George Foreman - Hardest Hit

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[@laszlototh1134]

"He hit me so hard I didnt even feel it"....DAMN!!

[@1980Triumph]

The Foreman/Lyle fight is easily my favorite boxing match of all time, just two guys knocking each other out....I love it.

[@aladdinaldilawi7098]

i loved that fight too :)

[@joeyspinoza4636]

+1980Triumph It was pretty brutal. Foreman showed an almost superhuman ability to absorb punches and get back up.

[@1980Triumph]

@113941259136275076947 he was rocked which makes his comeback in the fight even more epic, they both kept rocking each other which was insane.

[@joeyspinoza4636]

1980Triumph Ron Lyle who rocked Foreman, Lyle put Bugner in the hospital for awhile, he almost killed Bugner with the internal damage done. They had to put him in a freeztank and stop all the internal bleeding. Lyle hit Foreman hard, but, he kept rising.

[@1980Triumph]

joey spinoza I didn't know that info about Lyle and Bugner. I have to look for that match.

[@bullmeatt]

RIP Ron Lyle. Great boxer with an interesting background story.

[@21LAZgoo]

that man was a TANK

[@vantheman1234]

Ron Lyle was the only boxer never to let George walk him down. Lyle stood toe to toe with George and traded. Didn’t dance around or take a backward step.

[@kryptonianstrength8461]

Sonny Liston..

[@cmoneytheman]

u forgot ali and holy

[@cmoneytheman]

@21LAzgoo we yea I know

[@cmoneytheman]

@21LAzgoo we u trolling or drunk

[@cmoneytheman]

@21LAzgoo we huh?

[@carlosblanco2955]

George Foreman: *only certain guys can hit you so hard it doesn't hurt, Ron Lyle was one of em* Also George Foreman: *no one else did*

[@danc3693]

Thanks for repeating what I just heard Foreman say in the video.

[@karimhussein3610]

@@danc3693 He's just pointing out the contradiction.

[@Stimor]

he has listed other guys before

[@malikthebrit335]

no one else except lyle is what he meant

[@dennisreyes6407]

The 70's was definitely the most competitive time in Heavy weight boxing history. Any of the top 5 Heavyweights of that time could have been Heavy Weight champion in any era.

[@fiucik1]

I just love when pretty much the hardest hitter tells who hit him hardest :D

[@vantheman1238]

George Foreman is a once in a lifetime fighter. He got hit by the most dangerous men in the 60’s, 70,s, 80’s(comeback fight in 1987), and 90’s. To think he started fighting as a pro in 1969, where he had 13 pro fights that year. His last fight in 1997 was 28 years after his first in ‘69. That is phenomenal. It’s ridiculous. George Foreman is so strong and his punch resistance is incredible because he does not seem to have been affected. There is an argument to place George Foreman at number 3 in the all-time heavyweight boxer list behind Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali. George Foreman true legend of boxing.

[@GoldenGateNum9]

Ron Lyle was underrated, he even wanted to come out of retirement to fight Tyson in his prime, tough & brutal fighter.

[@ethancntower8850]

lyle gave him a taste of his own medicine and george gave it right back. that was one ugly slugfest

[@AvioftheSand]

Fight of that year

[@21LAZgoo]

@@AvioftheSand no man fight of all time

[@JackSuperMoto91]

Gotta love foreman....

[@mrtaurus761]

This has got to be the funniest description I've ever heard 😂 🤣 💀

[@cappy2282]

There are few athletes i respect more than Big George. He was great fighter and special human being 🙏

[@ayresy89]

the foreman vs lile is one of the top 5 greatest 20th century fights!

[@benburleigh6379]

Two absolute monsters ... IN THE RING!!

[@joemacinnis1972]

Big George is my favorite fighter ever! His power was other worldly

[@cmoneytheman]

fav fighter why he was sloopy and slow

[@butcher654]

​@@cmoneythemanForeman is one of the all time best he had devastating power in him prime and still had good power on his comback

[@cmoneytheman]

@@butcher654 he was a better fighter when old so not a good compare

[@butcher654]

​@@cmoneythemanhe was wiser but a few fights older george lost if he was prime he would knocked guys like morrison holyfield briggs all those guys would have been knocked out by a younger george

[@ioanonissimo]

all heads bow down a true legend forget about the klitchko's

[@brantbarker181]

True sportsman

[@kevintrace5396]

Imagine big George around today he clean it all up

[@EthnHayabusa]

That Lyle fight is amazing. Two beasts, just swinging for the fences. Any of those shots would have knocked Tyson through the floor.

