I have said this before too It’s a record that won’t be beaten.

yeah, I think it was heavily dependant on how he fights as well, he is more on strength and power than mobility which is less affected by age

@@joesr31 The last thing you lose as a heavywights your power. Muhammad Ali said when he is 50 years old than you maybe get him.

unbelievalble! he even had trouble going down to his knees after the fight 💪

The greatest imo

Yea that shit was insane lol. He didn’t land a single punch tho, but that literally looked like rocky 4 in the first rounds when the Russian is whooping him

Damn right, incredibly tough.

Hell yes, I was just about to comment the same thing. Listen to the sound of those shots. Sometimes the worst thing a fighter can be is too tough to go down. Usually shows itself in a fighter's 50s.

Tough guy, for sure. Ouch

Yea if there was a stat or record of who can survive an ass whoopin. Are we really celebrating the guy who took the most punches.

The fight I always wanted to see was Foreman vs L. Holmes. WOW!

@danient8734 boxers like Holmes frustrated George. I'd totally be for Foreman but I don't think he could win. Holmes would probably win on points

I agree, Holmes was the Muhammad Ali type of boxer, jab, quickness, footwork, I think he would beat Foreman too.

​@danient8734 think Foreman would have been to tough for Holmes

@@pauldark3044 Great question! The thing about fights, is that you don't really know until they actually fight. I think it would be a very entertaining fight. Holmes fought (2 times) and beat a very hard puncher in E. Shavers. I think Holmes chin would hold up against a Foreman onslaught, he probably would be knocked down, just like in the E. Shavers fight, however I believe his superior jab, foot work and skill set would prove to be too much for 'Big George.' Foreman always fought flat-footed, he literally drug his back leg when he moved about the ring. I think he would be a stationary target 🎯 for L. Holmes to hit with that jab. I like Foreman, but I don't think he had enough to be L. Holmes. But hey, I'm not a boxing expert. Lol

I know, right!

Bro could easily break ribs and jaws if he would have added any more lower body movement to his punches

He probobly could take random shot trying not to kill someone

He probably would have killed people had he not been that considerate.

After ali big George was the greatest

Right? That knock out of Cooney was one of a kind. Nobody throws an uppercut like Big George. That's why Cus knew Tyson should of stay away from Foreman.

I replayed it and still dont believe it

It was just like Jersey Joe's ko of Ezzard Charles .

​@@fiucik1 actually Jersey Joe Walcott knocked out Ezzard Charles exactly like that, minus the follow-up punch

@@thomashightower7881 True, I stand corrected. Actually Jersey Joe was the oldest heavyweight champion before Big George broke his record and by some margin. Also, love the commentators wondering if Cooney can survive this round, cause his got a minute and...ooooooh 😀 And great job by Joe Cortez, he knew that Gerry was out after that uppercut, and was trying to stop Foreman from landing that right hand, but George had to be sure, that Cooney was not getting up this time. Side note: in a post fight interview George called out Iron Mike, who was still undisputed champion at that time, saying that he will make even quicker job on him. And he destroyed Cooney in 2 rounds... 😀

He would be called lil george foreman today lmao imagine what would FURY do to him 😂 ghettogagged 💀

@@smackingnoobsonfriday134 Fury is very good, but prime Foreman knocks out Fury in round one. 80's/early 90's Foreman knocks out Fury in 4.

Every body says Ali is the greatest.,. But whoever watched that bout knows how Foremen fought initial rounds of the match... He beat Ali in every round of the match except the round of knockout.... Foreman is a better boxer than Ali🤔

@@smackingnoobsonfriday134 Foreman was better than Fury. Fury does not have the chin to withstand that power. Fury has an amazing heart, though.

@@smackingnoobsonfriday134 Ah, it seems that we have a comedian in the group. Don't quit your day job, funny man!

"he hit me ONE TIME, and I walked to my corner and said 'did he knock all my teeth out'" a legendary boxer

He got that feeling because when a guy has a pair of logs as arms and anvils as hands, when he lands a perfect hit the feeling you get is just numbness, the pain only comes afterwards. George was a boxer that used to knock people out with glancing blows.

Like Holyfield said, "he hits you, he hurts you."

