@Mal Function;a REAL warrior doesn't augment himself with artificial strength!! And he doesn't use his SKULL as a bludgeon!!

Holyfield deserves to be more famous and damn appriciated than iron mike thats a shame

Always headbutting. He's an all time great. But dirty as fuck.

@@nealesmith3529 fucking wrong

Headbutt Holyfield

How tough are nails?

@@sidhu139 Put it this way - you can hammer them into wood. Something that couldn't be done with you.

@@hyena131 😂😂😂

agree with everything apart from being an over achiever, he was as skilled a boxer as any

foreman was a t rex!

Best boxer in history...big George!

aaron pryor george 1st

@@richbrake9910 real good raw power, but Ali had the magic touch

@@biomadnesstrip Foreman was never the quickest puncher, but much slower during his '80s comeback. However, Foreman was a better technical fighter when he came back in the late '80s. Not a pretty style, but more efficient. Previous to that, he was just an overwhelming puncher, who relied on bullying opponents in the ring.

+xerakis I'm flashing back in my mind when he returned and fought Ray Mercer!

***** that's a scurrilous and libelous claim...unless you have proof keep it to yourself..Got it !

your point homeslice ?

+xerakis And a great human being too ! Respect.

he was awesome ...HOF'er ...

And Lewis dont forget about my Jamaican bred brother

A pity he had earlobes of flesh.

Ans dont forget George Foreman boxing skill is also elite

@@easygrin1127 Yeah Lennox was probably one of the best heavyweight boxers of all times.

Foreman said Tommy Morrison was the hardest he's ever been punched.

🤣🤣

Now that's class, he hit me in the 11th round and I went back to my corner and asked if he knocked all my teeth out....OUCH

@@randycrocker9459 I respect all other boxers, but I can't not love E'Holy!

@Fish boy He is just so damn humble and savage at the same time

“The Warrior “One of the greatest I seen ever Do it...Line em Holy will fight them... Man was a cruiserweight til he was bout 30...Went to heavyweight N was with all the 💨....

+jdilly1000 He also sounds like he's still got his marbles. He actually sounds more articulate here than he did in the nineties.

+polymath7 Like them punches knocked some sense into him lollll

He does. Real fighter. Real Champion 😆😆😆😆

jdilly1000 yeh top man,very genuine

polymath7 yep I though the same.Thank god because he seems like a down to earn bloke

dizzypilot not only am IA boxing I am also a mixed martial arts fan and participant. I'm not into golf, but I don't think we should disrespect it either. I have loved you forever back in the day and even today I still. better than any of that stupid pro wrestling. that's not a sport, it's a sports entertainment soap opera. it's funny how boxing and mixed martial arts put on that act as well. I hope one day they put the WWE out of business. golf deserves respect even though I don't care for it, because it's a real sport.. Pacquiao and Mayweather you are good. there's nobody else. it seems as though rates have reached their. Who and what's next?

I have tried golf and it's a difficult skill to develop. I have a lot of respect for the guys at the top. It takes years and thousands of hours to even be competitive.

i hate mma!

same thing goes foe archery

dizzypilot right on man holyfield don't get the respect he deserves !

George Foreman as a Heavyweight, is the hardest puncher ever, then Earnie Shavers, Ken Norton, Joe Louis, Joe Frazier, Mike Tyson, Riddick Bowe, Lennox Lewis, Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua and Evander Holyfield

***** Without a doubt.

+sirmighty loov Really was. Enjoyed watching Holyfield fight. He was not a natural heavyweight either, he moved up so most guys had a little size on him, but he took their shots. Foreman is my favorite, due to all he has done in his career inside and outside the ring, Ali close second for the being the greatest, Holyfield for shutting Tyson up. I think Holyfield deserves to be in there with those two.

has big dick too

siskaybee I agree.

fadethetrade Their common foe was Buster Douglas.

+Daniel Dunn This is the first time I see this video.I found it (related) by watching some Larry Holmes videos, but even before hearing Evander's words... I knew he would say Big George given the list of all boxers he faced (it was clearly going to be George, he's the biggest puncher of all times next to Shavers, and my favourite Heavyweight, and I emphasise the 'MY FAVOURITE' part). Anyways, I also got goosebumps :D

same

Not necessarily the hardest puncher. What he meant was that foreman hit him the hardest. Another boxer might've had a stronger punch, but if he didn't him holyfield with it, then it kind of becomes irrelevant.

+George Havenhand In a way he was the Sam Langford of the nineties. (5'7'', with the reach of someone 6'3" very crafty and a brutal puncher for his size.)

polymath7 You're right!!

Braxton was definitely in Evander's league, always put on a great fight and emptied the tank every time.

I’m going to have to look that one up.

foreman beat the snot out of him and he quit

Big George's trainer tells how when he trains in Houston there always some" street tuffies", that come up and say they can beat him, then the trainer said, yeah, till "The Champ" hits one time and then they decide this was a bad idea....Mr. Foreman is a bad somebody and i give him all the respect in the world for being just plain ol good person. He did his fight talking in the ring, the other talking was selling the best grill in the world... Got one and use it regular

67 ko's in 76 fights. Scary! How many got brain damage from him?