[@laxmichauhan9874]

And y do u have to mention Tyson.

[@talinalelea8006]

And why do u care

[@talinalelea8006]

Tyson would get slept by ron lyle homie

[@butcher654]

@@talinalelea8006 your 100% right Lyle hit much harder an had the better chin!

[@aleksandrpondios]

@examinfo right!I know the fact Lennox and Larry are not so appreciated in USA ,but if we speak only about boxing ablities and about their career,they are easy dawn hands in my top 5

[@shadows987987]

@strictlycomments I know how much hype surrounds older boxers and I also know that they are great for a reason. You are right about Foreman; it is because he isn't an accurate or sharp puncher: his punch has a large surface area of impact. Ernie Shavers KO power , to me, is amazing. I think he once pooped a glove punching.

[@bandit7498]

@michaelyouth It's called history. Going by the man's accomplishments and the innovations the man brought to the sport it's pretty safe to rank him at oe near the top 5 at least.

[@thomaschristopherwhite9043]

Man getting hit and have it hurt is one thing. But getting hit and it disables your entire nervous system that's a whole other world of crazy. I think the next thing above that is getting hit by a car.

[@abd.tjuliano5829]

Diamond jaw dude still talking normaly after years of taking head shots head on

[@haitianmaniac74]

thats one man i dont ever want to get hit by

[@talinalelea8006]

He was different

[@Lotus-Son]

@MrManOfIce I agree, Shavers actually asked on the phone with Foreman why he didn't want to fight Shavers and Foreman replied "because you hit too damn hard, Earnie" and hung up the phone. If George Foreman says he won't take the fight because someone punches too hard then Jesus Christ, that man must be able to sink the damn Titanic with that kind of power.

[@chuckcollins2349]

Foreman would have knocked Tyson out inside of 3.

[@mutoprime6641]

Which tyson

[@fiucik1]

@@mutoprime6641 Which Foreman? :P

[@mutoprime6641]

@@fiucik1 george foreman

[@fiucik1]

@@mutoprime6641 Oh really? My question was: young or old Foreman?...

[@mutoprime6641]

@@fiucik1 ohh sorry young foreman i think old foreman could but it would be very difficult. what's your opinion?

[@nikolailic431]

Foreman and Shavers said that Ron Lyle hit them hardest, and Lyle, Ali, Norton, Holmes, Caldwell, Tillis said that Shavers hit them hardest. List of hardest punchers ever in my opinion: 1. Shavers 2. Foreman 3. Lyle 4. Liston 5. Cleveland Williams.

[@veebee3927]

I think Lyle hits harder than Foreman and I think Gerry Cooney would hit harder than Williams.

[@RandomLevitation]

@xXDeadlyEyeXx I don't think so. You can only counter to a certain degree, If Joe Louis lands a punch...you're knocked out no matter who you are, If Marciano or Dempsey landed a punch, you were out cold.

[@ltfcmajor]

@strictlycomments Marciano didn't knock guys out with punches, it was with the follow up elbows after throwing hooks.

[@eatthisvr6]

@ayresy89 agreed it was definately a fight and not a boxing match though it was savage

[@messier991102]

@knockup100 now its great is they throw for 6 innings, ball parks are also alot smaller now. old school pitchers considered it bad to have an era over 3.00. now a 4.00 is good.

[@biggerflexible]

Yeah Shavers was known for having punching power that could do permanent damage.

[@examinfo]

ALI-Holmes-Lewis-Johnson-Marciano top 5 HW in that order!

[@yossarian22athome]

@RandomLevitation You mean 'They're' not 'Their', short for 'They are'.

