Monday, July 11, 2011
Were we deprived of the most exciting fighter and potentially best fighter ever when Foreman lost in Zaire?
Were we deprived of the most exciting fighter and potentially best fighter ever when Foreman lost in Zaire? As George was never the same after losing to Muhammad Ali who I think got lucky as Foreman fought such a stupid fight unlike the controlled aggrssion he showed against Wepner, Chuvalo, Frazier I and Norton. Okay George came back and beat Lyle and Frazier after Zaire but Lyle nearly knocked him out and Frazier was so washed up in his rematch against Foreman. And we probably never saw the best of Foreman as he retired uninterested in boxing at 28 after losing to Young and having a Damascus Road experence in his dressing room. Although George was alread uninterested in boxing before he fought Young. A motivated Foreman would have beat Young within 4 rounds in my opinion. If George had beat Ali then he would have probably went on to destroy Shavers, Young, Holmes, Quarry, Lyle easier, younger Cooney, Spinks, Bobick and all the heavweights from the early 1980s and possibly late 1980s as well, that is how good Foreman could have become without that loss in Zaire. He could have beat Marciano's unbeaten record and could have beat Joe Louis' 25 title defences also. Foreman at his best or when he was in his prime was such an exciting boxer to watch whereas all you got from Muhammad Ali most of the time is drab points decisions or razor thin wins which he should have lost in most experts eyes. And if Teofilo Stevenson had even dreamt of stepping into the ring with Foreman for a one off fight after the 1976 Olympics then he better apologize as Foreman would have annihilted him as well lol. Providing Foreman was still the champion and still undefeated with no loss in Zaire. Funny how one fight can change the course of boxing history lol. Can blame Muhammad Ali for that or blame Foreman's ********* and not fighting a smarter fight against someone he should have beat. Maybe Ali beating Foreman was God's will and was just meant to be. And I don't believe that malarkey about styles making fights, Foreman destroyed Frazier, Chuvalo,Wepner and Norton and should have destroyed Muhammad Ali as well if he had his head screwed on as those 4 men gave Ali fits with 2 of them beating him and 2 of them flooring him and one of them breaking his jaw lol.
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