George Foreman vs Dwight Muhammad Qawi | FULL FIGHT | MARCH 19, 1988

In honor of #blackhistorymonth, we look back at George Foreman's TKO of Dwight Muhammad Qawi. #boxing #georgeforeman #highlights
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[@jauquezhackett6450]

People booing aint never been punched..

[@hup358]

Especially by someone like Foreman

[@JAG8691]

@@hup358 Just Evander Holyfield.

[@hup358]

@@JAG8691 what do you mean?

[@mindgameprodigy7413]

Every time you are hit it makes you go retarded for a second or two 🫠

[@lanceray674]

Qawi was no joke. He was a feared and respected champion in his prime

[@brucelang1201]

Take one look at who he beat to gain the title,that says a lot.

[@mimmoum3236]

That's tue but foreman is really a dangerous boxer. The cream of the cream of all time

[@LifesLessons100]

So was George lol

[@eol6632]

I'm a fan of Qawi but this was a mismatch. Foreman was a bit older but Qawi was used up & far overweight at this point. Nevermind the huge size difference. It is what it is but don't call it a great fight or victory. Call it what it was. A name fighter that represented the easiest chance of victory for a Foreman comeback.

[@user-ui8or8cq7l]

Much like Punching Jake Paul.

[@user-bl6kx5ev7x]

George foreman’s head was like a block of granite

[@ayudatech2599]

Yeah, foreman was just having fun.

[@Pito_Sauce]

George Foreman is the real life Juggernaut.

[@Mr.matthewRiley-rg5ig]

No the afro George Foreman was that guy

[@miguelguzman4552]

@@Mr.matthewRiley-rg5igAfro?

[@xavierjuno4572]

​@@miguelguzman4552Ya George in his first career had an afro before he went bald

[@CocaineCowboyJones]

​@@miguelguzman4552the young version of Him

[@miguelguzman4552]

@@xavierjuno4572 ooooooooh

[@user-ve2gg6yb7s]

I give Q all the credit in the world for fighting someone much bigger and stronger.

[@junkim2789]

You can see Foreman clearly didn't wanna punish Qawi too much unnecessarily.

[@jedBSME]

I wonder which is more legendary; Foreman's punches, his chin, or both.

[@mohdzainisalleh5920]

Both

[@ex.israeli.soldier]

Also +++ his fighting spirit

[@fumo1317]

I think Qawi would have knocked Foreman out if Foreman didn't have such an ironed chin.

[@miguelguzman4552]

5’7 vs 6’4 Geez this two are warriors 😭

[@alanaliyev456GT]

5'5" barefoot....

[@alanaliyev456GT]

all fighters under 6 ft are mesured with schoes.....Barefoot David Tua is 5'8" .Iron Mike 5'9 1/2 ".

[@miguelguzman4552]

@@alanaliyev456GT How yk dat

[@lawrencescott1048]

I get the impression that big George wasn't too concerned about any punches coming from Qawi.

[@manuelcorrea8828]

Definitely, Foreman is known to have a great chin

[@San-oe1xv]

@manuelcorrea8828 not his younger self

[@manuelcorrea8828]

@@San-oe1xv He only got knocked out once when he was younger and that was by Muhammed Ali. There was his fight against Ron Lyle but he wasn't knocked out. If you compete in the Heavyweight division and the only time you got knocked out was when you fought Muhammed Ali then you probably have a good chin.

[@elvedincatak9557]

you forgot jimmy young dropped him too

[@mimmoum3236]

Yes qawi is a middle weight not enough punch and he was against one of the best chin of all time

[@eltubster14]

Heart of Qawi. You can actually hear Foreman telling him to quit at 19:56. Foreman really didn't have any malice in him during his comeback.

[@sirlloyd6386]

Foreman didn’t look interested in this fight I agree. But watching him against Cooney… he had some serious malice in that fight.

[@xavierjuno4572]

@@sirlloyd6386 apparently according to Foreman himself, he knew about Cooney's KO power so he decided to end the fight as quickly as possible

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

​@@sirlloyd6386he got hit by Cooney and it hurt him so he decided he should end it ASAP if possible. Cooney was a feared puncher known to KO guys with body shots

[@wmden1]

@@xavierjuno4572 I think I caught in an interview, too. He also said Cooney was one of the hardest hitters he had boxed. George did the right, smart thing. I had heard that the boxing powers, that were, at the time, asked him to make his fight with Jimmy Young last longer, which he did, and came to regret it.