[@strictlycomments]

@shadows987987 Not trying to change ur opinion, but most of GF's ko victims got up over&over again b4 getting stopped. Not much film on Rocky, but his many 1 punch ko's that occurred in the order of Layne & Walcott are chronicled in the written versions of his fights. Look at the last 3 punches he hit Louis with on the ropes, as opposed to the 18 unanswered punches GF stopped Lyle with. Louis ko'ed many an opponent with a punch he turned on a dime, and mutual sparring partners claimed Dempsey

[@undeadpresident]

could do without the ad in the end part

[@Icruisbomb]

That would have been a good fight between you two though your skill level was much higher but a good punchers fight. I still have my picture of you with my boxing team when you came to Kansas University for the boxing symposium with Robert Rodriguez and George Kimball. Your son Big Wheel took the picture.

[@shadows987987]

@strictlycomments We have to agree on one thing first: Foreman is one of the hardest punchers ever, second only to Ernie Shavers in my book. And yes I agree, he was better during his second run. He could finish a fight in one hit: so he was a great.

[@nobbytang]

@MrRoyalFatness As well as Max Scmelling there was Marciano who KOd him plus others like Tony Galento who knocked him down so thats what I mean by suspect chin . Unlike the 70s when weight training and conditioning was understood and practised the 20s , 30s , 40s and 50s produced smaller fighters who were skilled but had long carears but inevitably had too many fights resulting in brain damage .

[@hernje]

Ernie Shaver looked like he was on steroids before steroids ever existed.

[@lmc3307]

Course they existed

[@knockup100]

@x33mmm yes atlethes from the DDR in the 60´s had lot of succes with it. One thing is they just started testing for it decades later in pro boxing

[@dankemo3169]

You do Steroids and forget athleticism and hitting hard. even talking about stamina is ridiculous.

[@swedenoble6083]

show one video or one still picture of Ernie shavers with any muscle Ernie shavers was never in shape he was not a muscular man and he was in horrible cardiovascular shape from the start of his career to the end of his career the only thing he could do was punch a horrible boxer horrible balance horrible feet kind of reminds me of the bird leg Wilder there's no pictures of Ernie shavers looking like he's on steroids now you take the great Adonis the Viking warrior blood tested over 227 times 68x32 laid by example not by some fake words 😎😁👊👍✌️💯💪

[@morpher728]

@@dankemo3169 you dont think steroids make you more athletic and strong? Why do you think powerlifters and combat athletes take them?

[@Onieracraft]

@yowyOw69 Foreman losing to Joe Louis?

[@examinfo]

@MrAlcoholic94 i did put Joe lewis 3rd; sorry of you thought i met Lennox l

[@im0rtel]

actually he is kinda right . after a impact the body goes in shock

[@eatthisvr6]

i took a kick at thai boxing that broke 2 of my ribs once. i most deffinately felt it lol

[@knockup100]

@RandomLevitation Are you using some kind of timetravel, are you really saying that boxers back then at the stone age of boxing would beat boxers of today ? Fighting 7- 8 times a year doesnt make you better, it only gives you experience, And you exaggerates how many fights Ali had per year, only in 1961 Ali had more than 6 fights. And how good are those fighters he fought in 1961 ?. Wladimir Klitschko had 13 fights in his second year as pro boxer so...

[@knockup100]

@slip satch and why was they better back then ? can you come up with any explanation ? In the sports where you can measure time its clear that athletes do improve. Boxing has gone through a lot of develoment (improvements) technical and tactical. There has also been a huge development in the science about diet and nutrition. If you fight 6 to 8 times a year there wont be much time for the build up before a fight and the boxers wont be fighting at thier best. Also where would the time be for healing your injuries. And speaking about experience, does that mean if I play more soccer matches than Lionel Messi i would be at wold class level ??. Experience is a necessity but you need a lot more than just that.

[@examinfo]

@GranderValues I just rate my top 5 on what they did in their career. Tyson was tragic but if you look at his work, after he won the title. He fought Spinks(a puffed up light heavy), and a old Larry Homes. After that; he lost to Buster douglas by KO!,Lennox Lewis by KO, Holyfield by KO. and a host of bums like danny green. Even Ali at his worst never got smashed out like Tyson. Tyson will always be a "what if?" judging the facts; no way is he top 5.

