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George Foreman Vs Larry Holmes?

If you watched boxing in the late 80′s you were screaming for a fight between these two legends. Foreman was just starting his comeback and Holmes had just lost two fights to Spinks. What would have happened and what would be the result in a 15 round fight.

I have always maintained that Young George and Old George are two very different fighters. Only the power is the same. Old George made better use of the power. Old Larry had the same jab, a little slower, and no legs. Both fighters changed in so many ways over the years.

I think Old George might actually have had the tools to beat Larry. I DONT think George believed that because it was always Larry who initiated the invitation for a fight and George who stopped it from happening.

Old Larry picked off Ray Mercer because Mercer fought a dumb fight. Larry was smart. George is much smarter than Mercer too and he would not allow Larry to do the things he did against Mercer. Against Old George, Larry would have to move a little.

IF you are going to stick with REAL TIME (meaning not putting Larry 80 against George 75 or changing the time in any way) then you must take each fighter as he is at any given time. Only ten months separtes them in age. So I will stick with real time.

IF they had fought in the late 80s Larry would win. He still had enough to deal with George’s power and George was just beginning his comeback. Larry would have derailed BIG George’s comeback by KO in the 11th.

As time moved on, George improved from the early days of his comeback. He learned to pace himself and maintained his power. With clean living he was just a very strong man who could bang with many of the big boys. George openly admitted to avoiding Lennox Lewis and I dont blame him. Old Larry would not have posed the same threat. Tho he didnt decline much, he did show signs of slippage.
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The bottom line is that Larry, the boxer, loses MORE of what made him great, (Speed, Balance, Stamina), Than George loses what made HIM great, (Power, Endurance).
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Larry would ”ping” shots off George’s head but not enough of them to discourage him. Young Larry could rattle your brains with that right. Old Larry could still hit but not with the same snap as he did as Young Larry. He also didn’t move much.

Old George would force a physical fight. He would block with his arms, take a few shots but get close enough to land his own………………………

……………and in round 9 Larry goes down. Larry is smart, cagy and determined enough to get up. He rises and survives. With Larry still ahead on points on most cards, its the judges cards that count and they give the win to BIG George by split decision.

That answers your question. However, if you take both in their primes Larry wins by TKO in 12.

Robert from Austria fights @ Phuket Thailand – August 2008