[@xavierjuno4572]

@@wmden1 I mean Foreman said it himself, if a fight went into decision, he would most likely lose

[@shemereali551]

Big George prove that the 70's Heavyweight era of boxing was the best weight class in boxing history

[@conandoyle1740]

And it‘s not close

[@abhishes]

Muhammad Qawi was a warrior. He is 5'5 and is fighting with 6'4'

[@mimmoum3236]

For true, he's a good boxer

[@99Matzu]

Don't let this fight deceive you, Qawi was an all time great, and one of the best LHW and CW ever, his fights against Holyfield are great

[@CC-ff7ft]

His fights with Matthew Saad Muhammad were classic fights.

[@decidingpaper6324]

He dethroned Saad Muhammad, and basically derailed his career. The guy was just extremely hard to hit, let alone hurt.

[@domagoj4843]

Big balls also for steping in with Big George...

[@decidingpaper6324]

@@domagoj4843 Indeed, that alone takes balls of steel.

[@justinj603]

He definitely a goat fasho

[@jmarcguy]

Foreman was pretty trim for this one. Lightest weight of his comeback I think.

[@xavierjuno4572]

Ya a little too light unfortunately

[@adamryamizard5560]

​@@xavierjuno4572 at his age and weight like that wasn't really a good for him.

[@nastynaz3376]

Being 5'6 or 7, is crazy to be fighting at Heavyweight... Dwight was a throwback fighter

[@miguelguzman4552]

5’7, if he was maybe slightly bigger I could’ve definitely seen him being a HW contender

[@nastynaz3376]

@@miguelguzman4552 , Boxrec has him listed at 5'6 1/2 and Holyfield said he was 5'6.. Who knows, but there was a couple fighters around that height that fought at Heavyweight, like the Toy Bulldog

[@miguelguzman4552]

@@nastynaz3376 yeah crazy to think how small he was compared to HW’s or cruiserweights

[@franksantucci3038]

No matter his height, Dwight Braxton was a tough customer, and great lt heavy. But he looked like a kid in there with Foreman...

[@himawalincat9350]

@@nastynaz3376 Tommy Burns who lost the heavyweight championship to Jack Johnson was 5'7.

[@safielimjema4593]

4men is real humble 👑

[@jeffreyfreeman4843]

Dwight came to fight, until he didn’t.

[@Chrisicola]

The announcers stating that Foreman didn't have one punch knockout power were clearly high on drugs saying that

[@marcusgarvin7919]

😂😂😂facts

[@Outdoorsy368]

Them announcers are total idiots. They act like everyone is there to hear their mouths. Get in there and show us how it's done Clancy

[@detector1729]

@@Outdoorsy368 Agreed. It's so annoying hearing this constant criticism of George in his comeback from commentary teams. Their read on what is happening in the fight is so shallow, and all they can talk about is George's punching form.

[@slimmachado5405]

I get what they mean tho. He wasn’t the type of guy to send you out with one shot. He would basically bludgeon his opponents to death.

[@david-pb4bi]

@@slimmachado5405Tell that to Micheal Moorer.

[@soulvaccination8679]

Forman knew that Dwight would run out of gas..lol.George was in full control from round 1.

[@markcarchedi915]

I thought Dwight hit George more often for much of this bout. George's power prevailed.

[@rickisunak]

Never even knew he fought Dwight!

[@paoloalcantara2465]

5-7 and 222 pounds. Imagine having to carry that weight and move around for 36 mins 😬

[@jeromerizzo423]

Foreman was still big, and powerful.

[@francisjtuk]

Foreman looks very similar in body shape to how he was in his prime in this fight

[@becker54]

This fight has so many strange/funny moments.

[@dawillia88]

George never got the respect he deserved for intelligence. Dwight was super skilled and tough as nails. George leaned his weight on the smaller man and essentially beat him into submission. It may not be as sexy as a one hitter quitter; but making a world champion throw his own towel in is pretty incredible.

[@billwhite9703]

Dwight was 40lb overweight. He was fucked.

[@quarters-eye8922]

@@billwhite9703 He was fucked when Foreman blasted him with that viscous hook to the body.

[@juleskireeff4563]

The "sexy" term is way too out of context😳

[@dawillia88]

@@juleskireeff4563 haha I’m almost 40 years old. It’s just an old saying and I’m too old to be constantly editing everything I say. When I was a kid, knocking people out was literally how you got girls where I was from. Thus…sexy. So, contextually, it fits.