[@brittanygalloway184]

Wow.. Are you Still around???🤔

[@examinfo]

@@brittanygalloway184 for sure

[@brittanygalloway184]

@@examinfo oh ok lol.. the main reason why I ask, is because when I see Comments from years ago.. I WONDER if that Person still Exist.. this is the Second Reply I've gotten back from Someone who Posted a 9/10 Year-old Comment!

[@talinalelea8006]

Ron lyle is the hardest heavyweight hitter ever its true

[@strictlycomments]

@shadows987987 Can't take a thing away from Shavers punching ability...

[@MacHoodio]

@michaelyouth How did he keep ducking him? Sander's was effectively retired a year later. Hater's gonna hate. Klitschko has carried the heavyweight title well, he's not an ATG but top 15 imo for sure. Fighter's from the past are always made to seem better than they were, in 20 years im sure people will appreciate the Klitschko's more.

[@JR-sn1pi]

Andre T Ali would have Klitschko for lunch.

[@ethancntower8850]

Jairo Rene Reyes ali never fought a guy 6'7"

[@JR-sn1pi]

False. Ali fought 6'6 Earnie Terrell. Played with him all night.

[@nepaliguy6537]

lol that shut him up

[@michaeltrumph121]

Terrel is a bum, he's not in the K brothers league.

[@drepop803]

@@JR-sn1pi terrel fights nothing like wlad or vitali. Also Ernie doesn't hit hard.

[@eatthisvr6]

what about him?

[@nobbytang]

@vladiator100 Louis opponents were not as big ( generally ) as the golden era 1970s heavyweights and Louis did have a suspect chin .

[@knockup100]

@RandomLevitation cant read ?

[@Onieracraft]

@vladiator100 Draining definitely doesn't explain that. A drained Foreman would easily Ko a 174 pound fighter, and would certainly never end up covering up while in a head to head brawl with one. That is literally unimaginable.

[@polotrey]

No surprise he said Lyles.. he was jailhouse strong

[@pranaychinta5713]

Recently he said "Joe Louis" heaviest punchers ever And he didn't mention himself... But Lyle we can see him giving heavy

[@protectorategeneral]

Bs

[@RandomLevitation]

@xXDeadlyEyeXx Fighters like Mayweather who have the best counter defense in current boxing, couldn't beat past fighters. These boxers only fight like 2-3 times a year now, Ali used to fight like 7-8 times a year, Archie Moore and Sugar ray and willie pep all fighting over 200 fights in their lives and what not, it makes them tough, and tough is better than conditioned

[@MasterFatness]

@Onieracraft Styles make fights. Conn was slick and perseverant. The point is that Joe got him down.

[@knockup100]

@messier991102 Do you have eny other examples than Fraizer ?, Fraizer was a blown up light hevyweight, small fighters dont gas as easy as big fighters. And i also wonder how you know that fighters of the 70´s hit harder , im mystified. Ali and Fraizer also got fat later in their career. And Tyson well he was great against average fighters except against Buster Doughlas of course, in that fight Tysons incredible punching power didnt help him.

[@Onieracraft]

@vladiator100 Uhh yeah, but Ali was not a 174 pound fighter. Also in order to make that statement you would have to conveniently and intentionally leave out WHERE Foreman was hitting Ali all night (on his body and on his arms) . Louis was clocking Conn in the face and he wasn't going down. Infact they got into head to head brawls. In one of them Conn made Louis cover up. Imagine a 174 pound fighter brawling head to head with Foreman and making him cover up. hahaha.

[@shadows987987]

@strictlycomments You have a point. But I don't think Dempsey and Marciano punched anywhere close to him. But that is my opinion.

[@Icruisbomb]

By every heavyweight boxers account they all say Erine Shavers was the hardest puncher.

[@faissal8997]

Yes, but he didn't fight Shavers. So he can't account for Shaver's punch.

[@dalebecause2467]

Ron Lyle knocked out Shavers in the 6th round back in 1975....

[@vidalsmith9160]

They asked Shavers who hit him the hardest and he also said Ron Lyle

[@21LAZgoo]

how much did prime foreman weigh? i saw somewhere that he was 217 which i dont think he was especially at 6'4, i think he was like 230-250

[@MrJoelouisbarrow]

@compaq89ful he has power but not more than joe louis this guys swings his arms

[@TartarusPyro]

you are 100% right big george is the best but tyson with cus and rooney this was gonna be a diff story

[@Kerbee]

Shavers put more weight behind his right hand than George. He punched "more correctly" than George. George threw mainly arm punches. He relied on his thick, big boned arms. Check them out in pictures.