Float like a Mac truck and sting like a freight train

like a truck filled with big Macs and freight train of quarter pounders GO George.@@ringofasho7721

Imagine if FURY existed in that time 😂 foreman would get GHETTOGAGGED 💀 6,3 230 lbs max about an average heavyweight today 😂 they would've call him lil george today 😂 FURY way bigger faster hit harder better movement better IQ better chine etc 💀 foreman got knockdown by 180 lbs 19 BUM jimmy young ffs imagine what would FURY do to him 🤣

@@smackingnoobsonfriday134 Dude, I don't know what you're smoking, and I don't really wanna know, but stop embarrassing yourself...

@@smackingnoobsonfriday134 Would you SHUT IT already! And get HELP

Cooney was out on his feet from the walking uppercut and that right was just to put him on the canvas.🥊

Jerry seemed completely out before that right.

It showed the greatness of the era (George, Frazier, Ali, Norton, etc....), those guys weren't no joke!!!!

​@L Lindsey : I used to rush home from work, back in the late 90s, just to watch the old fights being shown on ESPN 2 (I think that's what channel it was.... so long ago). My favorites were all the greats from the late 60s and 70s.

That shot was as straight as a missle.

Agreed!

I remember what a big stink Moorer made about it after the fight. Yes, Moorer had been winning the fight, but you can't win the fight if you don't finish the fight.

Nigga thats hella cap

@@oliverouraha7425 Still cap

@@oliverouraha7425 How did Foreman have a weak chin and lack power, tell me I won't judge

@@oliverouraha7425 Wasn't even known for footwork or defense tf?

​@@reggiel-fx6dyits bait, don't even bother

PERFECTLY said. I don't understand why these are all on his comeback tour

​@@lunaticfringe896Because they want to promote his new movie, and his comeback was when people say he "became a good person"

The Cooney KO was sick too.

Too true

Yes because Frazier and Norton were some of the all time greats in a very competitive era and George just destroyed them. These guys were not of that caliber.

I remember watching it live in a bar and going absolutly crazy.

I watched it live also, that right cross was deadly

also so pleased for him about how happy he looks when the crowd roars their approval when he was being introduced in the moore-foreman fight.

Ali also had two different careers. The crazy fast butterfly of the 1960s, and after his three year exile he came back as a boxer/bruiser.

He has two more careers: he became a preacher, and a businessman. He was immensely successful in those careers too.

@philmccrackin9260 Guys like him do worry my because they take so much punishment and keep fighting. George Chuvalo, in his older, years seemed to be on a mental decline but it is hard to say how much was just due to age related decline. Jake LaMotta, arguably the best chin ever, was extremely sharp into his 90's. Jake tool an unbelievable about of punishment in his career. I am not sure what became of Texas Cob after boxing. He is another that although lacking skill just could not be hurt.

@@bobbywise2313 Jake LaMotta had that Roman centurion strength in him.

@@bobbywise2313 Tex became a movie actor.

Bruh foreman punches is cutting up your damn face wtf

@@bobbywise2313yea guys like him don’t want the fans to waste there money so fans are hypocritical at times because if he quits people wasted there money if he stays an fights an takes a beating is better for the fans because it will be just a loss not a quit that’s why some of them take the beating

Same

Ik right it’s crazy to think about how even out of his prime he was doing great

Just looking at the punch alone, it doesn't appear to be that strong, like he isn't really throwing it. Of course, when the back of the guy's head hits his shoulder blades, you can tell the incredible power behind them.

For my money, Liston had an even more terrific jab.

The Cooney fight how Foreman walks out does a small shimmy and then smash! Uppercut. And then gives him the goodnight kiss with the cross! Oh baby Forman is the man

Imagine if FURY existed in that time 😂 foreman would get GHETTOGAGGED 💀 no way he surpass 1st round 😂 way too slow no footwork he don't even put his hands ffs 😂 FURY by 10 seconds ko 💀

Foreman fought bin men and glass jaws in the 90s, any decent opposition he faced he lost to or they were robbed. Only win of note in the 90s was Moorer

Nobody could knock him out at his old age. Thats pretty impressive on his behalf 💪🏾

@@abo3258 actually that is impressive

@@smackingnoobsonfriday134 furry getting cooked by 70s George

Sneaky ass combos

Yup, looks very slow but the power just kills you.