[@juleskireeff4563]

@@dawillia88 ?! Okay.... I didn't see things that way.

[@rockyraccoon6114]

It looks like George took it easy on his opponents like he didn’t want to hurt anyone. Imagine an angry George in the ring!

[@greglemon230]

You don't have to imagine, look at his fights when he was on the rise in the 70s. He was scary

[@davidrox4591]

George Foreman vs. Ron Lyle is the heavyweight version of "The War". Must see boxing. Two sluggers trying to murder each other, neither backing down.

[@tloustrats]

The only fights he was serious were against Bert Cooper and Cooney. I think that 1990 version of Foreman would have KO Holyfield in the late rounds

[@sandpeat]

You must not have seen him fight Cooney, he may not have been angry but he didn’t take it easy on him. In fact, he just about killed him.

[@user-ox2mz8ds7g]

Looking at JF other fights it's quite obvious he was deliberately missing his punches. He's a very accurate puncher in his other fights. I think just wanted to keep the fight going for a few rounds for the fans

[@chrisvigo4880]

He just kept waking up ole George 😂😂😂 only a matter of time...George found this amusing 🤣

[@s4tchm0j0n3s]

What a weird and yet fascinating fight.

[@PayTheTollBoxing]

Little known fact of this fight, George was actually sick. That's why he wasn't as active. He was only able to fight in spurts. He weighed in lighter the night of the fight than the initial weigh in

[@Nicholas-Prince-Milverton]

Incredible boxing from Qawi, first round almost complete shutout

[@alexong2542]

could you imagine getting in the ring with Goerge Foreman in his prime , and you see this colossal human just taking your punches, and all of them have no effect on him. He's just approaching you and stalking you slowly, like a juggernaut about to turn the lights out for you

[@CB-jj4hm]

Very true strongest boxer of all time and hardest hitter along shavers. Foreman was a freak of nature

[@normancook965]

Gentlemanly behaviour from Big George at 22:28. A quality that every real champion has inside himself.

[@user-bl6kx5ev7x]

He looks like a slower version of Joe Frazier the way he moves

[@mimmoum3236]

I though the same idea... but qawi have a better défensive boxe

[@pease-nc5yf]

he trained under Frazier

[@papapara2916]

8:00 "Something hurt Quawi..." What do you mean SOMETHING hurt Quawi,it sounded like he got shot with a 9mm when Foreman landed that right hand to the kidney,is the commentator blind??

[@travisdonaldstanley6420]

Just dumb. Kind of a delay reaction, then Quawi dropped.

[@sannyahmed359]

Gorge Foreman is boxing machine terminator🔹️

[@TheManInCommand]

7 guys I never want to piss off George Foreman, Earnie Shavers, Sonny Liston, Mike Tyson, Shannon Briggs, Deontay Wilder and Francis N'Gannou.

[@mimmoum3236]

Ikea ibeabuchi , david tua, and one of the best right hook and Uppercut i have ever seen the lion Lennox LEWIS

[@futureisyours3016]

Francis Ngannou???? Seriously????

[@theiceman7590]

​@@futureisyours3016Dont let that AJ fight fool you. Ngannou will crush many normal folk

[@wallacesousuke1433]

@@futureisyours3016 bro you'd shit your pants if Ngannou looked in your general direction

[@notevenalex]

He's an mma fighter bro c'mon😭 mad dangerous​@@futureisyours3016

[@neb3757]

Respect to big George. His movie showed he unretired to save his church and his community

[@MechAdv]

Holy fuck. How did I not know that DMQ fought Foreman in his comeback???? How did he survive that uppercut in the sixth round that put him into factory reset mode?!? Even Foreman put his hands down and started to walk away cuz he felt the connection. Great fight.

[@Gus375]

One of my favorite fighters ever, Big George, Big man savvy

[@jeremypearson6852]

Both fighters way past their prime at this point.

[@Dominos-el7qr]

Um . . . yeah, but in a few, what was it, six years? George knocks out Moorer, who wasn't a slouch. But we'll remember Dwight when he was great. Thanks to both warriors.

[@bucksdiaryfan]

Everyone always made fun of George Foreman during his comeback (eg, "training on cheeseburgers") but its Qawi who looks awful and George actually looks respectable

[@jameswalsh3976]

Gil Clancy and MaCarver sound like fool's being totally pro Quai?

