman is far superior to Ali because Ali has always afraid to give a true REMATCH to Foreman and Ali has always several very questionable decisions of judges in its favor as a rematch against Ken Norton and many other like Joe Frazier. Foreman is superior Ali because it has destroyed easily boxer that Ali was unable to beat .Thats Why Ali was afraid to give Foreman a REMATCH Ali knew he was going to lose against Foreman in REMATCH .The best heavyweight of all time George Foreman.
xbonker 2 years ago
Well if he was so much better than Ali he would probably have won first time dont you think ? theres some serious holes in your argumentation
BringerOfTheTruth 2 years ago
Foreman is the greatest heavyweight of all time better than Ali because Ali after his victory in Zaire never really wanted to give Foreman a REMATCH which would change the history of boxing heavyweight and Ali knew . I ask association of sport boxing to place George Foreman in the Hall of Fame .
xbonker 2 years ago
Foreman is in HOF im sure..anyway rematch or no rematch, theres really no indication that a rematch would have been different...except that Ali was getting older. Foreman had every advantage in the book, age, reach, weight, you name it..and he still lost.
U cant just go around making claims like this with no backup at all. ALI BEAT HIM HOW CAN FOREMAN BE GREATER !!
BringerOfTheTruth 2 years ago
Another thing the "greatest hw of all time" doesnt loose to jimmy young.. LOL !
BringerOfTheTruth 2 years ago
Your comment is very easy its shows a lack of good arguments. An error of course can happen to anybody watch entire career of Foreman and what he managed to do even a very advanced age for a heavyweight boxer and Foreman deserves to be recognized at its fair value anyone who is honest will admit .Foreman has never been lenient judges like Ali in a fight against Norton and many other where decisions in favor of Ali are more than questionable .Ali was afraid of REMATCH end of story .
xbonker 2 years ago
Cause u say it's the end of story, it surely isnt like i said, back it up..how do you know he was afraid ?Nothing after Ali indicated that GF was ready for Ali again,struggled with lowlevel opponents almost got koed by Lyle.
Jimmy Young beat him
All these opponents Ali simply toyed with, facts dont lie.
If Ali was afraid to rematch tough opponents why would he rematch Norton and Frazier, two who gave him far tougher fights than this one.
GF simply got owned in this fight and it wasnt even hard.
BringerOfTheTruth 2 years ago
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capablemachine 1 year ago 2
No way the Lyle fight was stopped due to Ali calling it. Lyle was taking a beating and not able to defend himself or respond in any way at the particular moment the fight was stopped. He was all over the shot at this stage in the fight and Ali was just hitting him with no come back. This would have been reason enough for a stoppage, even in those days.
MrDubmaker 1 year ago
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capablemachine 1 year ago
So in fact, I did argument this time, your only argument is "GF is the greatest ever because...he just is..and Ali was afraid of him..how do I know ? I just know"
So you see my little boy, it is you who lack good arguments..not even a single argument do you have.
BringerOfTheTruth 2 years ago
In fact I rate Champs like Larry Holmes much higher, cause he kept the title for a longer time. You could rely on him that he would win the fights..with George, it was a tossup each time (after Ali)
BringerOfTheTruth 2 years ago
I have a lot of arguments in favor of Foreman, but here on You Tube we are limited .Only one thing I might have to say look at the battle of Ali against Lyle Frazier, Chuvalo, Norton and compares the same boxers when they had to deal with Foreman. Foreman has not only give a much better Show but also destroyed his opponent who was able to beat Ali very easily . In my humble opinion I sincerely believe Foreman would triumph over Holmes .
xbonker 2 years ago
Yea ok but none was able to beat ali "easely" who was that ? Some that Forman couldnt beat easy, ali beat easy and vice versa so they are on a tie there. And ali beat foreman, and rather easy...and overall Ali has greater history as champ, more defenses etc, so that makes him the winner.
BringerOfTheTruth 2 years ago
When Norton beat Ali the first time Ali was very pleased that Norton gives his revenge I think in 2 rematch Norton had won especially in the third battle but the judges always seem to favor Ali even when Ali appears to have lost . If Norton had as Ali and do not give rematch after his first victory Ali was the first to scream injustice .Its what happened to Foreman injustice because Ali did not give rematch .Norton has not been afraid to give Ali a rematch I just do not say the same thing Ali
xbonker 2 years ago
Regardless if u agree with decisions: Ali beat Foreman, Frazier, and Norton..and everybody else.
