George Foreman Circa 1973 Versus (Tantalizing Match Ups)

[ThatOne]

Joe Louis
Sonny Liston
Rocky Marciano
Larry Holmes
Riddick Bowe
Evander holyfield
Mike Tyson
Wlad Klitschko
Lennox Lewis

[gilgamesh]

The Joe Louis fight could go either way. I'd favor Joe. Somebody's getting knocked out though.

I'd give George the edge over Liston, though it wouldn't shock me if Liston were able to beat him. Foreman would be a heavy favorite to me.

Foreman walks through Marciano within 4.

Larry Holmes beast Foreman by decision.

Foreman vs Bowe could go either way, I might give Bowe the slight edge.

I think Holyfield is tough enough to withstand the early assault from Foreman, wear him out late and either win a hard fought decision or late TKO.

Foreman KO 5 or 6 Tyson

Foreman KO 1 or 2 Wladimir

Foreman vs Lewis is very interesting. Foreman either KO's Lewis within the first 4 rounds, or gets KO'ed late in the bout by Lennox. I'd lean towards Lennox.

[BoxBuzz]

My gut instincts.....

Joe Louis.........................L Has less luck with him than with Ali
Sonny Liston....................W
Rocky Marciano.................W
Larry Holmes.....................I slightly favor Foreman but would not bet
Riddick Bowe.....................No Idea at Peak VS Peak
Evander holyfield................W Based on how well he did.
Mike Tyson.........................W Peak vs Peak
Wlad Klitschko....................W
Lennox Lewis......................No Idea at Peak vs Peak

[DaveyMac]

1973 Foreman is a special guy who had a very high peak so all these guys would have trouble with him.

If you really look at Foreman and Liston's careers they are eerily similar.
Can't think of two guys more even in so many ways.
50-50 fight I think.

Louis, Holmes, Marciano, Tyson I think all beat him.

Not sure about the others. The Wlad we saw today couldn't have beat him, not even close.

[yancey]

On these matchups, is Foreman allowed to get away with the illegal push off moves he used against Frazier?

[Giancarlo]

On these matchups, is Foreman allowed to get away with the illegal push off moves he used against Frazier?

[jezzamundo]

Joe Louis KO6 Foreman (Foreman a live underdog to stop Louis, but gets KOd in the rematch if he does)
Foreman TKO6 Sonny Liston (Liston a live underdog)
Foreman TKO8 Rocky Marciano
Larry Holmes UD12 Foreman (Holmes down at least once)
Foreman TKO7 Riddick Bowe
Foreman Evander holyfield (Holyfield a live underdog to win a decision)
Foreman KO4 Mike Tyson
Foreman KO2 Wlad Klitschko (I'm giving Wlad the benefit of the doubt, he likely gets stopped in 1)
Foreman KO6 Lennox Lewis (Lewis live underdog to win a wide decision or stop Foreman late)