George Foreman -King of the SuperHeavies

George Foreman is the strongest heavyweight hitter of all time.

This re-edited tribute was originally done by Sityzal in 2 parts. I have made a number of changes and think it turned out well.

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• George
• Foreman
• Muhammad
• Ali
• heavyweight
• champion
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[coxscorner]

The Young fight was not the true George Foreman. George changed his style to more of a boxer-puncher under Gil Clancy and that was all wrong for George. He waited too long to get started and almost ko'd young in the 7th but by then it was too late and he ran out of gas due to conditioning. The Foreman of 73-74, the destroying Foreman who really went after his foes, cuts the ring and tracks down Young and ko's him inside 3 rounds.

[coxscorner]

Shavers may have hit harder for onoe punch - the straight right, but Foreman hit harder with his left hook and right uppercut than Shavers with same punches. Plus George had a good jab, blocked punches, cut the ring and was just better than Shavers. Plus Shavers lost several time to other big punchers that he faced. Shavers jaw was glass whereas George was not only a massive hitter and freakishly strong but also had a world class chin.

[77turtlewax]

I say mike tyson hardest puncher of all times he had not only many more knockouts alot more were in the first round foreman is 2nd in my book hardest punchers

[coxscorner]

@77turtlewax Statistics are not everything but...Foreman had 68 career ko's to Tysons 44, so George actually had more knockouts. Tyson had more in the first round ko's 19 to 15, but looking at the first 2 rounds George had 33 to Tysons 28. Foreman also had a much higher ko percentage 83.9% to Tyson's 75.8%.

[DthepopeP]

@MultiGreat1 yeah your right sorry my little brother gets on my account some times and he doesnt know much about boxing. and yes i think foreman does deserve that title of hardest hitter

[Pseudonym25]

What's the music called?

[MultiGreat1]

@DthepopeP Baer is no where near the level of Foreman when it comes down to power.

[MultiGreat1]

@boybarurot1 Are you confused? First you agree then you disagree, wtf?

[MultiGreat1]

@77turtlewax Tyson is no where near the hardest puncher, maybe one of the best.

[boybarurot1]

@MultiGreat1 Sorry, i disagree. the boxing definition of being kayoed is not being able to beat the count of 10, which means that a fighter who's been down should be up and ready to face his oppnent by the end of that count.

[boybarurot1]

@MultiGreat1 I agree. the boxing definition of being kayoed is not being able to beat the count of ten, which means that you have to be up and ready to face your opponent by that count. ok?

[boybarurot1]

@expressivechild I agree, holmes during the Olympics elimination in 71 was kayoed by a nobody, inside three rounds. Was Holmes tough, against second rate competition, maybe, but against foreman? Here's another trivia: during a sparring session with joe frazier in 73, frazier actually broke holme's ribs with a left hook, forcing him to leave frazier's camp. Which might have led frazier, though wrongly, that he could also do the same to ali. frazier lost the 2nd fight to ali.

[boybarurot1]

@77turtlewax prime tyson almost lost to tony tucker and could not even ko bonecreusher smith. joe frazier had much better head movement; ali missed a lot of left jabs because frazier's head was always moving. i personally believe, tony tucker should have gotten the decision when he fought the already champion tyson. Earlier on, tyson could not ko james 'the quick' tillis who showed how one should fight tyson, which douglas applied to perfection, knocking out the "invincible" tyson for good.