SUGAR~CHUVALO RANKS GEORGE FOREMAN 8th OF ALL TIME

Burt Sugar gives Foreman his just due. Chuvalo (never been off his feet) makes a good point. Larry, well, he would of gotten eaten up by George. Hey, that could still be a fight!

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[madmax8903]

It's true; Foreman did have trouble with slicksters, but they had to be at the very top of their game: he's immensely strong. You had to avoid feeling the force of his bombs for 5-6 rounds, then capitalize as he weakened. Holmes was susceptible to a right hand. He was dropped by Shavers when moving to his left after Shavers had been trying for a million dollar righthander with some pretty desperate swings for several rounds. So I say the 1973-4 Foreman beats peak Holmes by round four.

[theonlysaltspring]

@madmax8903 ~Jimmy Young being one of those slicksters who beat a prime Foreman BUT Foreman is an unique guy. I think he beats Larry in both boxing careers and a I think highly of Larry as a boxer/fighter.

[theonlysaltspring]

foreman vs tyson...Prime to prime..George gets the KO over tyson.

[teleman84]

No.Not a Hillbilly.Your right young George didnt have good Stamina.BUT he he had the height and reach advantage over much smaller Tyson and everbody knows Foreman could punch his way out of a bank vault.Frazier had great bob and weave head movement like Tyson and was the same size as Frazier.Mike had better right i think but Fraziers left hook was second to none.Look what happened to him.I see George doing the same to Mike as well

[crownedful]

@theonlysaltspring --Larry Holmes would have stopped Foreman a la Ali. If you talk about "slicksters" Holmes was a better much slicker tan Young, with a decent right hand and perhaps the greatest jab ever. Foreman would have been on the end of Larry's jab all night long--both comebacks.

[ThePastorGregory]

@2431346 ,,you are being silly.

[2431346]

@theonlysaltspring

tyson would knock george out in the first minute.

[Excecutioner147]

Larry is one of the most bitter men in sports history, also he's one of the most jealous......all larry wants to here is that he's the greatest...larry your not!!!!

[Icyhotboo]

@adrenacrumb Good point

[adrenacrumb]

@Icyhotboo The only reason he got too tired to fight Ali after 8 rounds of punching like this is because Ali was actually jabbing the shit out of him and had him hurt, Chuvalo would have had to go through at least 5 more rounds of being brutally beaten to even stand a chance bewcause he sure wasn't going to pepper him like Ali did.

[adrenacrumb]

@Icyhotboo Foreman went harder and longer than this with Lyle and Lyle was actually hitting him unlike Chuvalo who barely put a glove on him. He may have been tired but he would have still murdered Chuvalo had that gone on for 2 more minutes.

[adrenacrumb]

@Icyhotboo Foreman broke Chuvalo's nose so badly he was having to spit the blood out of his mouth. You don't curl up in a little ball in the corner and expect the ref to not stop it, he also said he did get hit with a good punch while he was in his scared like a bitch ball. Chuvalo is full of shit, I wish they had gone another round so Foreman could have broken his ribs too.

[Icyhotboo]

@adrenacrumb LISTEN TO CHUVALO!!!

[truebeliever786]

@adrenacrumb I doubt it, I really think Holmes could beat him by Unanimous Decision, considering the type of scientific fighter he is... I rank Foreman really high though, #8 is too low, I rank him #5...