He made the mistake of just wasting away his stamina throwing bombs against Ali and he reflected for 10 years and figured out that he could just fight more relaxed and make his shots count rather than throwing all your weight on them in a swarmer boxing style. Even being slightly overweight when he was older, he could fight for much longer in comparison to his first tenure. This time, he still had a granite chin and a lot more wisdom and experience behind him, he just had to make sure not to waste energy for nothing and connect his shots well.

I have a cobblers Anvil, and I wanted to understand George's punch, so I went outside and punched a tree with it, and even at low speeds the impact is major and jarring

​@@fuckzogtubeyou just described the the best boxer in history

Yeah that was tough to watch, though I have many times. I'm amazing he lived

One of my favorite knockouts ever. The walking uppercut. And that moment right after, when referee Joe Cortez and the commentators already know that Cooney is out, but George had to know for sure and end it right then and there and throws another right hand.

Cooney still can feel those shots 😅

Cooney’s great grandchildren will still feel that last one.

Agree,just brutal lol Also love the Tyson Marvis Frazier KO.

George having the last name Foreman is appropriate as he has the strength of four men

and super rich, famous, and an enternainer, a speaker.

WOW! Didn't know that, but it makes sense! I remember Gil Clancy making the comment that Moorer got 14 stitches in the lip from that one pig punch 👊 🥊.

Whoa

You can actually see his mouth gaurd fly out of his mouth! It's insane!

BRO WHAT

After 9 rounds, Moorer was ahead on all 3 scorecards .... he did give George a heck of a fight ....

U seen him hitting the bag at 70?

Não havia mais necessidade do cruzado, Foreman era perverso e os fãs adoram este tipo de comportamento. Poderia ter matado Cooney. Isso seria realmente bom para o esporte?

There was no need for the crusader anymore, Foreman was viciou and fans love this linda of behavior. He could haver killed Cooney. Would that really be good for the sport?

Knocked him into cartoon land.

Cooney landed like he was thrown from a helicopter

Just imagine the feeling of despair in that ring when you are a trained heavyweight and after dishing out everything you got, the man just keeps on chasing you, literally unfazed. I bet it was like a horror movie for some of these fighters like you're fighting jason vorhees or something

A slab of super-heavy concrete that keeps hitting you in the face with the butt-end of a 2x4.

Its more like fighting someone thats hitting you with a sledgehammer and you have to suck it up and pretend it didnt hurt.

Not to mention that wrecking ball for a head! 😬

but Ali is an anti tank bazooka😅

Moore was well ahead on points but the round before the knockout was when George started landing some good rights. However he wants really putting everything into them. He was getting the timing down and making Moore think that was the best he had. Moore had a false sense that George had nothing left and fell right into the trap. I recall George throwing a lazy jab and then throwing a right in which you could see his hip turn with the punch. Moore never knew what hit him.

George has a ton of knockouts where it didn't look like a hard shot but the guy goes down, he's got tons of power

Hbo Legendary nights featured this fight. It shows another angle of Moorer trying to get up, and his eyes were totally crossed

Totally agree. The first time I saw this I was like what the fu... But then from the other angle you understand why. Also, just looking at Moorer's face. And I've heard that punch was so hard, that it actually broken Moorer's mouthpiece in half. And looking at the Frazier fight, when George becomes the heavyweight champion for the first time. Joe goes down after the seemingly light punches as well. Big George was the definition of heavy handed.

Yeah the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand. ~Big Gorge

Bars

Only Ali maybe have better technic than George in boxing history Foreman can boxing different style he's a top out-fighter a top in-fighter lot of style for defense skills with very high precision with his punchs very fast puncher with combination he also the predator who change his position or yours every 10 second and open new target . He moves others like a heavy bag in training he manipulate u in the ring like a doll He had a perfect footwork He's the perfect fighter for HW. Better have 20% of foreman than 100% of technic of current fighters

In my opinion Larry Holmes was more technical, and very powerful too, Michelle Spinks when he turned to the heavy weight class, he was very technical and owned the speed, but wasn't in that class of power and durablety. Foreman was great, but he wasn't so smart and he also didn't have much speed , any way he didn't need it . He had the most important advantage that made him one of the kings in the boxing history , he had a heart of a lion and a fist like titanium , plus he was the most muscular guy in that era, he had thick heavy muscles and a high bone density , its obvious that no one had this frame .

