January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

of there in a hurry or face the same fate himself.|
|1/28/05 02:55:23 AM|Massimo |Roma||4||||10|I don't think the first version of
Foreman would have knocked out the second one. The second one was insensitive to
punches or at least he could take them in a chuvalian way. Foreman never went
down in his second career and was hit by such fighters as Moorer, Camposanto,
Gunn, Stewart, Cooper and Cooney. Very likely the first George would have
outpointed the second George, but the second George would have had a decent
chance at winning by KO. Maybe he would have beaten the first one by using the
rope a dope and saying " That's all you got George ?". |
|1/28/05 03:15:49 AM|Noam|same||same||||10|MassimoI don't think the
first George could have outpointed the second George. The first George was too
impatient and would not have gone the distance to get a decision.
However, the second George still had the power to beat the first George.
My guess would be a 9, 10 or 11 round knockout by the second George over the
first.|
|1/28/05 04:19:56 AM|Massimo |Roma||4||||10|Noam-It sounds a little odd
(or strange) to say that an over 40 years old version of a guy would have beaten
the same guy in his 20s, but I think it's quite possible.|
|1/28/05 01:09:12 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Two things
that Foreman lost in his forties as opposed to his twenties were his hand speed
and his foot speed. That is why Tommy Morrison was able to stay away from
Foreman and pile up the points. It is also why he was outpointed by champion
Evander Holyfield as George just couldn't match Evander's work output. Just as
it was the reason he would have lost to Michael Moorer if Moorer had decided to
stay away from him for the remainder of their bout.A combined Young and
Old Foreman would have dominated Holyfield, Moorer, and Morrison as well as a
lot of others. I would also favor Young Foreman over all of these
fighters.The speed and mobility advantages would favor the younger
version of Foreman if Young Foreman verses Old Foreman were possible. What
makes such a match up interesting is the intangible of the older Foreman's
mental advantage of the wisdom that can come with age.The younger
Foreman could pace himself if he wanted to because he did so in going ten rounds
with Gregorio Peralta but young Foreman often chose not to do so. Instead he
would rely on knocking his opponents out early, which worked most of the
time.All that being said, I don't know who would win in a Young Foreman
verses Old Foreman. It wouldn't suprise me the older version would win though
as if anyone would know how the young Foreman was thinking it would be the old
Foreman.|
|1/28/05 03:34:59 PM|Noam|same||same||||10|MassimoI agree. If the young
George could fight smart and keep away from the old George, then he would
probably win. But the young George was never smart enough to do that. And he
didn't have the patience.So at some stage the old George would land a
haymaker on the young George. Lights out, folks. Afterwards, while the young
George is out the back having apparitions and making excuses, the old George is
talking to the press, smiling, and making more money. |
|1/28/05 04:07:14 PM|Massimo |Roma||4||||10|I was wondering about 1 thing: is it
possible that the Old Foreman could take a punch better than the Young Foreman ?
The Young Giorgio was knocked down by Ali', Young and Lyle while the Old Giorgio
was never knocked down. Is it possible that getting old can make your chin
better ? Cassio Marcello Clay was knocked down by Sonny Banks and Enrico Cooper
and hurt once by Doug Jones, while, on the other hand, Muhammad Ali' was able to
take bombs from Shavers, Foreman, Norton, Lyle and Frazier ( almost always). I
don't know, I was just wondering.|
|1/28/05 06:36:48 PM|Howard C|Louisville||howardc||||10|Say what ? Kent gets
'outted' for being some guy called Muffinman, but instead of taking the rap he
brings me in to it. Somehow I am supposed to be the Muffinman, Looney Bin and
Tune (are they brothers), and some nut called Kook Koo Clock, all rolled into