Foreman Beat frazier and nortton, lost to Ali..and struggled with a bunch of guys that ali also beat.
sure Ali should have given Rematch, I dont know why it didnt happen and dont say that he ducked without backing it up..
m sure ALi didnt duck cus he could use the money since he was always broke.
Ali faced Holmes for when he was half dead himself..he wasnt afraid of none,
BringerOfTheTruth 2 years ago 2
You have the right to enjoy more Ali I respect your choice but I appreciate more Foreman because the very first time I saw Foreman fight against Frazier j have been so impressed with his strike force thereafter I've never missed any fights of Foreman .I do not deny Ali was very good but I find unfair against Foreman who achieve a lot for boxing and it even has a very advanced age.Foreman was the boxer who impressed me the most in the world .
xbonker 2 years ago 2
Yes Foreman was very impression and Ithink personally that he is one of that GOATS..right ow I'm comparing result to result though..
BringerOfTheTruth 2 years ago
Sorry about the typos im in a hurry lol..well no doubt GF was a great fighter.
BringerOfTheTruth 2 years ago
Yeah Ali sure the Hell lost to Jimmy Young. The crooked judges just gave it to Ali. So much for the so called "GREATEST"!
bloodybob1964 1 year ago
@bloodybob1964
He was past his prime, old, and out of shape. I doubt Young would beat a primed Ali. and I'm a jimmy Young fan.
TommyGun7111 1 year ago
@TommyGun7111 shut up no one is a jimmy young fan
HewNed1 1 year ago
@HewNed1
....in your opinion. I know plenty of people who are jimmy young fans.
so you can shut up.
TommyGun7111 1 year ago
@bloodybob1964 ---Young ouptpointed him, but they couldnt give him the decision, due to Young's illegal tactic of sticking his head out of the ring occasionally. You have to beat a champion a little more decisively under the unwritten rule. I liked Young also---very clever fighter. I picked him to beat Foreman and Lyle based on his style. Ali was clearly past his prime in 1976 when he f"ought" Young----he looked terrible
loyaldude10 1 year ago
@BringerOfTheTruth Ali lost to Jimmy Young also. But the judges gave the decision to Ali.
MrCandlewax 1 year ago
@MrCandlewax Ali fought Young when he was at the end of his carreer, GF when he was prime. Also, Ali didnt lose the fight, if you have the patience to go through all 15 dull rounds you would see that.
BringerOfTheTruth 1 year ago
Qawi fights in a very similar fashion to Joe Frazier.
007rocksalotmann 2 years ago
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capablemachine 2 years ago
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capablemachine 2 years ago 3
Qawi fights like Joe Frazier!
claudine69retoke 2 years ago 3
Too much, too big, too strong for BRAXTON.
Usually Braxton made bitches out of his opponents. Tonight he found out that HE was the bitch.
Gutsy performance, but he never should have left cruiserweight.
wayupinya1 2 years ago
It's bizarre seeing Foreman as slim as he was in this fight...
Foreman started his comeback at nearly 270lbs, and fight by fight, gradually slimmed all the way down to about 237lbs for this match. Then he decided he preferred having more meat on him, and bulked back up again, and stayed around 256lbs for the rest of his career.
garethac81 2 years ago
I give much respect to both fighters.
007rocksalotmann 2 years ago
Whomever said that shavers hit harder than foreman is crazy. Foreman was the hardest hitting heavyweight ever...not even tyson hit that hard. Shavers was a great fighter but not close in the power dept.
Alexscalo78 2 years ago
ali sed shavers hit harder than foreman becus shavers dropped ali were as foreman didnt
lee1990lee 2 years ago
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capablemachine 2 years ago
shavers was harder hitter bottom line u dont see any boxers thay fort saying foreman hit harder
lee1990lee 2 years ago
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capablemachine 2 years ago
bottom line shavers harder hitter u probly watched 5 fights ur whole life
lee1990lee 2 years ago
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capablemachine 2 years ago 3
ino but its better than u watchin ur mum thats jus sik
lee1990lee 2 years ago
@lee1990lee --shavers had the hardest one punch I've ever seen but George overall was the harder puncher---he would club opponents to death. also had much stronger chin than Shavers
loyaldude10 1 year ago 2
That's bull. If Foreman hit harder than Shavers (and that's highly debatable), it was by the slightest of margins. Saying Shavers' power wasn't even close to Foreman's? That's just a dumb fucking thing to say.
