Did Foreman Really Want Tyson? Would He Have Won?

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Strange, I watched that last night. Yeah I think he wanted him. Might have won too if he got him early enough, Im of the opinion George went down hill pretty steep as the 90s wet on (unsurprisingly given his age). By post prison period Mike would have PUT HIM I A PINE BOX!

 

Tyson KO 1

 

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1996 Tyson vs 1996 George??? Not strictly a MM- this one very nearly came off from what I can gather.

I think George wanted him in 1988/1989 for sure.

Nice shiner he got from the relic of Gerry Cooney. ::

 

96 vs 96, Tyson KO 3

89, 90? More interesting

 

I'd say King wanted the fight, Foreman wanted the fight, and Tyson didn't. Lets face it, it was megabucks to the nth degree. Tyson probably didn't like the idea of fighting a guy who was innately a bigger bully than him, Mike, but was more popular than him at the same time. Mike could always be fucked with, upstairs, and Foreman was just the man to do it. Remember, Foreman hardened up and wised up considerably post-Ali, Mike was always a bit fragile upstairs and got worse, not better.

Anyways nice to see Foreman throwing out props to guys that rarely cross the mind of the average fan when it comes to power, especially Williams who is barely known to the casual fan. Foreman been around.

 

Big George matches up well stylewise with Mike and has the strength to push him back. However i believe he was just too slow to cope with Mike's hand speed.

 

I read that tyson didn't want Foreman "you fight that monster" (or something) to King when subject was broached...
Tyson would have won, though.

 

word.

 

please.

Tyson destroys him at any point after 86

 

Tyson would have obliterated him. Come on now.

 

Tyson can't fight backing up and Foreman can't BE backed up. There in lies the problem for Mike. If Mike can't knock him out early (and don't get me wrong,60% chance he does) then George is his daddy.

 

No he wouldn't be. Tyson would just keep him honest for 12 rounds. Easy fight.

 

Here's the Ring Magazine cover from November 1990. So it was talked about at least.

 

Really strange. I watched this last night as well :scratcher:

 

If this is the Letterman clip then I watched this last week. Spooky.

 

I, too, watched it very recently. Within the last month.

 

Hmmmmm. It seems God wants us to know Foreman could have won. Revelations in the modern digital age. If somebodies laptop catches fire then........:scared2:

 

Youz jus fucken stirrin' it up to make the current bitch-era look better! :crafty:, contemplating fucken Foreman vs '88 Tyson you squeaky pink German-american conk. :stir:

 

As ever, your posts get my "Seal" of approval.:egypt:

 

Tyson would have been afraid to fight Foreman.

Tyson always said Cus told him Foreman is the one guy he should never fight. I think stylistically Tyson is made to order for Foreman...obviously based on the Frazier fights.

While Tyson was a better fighter than Frazier even that version of Foreman would have intimidated Mike.

I like Mike to win the fight but I think he gets rocked multiple times along the way.

 

Seal must surely have annihilated that shit by now,..that scorched clacker would be like a salt squealed octopus, bubbles, burns, blisters, mushrooms,.. he'd have made it his own. Conversely,.. Halle Berry neednt America's covetted health insurance, for we know she's still very healthy,..:crafty: very healthy indeed, too healthy,..that's why she sacked little sandy the displeasurable. :crafty:

 

I wouldn't say it "seals" quite as effectively as it used to. Those areas have been drilled. Permanently. Yes they havvvvaaaahhhh!!!!:Steve-Dave/MMA:

 

I think Halle's break-up says something about us all.

:crafty: it doesaaaaah.

 

I a huge foreman fan and I always thought you can't deny the Tyson-Frazier comparison, shorter swarmers and George clubbing them.

But thing is.. Tysons crazy thing was not power so much as speed, his speed was ridiculous and Im afraid he'd be too fst for George

 

foreman was all wrong for Tyson. A young Foreman kills Tyson.

 

I think Foreman wanted the fight because Foreman likes money.

Tyson couldn't take the fight because it was a ridiculous joke at first and then he met Desiree and around that time Foreman showed that he actually was decent.

But, Tommy Morrison beat Foreman easily so thinking Foreman would beat Tyson is just wishful thinking. Tyson either gets rid of him early or coasts to a Ruddock 2 type win.

 

Their promotional ties sure didn't help. Foreman was offered a Tyson fight around the 1989-90 for $5 million, and turned it down because he said he was "more scared of signing on the dotted line with Don King than scared of Mike Tyson".

My guess is that King demanded future options on George. Foreman and Arum weren't about to let that happen.

Plus $5 million seems like a low-ball offer considering how much Foreman got to fight Holyfield.