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Title: George Wins Gold - 1968
Post by: Gym Rat on August 30, 2023, 11:27:13 PM

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Title: Re: George Wins Gold - 1968
Post by: Cook on August 31, 2023, 12:37:00 AM
I remember that.He walked around with a little American flag after he won
Title: Re: George Wins Gold - 1968
Post by: GymnJuice on August 31, 2023, 03:59:13 AM
Saw the bio on netflix recently. He said this was his proudest moment.
Title: Re: George Wins Gold - 1968
Post by: Darren Avey on August 31, 2023, 04:03:14 AM
Bad ass. I'd love to see these mma thinks with their tribal tattoos fuck with Big George
Title: Re: George Wins Gold - 1968
Post by: beakdoctor on August 31, 2023, 05:08:09 AM
George had freakish power. Hit harder than Sonny Liston. Talk about heavy hands. Even relatively glancing shots would lay people out. I personally will never forget his k.o. of Michael Moorer.The punch that ended Moorer looked like nothing special,  a very casual 1-2 combination.  George threw that combo at least a dozen times in the fight and by the 10th rd. His punches had lost a little steam but with George all it took was one punch. Who knows how great he would've been had he not retired for 10 years at his peak.
Title: Re: George Wins Gold - 1968
Post by: Gym Rat on August 31, 2023, 05:10:07 AM
A 19 year old kid in a large mans body (1968) one of my favorite fighters of all time...
Title: Re: George Wins Gold - 1968
Post by: Cook on August 31, 2023, 05:12:27 AM
A 19 year old kid in a large mans body (1968) one of my favorite fighters of all time...
A big old country brother from East Texas.They grow em big out there.
Title: Re: George Wins Gold - 1968
Post by: IroNat on August 31, 2023, 05:26:18 AM
Some observations:

The Russian was a good fighter.
Foreman took some solid shots, especially early in the fight.
Foreman was not a great technical boxer.  Kind of sloppy.  Got hit a lot.
Why did the ref stop the fight? 
Foreman described as "19 years old, working as an instructor in a Job Corp Center".  That's a laugh.
Title: Re: George Wins Gold - 1968
Post by: Irongrip400 on August 31, 2023, 07:37:53 AM
Just watched this movie the other night on netflix, Big George. It just goes to show how poor direction and production can fuck up a relatively good story. Movie sucked ass.
Title: Re: George Wins Gold - 1968
Post by: wes on August 31, 2023, 07:44:15 AM
I remember that.He walked around with a little American flag after he won
Yup,no fist raised in a black power salute like the track athletes that won that year.......that incident took eyes off of Foremans impressive American hero type victory as it was all the news talked about.

One of my favorite boxers ever,good announcer/play by play man,and seems like an overall great person............he made a damn good grill too.  :D
Title: Re: George Wins Gold - 1968
Post by: Cook on August 31, 2023, 07:59:26 AM
Yup,no fist raised in a black power salute like the track athletes that won that year.......that incident took eyes off of Foremans impressive American hero type victory as it was all the news talked about.

One of my favorite boxers ever,good announcer/play by play man,and seems like an overall great person............he made a damn good grill too.  :D
yes I have always thought highly of big George