For the record, it's worth mentioning that most boxing experts cite Shavers as the hardest-hitting heavyweight of all-time.
garethac81 2 years ago
@garethac81 ---Shavers had that one punch that would knock people out cold. But overall Foreman hit harder
loyaldude10 1 year ago 10
@loyaldude10 You've never been hit by either of them, so shut the fuck up.
BLAGASPANTS 7 months ago
Wow, Foreman was actually in good shape for this fight. I wonder how he would have done if he was fit like this for his whole second comeback.
Robstailey 2 years ago 2
Foreman was 300+ before his comeback. i dont know if he couldve stayed around 235 pounds into his 40s even if he tried. i dont think he wanted to either.
youngstownpavIik1212 2 years ago
That was a bizarre fight.
Foreman seemed like he knew he was going to win no matter what. And he didn't even try to act like he cared. He wasn't concerned with landing punches and was taking punches without a care in the world.
I think Qawi quit because he was getting beaten by someone who wasn't even trying, and then when George started to jab and go to the body, Qawi just gave up.
xXCptCharlesXx 2 years ago
Had Foreman been as smart a fighter at 25 that he was at 45, he might have been champ for 20 years! With the possible exception of Ernie Shavers, nobody in his division hit harder!
spsmonktoo 2 years ago 4
gotta agree there. its funny how as a 48+ year old man he was impervious to fatigue but as a young man he gassed in the 3rd round.
karlmalone1289 2 years ago 5
@karlmalone1289 Where do you get 48 from? Foreman was no where near 48 in this fight. He regained the title at 45 and for the most part was on the downside after the Moorer fight. He did have his last fight at 48, but I wouldn't say even then that he had more stamina then.
bloodgutsnglory 2 years ago
erm sorry i guess i mis spoke.
karlmalone1289 2 years ago
@karlmalone1289 well Qawi had a cast iron jaw, and Big George simply ran out of gas trying to KO him, which shows how smart a boxer Big George was, he knew he couldn't KO him so he used the jab to set up his hook and that devastating uppercut
tecolote32 1 year ago
foreman had one of the best chins in the history of boxing
NextWorldApparel 2 years ago 13
@NextWorldApparel...i have to agree. Foreman could take punishment.
kaluski 1 year ago
@NextWorldApparel ---I dont know about that---an over the hill Ali knocked him down, as did light hitting Jimmy Young. Remember, Dwight was a lt heavyweight for much of his career. This is a mismatch
loyaldude10 1 year ago
@loyaldude10 He was knocked down because he was tired, not hurt...Ron Lyle was the only time he was down because he was hurt.
XionComrade 1 year ago
pound for pound of course floyd is better than vitali, much much better, boxing is a sweet science, and if you see who the best of all time was, it was Ali, had speed grace, tecnique, power footwork, etc./so Floyd is more in that pattern and boxingwise yes he is the best, Klit is a great heavyweight for his time but his time is a sorry time with no competition, and vitali is so dam big its almost unfair, pacman has to be there for a more pleasing style than floyd but boxingwise floyd is P4p King
flyinghotwing 2 years ago
why do people contineu to argue IFS if i ws the king of the world if my dick ws 20 inches long if i was in shape if if if...the things are as they stand and thats it, we can say if floyd mayweather was 200 pounds he could beat a heavyweight. if if if
flyinghotwing 2 years ago
i thought carlos padilla was a good ref but i change my mind now, and the obvious knockdown by foreman with 15 seconds to go in round 6 where quawi falls into the ropes is an automatic 8count, and padilla waved it on, very bad reffing job there.
flyinghotwing 2 years ago
Because if he would stayed in for one more round they would have to carry him out on a stretcher. He wasn't winning either, he was behinde. But he still fought a hell of a fight.
bcibibcibcpCB 2 years ago
That was a pretty good fight. I had foreman ahead by 3 points at the stoppage
dwcsl 2 years ago
01242692723! you got the idea that qawi was a warrior based on his loss to george foreman. i salute you. qawi was all of 5'6-5'7 and won at lightheavy, cruiser and heavy. you know what you are looking at and it was good to see your comment.
genious4real 2 years ago
At 2:00 Foreman was a gentleman and didn't knock Qawi when he looked out. It cost him.
bcibibcibcpCB 2 years ago
what Qawi did, is an old school boxing trick.
makpak 2 years ago
wonder why they call him "big" George Foreman...
Adebay0r 2 years ago
Uhm... maybe because he was one of the biggest heavyweight in the 70s?
fagiu 2 years ago
Ahh.. you know what... im jus startin to see a slight height difference in this fight after your comment.. tanks!
Adebay0r 2 years ago