https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_uvNtw_el4
On November 5, 1994, at the MGM Grand in Paradise, Nevada, “Big” George Foreman (76-5-0, 68 KOs) squared off against then-undefeated Michael “Double M” Moorer (52-4-1, 40 KOs) for the WBA/IBF/Lineal Heavyweight Championships in a classic bout.
Former two time heavyweight world champion George Foreman is widely recognized as one of the greatest heavyweights of all time, and for very good reason.
45 years ago a raw, crude even, yet immensely powerful Texan ruled the heavyweight division. George Foreman, a man capable of lifting an opponent clean off the canvas, but at the same time prone to falling out of position and becoming off balance, was far from polished but his frightening punching power made up for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_uvNtw_el4
Heavyweight legend George Foreman had some truly incredible career, or careers. It could be argued how the world actually saw two George Foremans: the big, bad and brooding 1970s version, who was a lethal and freakishly strong puncher who was also prone to run out of stamina if extended beyond a few rounds, and the jovial but still big and bad 1990s version, who was an amazingly relaxed fighter more than capable of going the full 12-rounds should the sledgehammer KO not produce itself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiCY3mqOMCY
This writer: “Champ, how on earth did a fight between two massive punchers, yourself and Tommy Morrison, go the distance?”
It was the closest heavyweight legends George Foreman and Mike Tyson ever came to fighting one another; in fact the plan was for the two big punchers to collide later that year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDWA_XyCvew
Who really won the epic fight that took place in October of 1974 – Muhammad Ali or George Foreman? Of course we KNOW who won the actual fight: Ali, with style and nerve, proved to be too much for a speedily depleted Foreman, who ran out of gas after just five rounds and was taken out soon after.
The great Vasyl Lomachenko did it in his last fight – he fought not only his ring foe but also a torn shoulder – and over the long years of this exceptional sport we all love so dearly we have witnessed other examples of sheer bravery.
Three decades ago today, heavyweight legend George Foreman was less than ten fights into his unlikely comeback; his return to the ring having taken place in March of 1987 after a ten-year layoff.
You remember Steve Zouski, don’t you?
Chances are precious few fight fans do remember Zouski, yet the heavyweight battler who turned pro back in 1978 (winning his first 12 bouts, most of them by KO) and who went on to become a journeyman/trial horse in the ’80s and early 90’s holds a unique distinction: Zouski was the very first opponent former heavyweight king “Big” George Foreman faced when launching his unlikely 1987 comeback.