[@Outdoorsy368]

Clancy is a total idiot

[@milojanis4901]

That was Al Albert

[@mrmustang6977]

Yeah Gil was knocking George after the 1st 30 secs ffs

[@Robert-qm5so]

George Foreman is like a Train that keeps coming at you , me personally I have always loved & admired him.

[@BigMac785]

Damn I don’t know how big Qawi purse was but I’m sure it wasn’t worth the beating he took. Total mismatch, like a high school senior fighting the biggest elementary school kid.

[@tyn833]

George Foreman acting like he was sparring an amateur, big George was just playing with him

[@antoniosanchez6400]

Truth

[@juleskireeff4563]

The supporters booing Qawi at the end should really shut the hell up, seriously. None of these people would have dealt with Georges Foreman for 15 seconds before crying their parents. Qawi fought really well against someone who was much bigger than him.

[@prismspec]

Good match. Thanks for uploading.

[@BigMac785]

Damn, this is the man that Evander took out twice.

[@Fudge_Fantasy]

After his prime but yes.

[@tom11zz884]

Dwight was past his prime when he fought Holyfield. Prime Qawi beats Holyfield IMO.

[@BigMac785]

@@tom11zz884 Holyfield also cheated with peds.

[@musicandboxing7370]

@@Fudge_Fantasyif you consider a 33 year old with over 30 fights to be out of his prime what would you call Holyfield being 23 with just 11 pro fights? Give the man his flowers.

[@armomandiri6170]

​my

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

I watch other sports, baseball and football games for example, and I think ' that looks like a lot of fun ' Fighting George Foreman doesn't look like fun

[@shinestar2912]

Remember when 39 was considered ancient for a fighter?

[@conandoyle1740]

39 is ancient

[@ayudatech2599]

Con esta pelea me doy cuenta que Foreman no era solamente una mole sino que era un boxeador muy táctico, sobre todo con los enanitos cono Qawi.

[@Jeronimus8090]

7:47 epic punches.

[@travisdonaldstanley6420]

Should have been a knock down. Nasty kidney punch.

[@sonofromel]

Rare moment of old George being relatively in shape.

[@travisdonaldstanley6420]

I think George saved energy with those "lumbering" punches. Throwing home run punches is great when they connect. His power was almsot inhuman so he was still doing damage yet saving precious oxygen.

[@manduheavyvazquez5268]

Masterpiece ever. Great

[@Joe-ym6bw]

Big George is definitely a force to be reckoned with

[@justinboon3811]

Foreman in his prime was a machine he would just keep on throwing the jab whilst coming at you like a juggernaut he carried this on for decades his fight with Moorer and the Duke were fantastic 😅

[@user-hx6kh9ku9f]

One of the best boxing ever

[@andrei2023]

Amazing fight❤

[@pinkhombre]

AMAZING UPLOAD CHEERS!

[@victor-ib1jn]

19:04 that was actually very dumb lucky george didnt continue his combo

[@wmden1]

George has become my favorite heavy weight boxer. That said, he could be difficult to figure out, at times. This was one of those times. He seemed a bit lackadaisical the first 5 rounds of this fight. He could usually take a, bending at the waist, head bobber, out in two or three rounds, often with an uppercut being involved. I guess the announcers had forgotten that George did, definitely, have one punch power, since they said what they did about it. He just didn't display it for those 5 or 6 rounds in this fight. Go figure. This might have been one of those instances when one of the boxing/producing, powers that be, suggested he make the fight last longer for the viewers. Who knows?

[@junkim2789]

I feel so sad watching this fight. Foreman clearly didn't wanna hurt Qawi unnecessarily. He pretty much was begging Qawi to quit and spare himself. Qawi as usual had too much heart but he knew very quickly he couldn't win this fight. He fought through punishment after punishment....until he just couldn't take more... watching a great fighter suffering like this is always too difficult to watch.

[@tylerbenton6710]

George Foreman's is a goat Ali goat sugar Ray Robinson goat them are my three favorite boxers

[@FatherDinny]

Qawi has a titanium chin. Hurts my head watching him take punches, especially in his first fight with Holyfield

[@vistarecords4930]

An interesting fight. Qawi really did well for much of the fight, landing a lot of big, heavy shots on Foreman, but big George had an amazing chin and was unbelievably hard to knock down. Qawi took those punches at the end after that big body blow, and he knew he was done. Rather than wait to get knocked out and risk injury or permanent health damage he just quit. As much as that goes completely against what boxers are supposed to do it was the smart thing to do. I don't fault him for that at all.