Prime Holmes was a good copy of Ali thats true he had faster jabs than George but George still better for all others skills. Lewis and Klitchko have a very strong jabs similar to geroge they can finish others just with jabs Spinks was good too but here we talk about the great George with a very high level in boxing . people think that George was not smart because they think always about his fight with Ali. but for this fight george was so bad like a zombie face and only fake ropes dirty atmosphere in Zair and trashtalking make him angry and lost the fight and Ali knew about that and never want a rematch with him. about speed ,Fraizer is the most faster defense fighter ever he was the kind of guy who can move all 3min 12 rounds ,it was impossible to touch prime Fraizer when he moves and he was so dangerous in counter but George show to the world how to get that man , believe me u need to be so fast and so technic to touch Joe Fraizer. even Ali found lot of problems with him and start to use the George style in his second Fight with fraizer. certenlly big george lost speed and reflex but he invent some new skills like his bloc hands(defense skills). that man is a university in boxing world . i like when he took fighters with his two hands and turn them to other position or when he start with his push and punchs. i never saw a fighter in HW dominate others like George he did . 81 fights 68 ko he had the record and look like he never was in a ring with all kind of champions thats proove who was Foreman. others champions fought 40 max 50 and finish their life with mental or health problems . like u say he never get tired i remember him sometimes between rounds he never sit down he's f** machine ,he can be intense for 12 rounds even at 45y.o . for me is a steamroller with no step for back in the ring no matter who u are or ur boxing style he will dominate u and crash u.

@@entertainmentworld4224 You're right , at the end every legend of those had a different style, and was the real beauty of boxing and every other sport.

@@hatemfarouk4455 And Larry had a helluva jab. Underrated.

Yes

he's not even that big.. 6'3" 220lbs.. very weak HW era.

He knocks out guys and makes It look easy

It wasn't effortless back in the seventies.

Even in his younger years he didn't use his legs to generate power. I've always found that fascinating. Not a lot of torso action either.

@@VillainCollector1 The only way to do what he's doing is to have such incredible strength and core that he doesnt need the gyration and momentum to add force, he just muscles out a punch and follows through with his entire body braced into it which is pretty crazy.

And broke his mouth guard.

That's what they all say🤪😝

What are you , like 15 ?

@tomhearns143 mental help you need

Nobody EVER ate punches like that from Foreman. I had never seen that fight and I am floored by that man’s durability. Holy shit can you imagine how long he was having migraines after that fight?

@@MechAdv Check out Foreman vs Chuvalo. George was bombing him badly, but he didn't go down.

I had not heard Ali say that,,,, but if he did the most truthful thing he ever said.

Foreman had a steel chin to go with legendary power. Having said that, Tyson probably beats Foreman post comeback. In his youth, Foreman beats Tyson most of the time.

Tyson was fast, scary and aggressive and he almost never got hit, but he eventually showed that he couldn’t take a punch. I think George would’ve knocked him out fairly easily.

I want to see it, too

Great movie

I can't stand Ali, so that's a safe statement

Never could stand Ali, so no problem liking Foreman more.

Top 30?!!!????!! I think more like top 5, or top 8 at worst...

@@milojanis4901 There's so many great boxers a lot of people don't know about. Top 30 is a huge compliment.

E Maguila foi pra trocação franca com a mão mais pesada da história do boxe. 🤦🏽‍♂️

Moore had eaten several good rights but appeared ok up till the knockout. But I agree those shots had to do some damage.

I really enjoyed the movie, wish it would have done better.

I remember being a young fella and thinking "Holyfield's gonna kill this fossil". It ended up being one of the better fights in the sport. Holyfield had a beard's beard, because Big George hit him with shots that would expire lesser men. The respect everyone had for George after that loss was almost as good as a win.

Fury is a mobile Gerry Cooney 😅

Would last a few rounds. Big George body shots would crush Furry.