@@michaelfreeland2791 No one got brain damage from him. Why would you say that? These are professional boxers and there's been no account of someone getting brain damage from George Foreman. Because he had power? It's the long, drawn out brawls that causes dain bramage.

@@30over3 my guy you're saying you're saying you chekced all 67 Ko's from him ? I am pretty confident that a big majority have repercussions.

@@ant8041 Have you yourself checked all his KO's to see if any one of them got brain damage? I never said Foreman wasn't the strongest or most powerful puncher but let's get real!! Dude aint Superman.

Yep... Holyfield has beaten the best boxers during his career..the 3 hardest fights were Riddick Bowe, Dwight Muhammad Qawi and George Foreman

looknowtv he was created off planet.

He started the cheating both times when he fought Tyson. He head butted Tyson so much he got him bleeding and the refs didn’t do shit. Tyson was a better boxer

+Don0311 shit evander is holy warrior he can take punishment and keep going for his body size.

Holyfield is a punch drunk, dirty ass fighter who hides behind Jesus. True POS

Not to mention all the kids and affairs he has had. But AMEN hypocrite!!

Yes, but then again life is hard in top flight boxing, could be advice from trainers?

+Russell Davis Man of GOD!

Russell Davis our country is ran by thugs but I guess that's ok huh

He was a real gentlemen, minus the excessive cheating with headbutts, low blows, cheating on his wife all the time and hiding behind Jesus. Yea, swell guy. Oh, roused up also. SMH

Roided *

+Rayshawn Canonon Aside from his massive ego...and nothing wrong with that. He backed it up like the warrior he was.

+ReekoChet Even old Foreman dominated Qawi and Bert Cooper, both of whom gave Holyfield trouble.

I'm betting the opposite

ReekoChet yes Forman was the most powerful puncher in his prime

ReekoChet foreman was better when he got older to be honest he didn't have no stamina when he was younger when he got older he had more weight with his punches and stamina and a smarter fighter

Love Tyson in his prime, but Foreman would of destroyed Tyson, much harder hitter and alot stronger

Anyone who fought Evander better have been prepared. Evander was a class act.When he fought Tyson I told everyone Evander would just keep on coming and Mike would not know what to do. I was told I was crazy. I won a thousand dollars on each fight from the same man. Yes I was crazy but I wasn't broke. Lol

A classy drug cheat

Dude, the stare down he gave Tyson when Halpern gave the instructions, Tyson knew he had a fucking problem.

Tyson was a hard hitter but his power was extremely exaggerated because he had good speed so it look like he was hitting harder than he really was he was not a big man forman hit harder than he did and Holyfield really was not that far behind he sure took a lot of power shots Tyson did I meant to say Holyfield dished it out to him and beat the crap out of him

@@robertlulek1634 Mike had better body mechanics than probably all of the fighters in his day and probably most today as well. With his fists held in uppercut style, his punches were a lot more powerful than a boxer whose fists are turned sideways or downward (like a Muay Thai fighter) when he throws a punch.

@@realdealnealcrook8940 he still didn't hit as hard as people thought he was a hard hitter yes.But pitted best against best he would be destroyd. Even Joe Frazier would have put him on his ass much more how much more stamina similar styles. Joe Frazier's ferocious left hook was harder than anything that Tyson through. Watch the first fight with Ali how he put a big man like him on his ass. Ali literally flew up in the air when he hit him. and let's not even talk about Muhammad Ali fighting Mike Tyson in his prime he was blistering fast had a chin of granite and the heart of a Lion. Even in his later years there would be no way he would lose to buster Douglas evander holyfield etc

@@robertlulek1634 Nonsense. Tyson was easily a harder hitter than Frazier. He would have walked over him.

@@astrotrain21 you don't know that. Perhaps he hit harder with both hands but Fraser had a monstrous left hook. It put Muhammad Ali down remember that and Ali took everything that foreman put at him. And George Foreman definitely hit harder than Mike Tyson dead.Mike Tyson was overrated he was short 5 foot 10 he gave the illusion of a lot of power with his quick movements he was fast I'll give him that. I'm a former professional kickboxer and I know what I'm talkin about. Joe Frazier at ten times the heart that Mike Tyson had.. Mike Tyson got knocked out six times in his career I lost six times. He never fought late into the rounds often. Joe Frazier was a warrior and after a couple of rounds Tyson would be frustrated and the one down. I put my money on Frasier any day he is like a game or was like a game Pitbull. Tyson not so much

Nonsense

Nah.

thats a fact, but he is so fucking underrated

the only 4x HW champion of the world

he fought against elite fighters, he is the best in my opinion

I've never heard Evander talk properly. Not even when he was in the amateurs.

A man who can talk of his competitors and honor their skills without dishonoring his own is talking properly. No false pride, no false humility, that was a man talking.

He's barely been able to speak English from day 1. Like many boxers.

Listen to Riddick Bowes words . Worst than Tyson and holyfields

Holyfield is really bad now his brain is mush

Is he dead

😂😂 No he is not. He is, talking about what would have happened. If they met in foreman's prime. But actually it wont be that big of a difference, foreman's style is based on true power even when he was 25, it was always about power thats why he could come back and still win, cause his power never went away.