[@vlLEGTxSQUADX]

@Gopinath K they all threw body and shoulder punches itz juss foreman was sloppy

[@RandomLevitation]

@knockup100 I said there's no way, a fighter of today, could beat the fighters of the past.

[@colemcleod941]

Chuck mentions Quarry for good reason - he knocked out Ernie Shavers...beating him up in the process. Ali said Shavers was the hardest hitter he got hit by - and Quarry annilated Shavers, who was an excellent boxer. I could see Quarry doing the same to Foreman, who lost to boxers, not sluggers. And funny to hear Foreman saying nearly word for word what Larry Holmes said about getting hit by Tyson - that it doesn't hurt. "Just BOOM - and you're down, no pain at all. Tyson vs Lyle - I wish.

[@Onieracraft]

@NyyGyro Joe Louis landed 12 rounds of punches on 174 pound Billy Conn and didn't knock him out. Took him 13 ROUNDS. Then he fought him again and it took 8 rounds. a 174 pound fighter! Oh and Louis definitely hit Conn, repeatedly. Conn wasn't alluding Louis for 12 whole rounds straight (and if he had, that would have made Louis insanely slow). Also, compare the percentage of Kos in 5 rounds or less or in the first round between these fighters..

[@strictlycomments]

@LVSWTZ Started a response to you, but my pc crashed. I'm out-of-time now, but I'll respond with a civil debate later...

[@nitelad]

I wonder what he'd say if he fought Tyson

[@eatthisvr6]

you do have a point but its not that clear cut. george did throw alot of arm punches true this was mainly because he could still fuck people up even though it was just an arms punch! he could throw properly too he was better in his 2nd career than the 1st

[@knockup100]

@messier991102 Isnt it obvious ! Training has improved for all athletes, also Usain Bolt, sure he has talent, but training has also improved, thats why world records are broken every year. Just because hw american boxers arent dominating enymore doesnt mean the whole sport is in a decline. Plese stop living in the past. Boxing is well alive and today its a worldwide sport.

[@vlLEGTxSQUADX]

It doesnt hurt cause of the adrenaline

[@georgeforeman7021]

Don't remember every boxer facing Ernie Shavers.

[@kevindunn7362]

He looks like redd Foxx

[@messier991102]

@MrJoelouisbarrow foreman was more powerful but louis was more precise. foremans ko's came from pure power. louis ko's came from perfect punches

[@LVSWTZ]

@strictlycomments Norton gave a fit Ali 212lbs vs 221lbs in the 1st fight Trouble in 2nd fight and 3rd Older KN gave a Young Holmes Hell 5 years after GF crushed him Frazier chose GF the 1st time thought it was a easy And was crushed in rematch when both were shot 18 amateur fights wins at 1968 Olympics Wins Undisputed Championship of the World from the Undefeated Frazier in 2rds 1994 regains the title 20 YEARS after loosing it He's All time great You know it your just looking to debate.

[@messier991102]

youre missing frazier

[@eatthisvr6]

lol there ISNT anybody stronger than foreman shavers right cross was a harder punch but thats it nobody else hit like george or had his strength. lyle was a HUGE puncher and a huge guy too gerry cooney was a big puncher and a real big guy aswell

[@Fightconnoisseur96]

@strictlycomments Shavers had nowhere near Foreman's chin though, a young Irishman by the name of Jerry Qyarry had an undefeated Shavers o0ut in 1 round.

[@MasterFatness]

@nobbytang So you're KO'd once by a veteran boxer while you're still up-and-coming, and then you have a suspect chin? I'd like to know what a good chin is then.

