George Wins Gold - 1968

[Gym Rat]

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[Cook]

I remember that.He walked around with a little American flag after he won

[GymnJuice]

Saw the bio on netflix recently. He said this was his proudest moment.

[Darren Avey]

Bad ass. I'd love to see these mma thinks with their tribal tattoos fuck with Big George

[beakdoctor]

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.

[Gym Rat]

A 19 year old kid in a large mans body (1968) one of my favorite fighters of all time...

[Cook]

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.

[IroNat]

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.

[Irongrip400]

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.

[wes]

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. 

[Cook]

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. 

yes I have always thought highly of big George