Also, keep in mind that Old Foreman was a completely diferent man compared to Young Foreman. Old Foreman had made some changes to his fighting style on a technical level, as well he had experience under the belt.

Holyfield could still take ‘74 Foreman because Holyfield is a much smarter fighter. Now old Foreman’s brain in ‘74 Foreman’s body would murder heavyweight boxing because that Foreman would murder every heavyweight boxer he fought...

Daniel Henderson yes except Ali

That's straight facts bro. Agreed

You know your boxing, bro! Kudos.

BlackLatinCeaser Would you place Lennox Lewis lower then Holyfield?

Paul Bredewoud good question.

Paul Bredewoud Yes because Holyfield could take it as well as dish it out. Lewis coukd box BUT had a glass jaw.

Steve James, I wish I had said that. Yes, gentle GIANT Evander Holyfield is.🙏

Can you please recommend the greatest boxing matches? I'm collecting them

+MMM MMM holyfield had 2 other good fights 1 vs dokes and the 1st fight with alex stewart, his fight vs bert cooper was a barn burner while it lasted

+Matt Barringer Yeah, but Foreman pimp slapped him all over the place, just as he did Bert Cooper (who also gave Holyfield trouble). .Styles truly make fights.

+Darrell Nepia Yeah, Qawi was a monster. Apart from the fear factor I feel that whoever fought him knew that he had to give it 100% and then find 50% more in order to win. Guys like Qawi remind you that there are far easier professions to make money.

MMM MMM Muhammad Ali vs joe Frazier both fights

I think there's an argument to be made that Foreman is the GOAT. Not saying he is or isn't, but he's part of that conversation, considering what he did over decades. People thought he might kill Ali before they fought, but Ali pulled off perhaps the greatest fight in heavyweight history. George was never knocked out again, before or after. People just tend to remember that Ali fight. Foreman crushed Frazier twice and had a ton of other great wins. It kind of makes sense that he still had the power - that's probably the last thing to go. It's just amazing that he could stand in the ring and take pummelings without ever going down. Legend.

He was hard to understand at 17. Just how he talks.

@@Orange6921 Nah, I agree, Holyfield was always a little hard to understand b/c of his Alabama and Georgia upbringing, but he was sounding terrible just a few years ago, slurring and punch drunk and much less articulate, but for the past year and a half it's like this huge improvement, like he was reborn, which makes me so happy.

@@joeblough261 He is going on 60 now so different types of health issues can weaken you more. I have seen countless examples of fighters whose speech slurred bad late in or after their career, but Evanders speech never changed in his career.

@@joeblough261 You don't reverse brain damage, so the fact you think he sounds better now pretty much proves he is not suffering from it.

Chubby Catfish - But it was a real life Rocky match with Holyfield winning. Rocky 2 happened when Foreman beat Moorer.

GLAD IT WENT LIKE IT DID AND I WOULD SAY GEORGE WOULD AGREE WITH ME HE IS JUST THAT MUCH OF A GENTLEMAN

@@danielhenderson8316 Good point

WTF are you serious?

The 5th Danger

I have also never been in a fight since I learned to fight. I think that's part of it. Discipline.

The 5th Danger nice story. Great memories I’m sure, besides the beat down lol. It’s the tougher and trained guys who don’t need to pick fights

Training years are the happiest too since all anger and frustration are washed away at the gym, you go home tired and in peace just wanting rest. Trading punches over time helps in dealing with emotions as you manage to control yourself a bit more, I had an issue with my left dropping so an assistant was placed to my left during mitt training to sock me everytime my hand went south; for a while I would flinch and try to guard up any time someone stood close to me.

That's a nice story Thanks for sharing

+Matt Barringer i would say hagler was tougher, never hurt, only down once (and replys show the guy stood on his foot) where as evander was hurt many many times and stopped and dropped a few. there are fighters with way better chins etc. what evander did have was a huge heart.

+mogwai250 I think that was what Matt said. Warrior is more about heart, not chin. And I also believe Hagler is a warrior himself, but perhaps the context is on the heavy weight.

+SluggerKostya i understand that. but in terms of pure toughness people like halger, lamotta, and Chuvalo were way above holyfield.

+SluggerKostya + hagler was a damn good fighter to...very tough

+mogwai250 Hagler?.. Hagler only fought fighters from the lighter weight classes. journeymen and bums. Ray Leonard came out of retirement after over 3yrs and whooped Haglers butt. Hagler gets vastly overrated.

Na minha opinião, era inteligente para lutar, ficava muito na defensiva. Eu não gostava da forma com que ele lutava. Respeito sua opinião, claro. Mas o maior que eu vi, inigualável, Tyson, um monstro explosivo

He NEVER said any such thing!

Source? Holyfield mastered tyson twice.

Here we go again with the mythical prime Tyson

@@TheGoodFightTV Especially from people who know NOTHING about Boxing!

@@thespy7795 He did, and I'll find the clip again. It's on youtube.