[@chickenmaster66]

tyson DID hurt holyfield on several occasions in round one of the first fight not even into a minute a wild right hook caught holyfield right in the temple he stumbled onto the ropes and clinched tyson and the rest of the fight was like that clinching headbutting and low blowing i mean you can search holyfield headbutts on youtube to see for your self as for mike jameson why do you think he lost nearly all his fights after tyson? he never fought the same dude had heart though

[@messier991102]

@knockup100 im not talking about boxing in general just the heavyweights. and stamina wise it isnt close, the heaweights fight at a snails pace today and still gas in 5 rounds. ali and frazier fought at a middlweight pace and were still going strong in rond 15. like i said im not living in the past im fucking 16, but i love boxing, but cant stand the oversized sloppy modern heavyweights. old foreman is a perfect example of how badly boxing has declined, a champion at 45.

[@knockup100]

@messier991102 well boxers of today have excellent stamina and you are simply wrong when you say boxers of today are slower or not as skilled as your heros from the past.And its just a minority who thinks todays boxing is a joke, its mostly americans who cant deal wih the fact that their boxers arent on top of the game enymore. Boxing is doing well, in germany every fight with the Klitschko´s are viewed on tv by millions and 40.000 to 60.000 comes to see them every time they fight

[@strictlycomments]

@vladiator100 A panel of so-called boxing experts from "Ring Magazine" rated Louis as the #1 puncher of late, but another "Ring" panel rated Dempsey as #1 in 1960. Basically it's a subjective rating based on opinion. Still, I believe Louis did hit harder than George. Louis could turn a ko punch on a dime. He threw short punches that landed with far more authority. Watch "Joe Louis knockouts part one". Watch the shortness of punch and the impact in slowmo. Big difference!

[@nobbytang]

@vladiator100 Beause the guys in the 20s & 30s didnt use weights , correct diet or conditioning , they didnt hit as quick or hard as now , or boxed @ such a intensity as now . And to compare max baer to todays big boys is a joke , Joe louis was skilled and @ Cruiser weight would of been similar to Holyfield but couldnt get bigger by weights as they were not used then . Larry Holmes Jab would of been dominant in any league table if we had a time machine ! ( my opinium ) - regards

[@Onieracraft]

@NyyGyro He WAS a combo of the two, but he was much slower than Ali and had nowhere near Foreman's power.

[@MrJack83124]

@ltfcmajor have you ever seen marciano's KO of Joe Walcott...you need to reevaluate your position...

[@AnthonyJ74]

WAR FEDOR!

[@RandomLevitation]

@eatthisvr6 Nowadays they aren't poor fighters, obviously you gotta be good to be a professional, but I'll watch George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali rerun 100x before I'll watch another Klitschko fight that's for sure hahah

[@RandomLevitation]

Foreman was big and he hit hard, but Joe Louis...In those days fighters weren't as conditioned but they were a lot more tough. You think Amir Khan or Floyd Mayweather would be beating any 20's and 30's fighter? Fuck no. Those dudes were serious tough back that. That's why the body stature of Marciano compared to fighters today is different, yet Marciano was KOing people left and right, same with Louis.

[@sk8forlife90]

LOL

[@eatthisvr6]

i didnt say it ali holyfield and i think ken norton said it tyson didnt hit anywehre near as hard as george hed be the 1st to admit that. his secret was speed not power

[@strictlycomments]

@shadows987987 (Cont.) hit even harder than Louis! Sharkey made the same claim after fighting both; saying that Joe hit hard, but that Dempsey hit so hard that even an arm shot made you want to drop to the canvas and writhe in pain! Google; The Mike Casey Archives-The Cyber Boxing Zone and then scroll down until you find the following stories;"The Art Of The Big Punch:No Doubting Magnificent Marciano", and "Almost The Man: But Big George Is Not A Top 5 Heavyweight". I concur with Mr. Casey...

[@eatthisvr6]

@RandomLevitation theyr not poor fighters but theyr not great either

[@strictlycomments]

@ioanonissimo Big George is one of my favs, but truthfully, after he got beat by Jimmy Young and retired, he was considered a flash in the pan. Everyone thought he was the greatest when he beat Frazier, but then Ali, Lyle, and Young proved he wasn't so great after all. His 2nd run was impressive due to his age when he recaptured the title from Moorer, but 20 yrs from now there will be young boxing revisionists who'll be between the ages of 25-30, who will think the klitchkos were the greatest!

[@RandomLevitation]

@yossarian22athome Not even boxing related.