[@reinaldotenorio8956]

grande foreman quem nasceu para ensinar; "terminarão por o fazer; malgrado renitências; ou por be ou por mau, aprenderão que precisam melhorar. Deus a direção.

[@COMB0RICO]

Very impressed with Qawi!

[@morimo11]

Come on he’s 5’7”

[@geezushasrisen]

George is a final boss with a health bar. You can hit him, but not as hard as he can hit you.

[@tinytim3077]

Just shows u how great Muhammad Ali was

[@NevenKuzat-hb4xn]

Comentetors were blind didnt see that forman was toying with him

[@sandpeat]

Seriously …

[@user-Tripleggggggg]

💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@sannyahmed359]

Forman is one of the deadliest boxer🔵🔴

[@alainmolitor2238]

G Foreman aura été une illustration de la gde classe, de la noble attitude, en cet art sévère qu'est la boxe anglaise ! l'antithèse totale de Casius Clay, à la boxe de danseuse, fuyante...

[@Charon58]

Qawi was 5’6”. At lighter weights he was a juggernaut. One of the toughest men ever.

[@robertbombace9153]

The little guy put quite a licking on Foreman😂😂

[@Larry_Hegs]

Big George was as focused as he was relaxed.

[@akibanu007]

goerge foreman's chin made of steel

[@abab-cf3xv]

Qawi had heart 4sure

[@user-fc5vg9fk5g]

Reckon G Foreman is the best boxer to have ever come out of the United States.

[@billotjacques9274]

excellent combat

[@user-zs2fb9el5m]

J'adore george foreman il et le plus simple des boxeur il n'est pas agressif sur le ring 🥊 pour moi c'est le meilleur de tous les temps âpres rocky marciano

[@user-vc6hb1rb2u]

سبحان لله العظيم رجعنا تقريبا ٥٠ عام الى الوراء نعم البطل الحقيقي هو فورمان من بعد محمد علي

[@h3xx642]

Big figth ❤

[@blackinkdownart]

74" reach at 5'7" is crazy

[@tom11zz884]

I like this slimmed-down version of Foreman during his comeback. This version most likely beats Tyson and Holyfield.

[@xavierjuno4572]

Unfortunately he felt way too light at this weight which explains why he never was this slim again

[@miguelguzman4552]

@@xavierjuno4572really?

[@miguelguzman4552]

Yeah he was around 230

[@milojanis4901]

Yes. He said he got down to 229 lbs at one point and said he just didn't feel right...

[@markbass354]

BRUTAL

[@user-ui8or8cq7l]

I want Foreman to fight Jake Paul. ...if he has the guts...

[@notevenalex]

Foreman has no need to prove himself to anyone. He's already done that years ago

[@youlovechika]

old george was really morpheus

[@redghettosun]

Kidney shots are illegal in boxing. I'm confused as to why Foreman didn't at least get a warning in the third round. The announcers didn't say anything either even after the seeing it clearly in the replay.

[@terrel4604]

It's like Foreman was asking how would Muhammad Ali fight a short but tough little guy like Dwight Mohammad Qawi and said ...."okay Ali would just let him gas himself out and then take full control." Bingo. Foreman and Qawi are among my favourite fighters along with Ali, of course. 👍

[@eletricidadeengenharia]

Castigo na linha da cintura decidiu a luta. O vovô Foreman esqueceu os óculos nessa luta.

[@bold58]

Qawi was a good puncher .. he just wasn't elusive enough. He did the same thing Frazier did ..punched well but allowed Foreman to trap him on the ropes . The fight was even through the 5 the round .

[@bold58]

Wanted to add that the first knockdown was due to an illegal punch on the back Foreman should have lost a point. Probably having to the way Qawi crouches. It took the referee yelling at Foreman several times to get him to quit throwing forearms and elbows.

[@waedjradi]

The way George let's it go; you can see his hands are heavy. Probably weigh almost a ton each.

[@htechdance]

The bigger they come, the harder they make people fall.

[@ShaunSavage-kl9pd]

Tyson vs foreman in there primes.

[@Cychopath99]

George Foreman at his most”svelte”lol, in his entire comeback/second career at 235 pounds for this fight, he is physically well prepared for this fight, I think he should have stayed at around this weight for the rest of his second boxing career.

[@ianblake815]

Foreman the steamroller

[@rontruocchio5744]

I believe qawi started his career as a light heavy