George Foreman destroys Frazier and Norton Boxing

George Foreman destroys Frazier and Norton Boxing

[lucaspanto]

The guy won back the heavyweight title at 45. That's the oldest champ ever

[mistermusik]

Can we acknowledge that George frequently had his hands down? His defense was to push his opponent out of reach, deflect punches with his hands, and be able to absorb some leaping hooks. Frazier and Norton both snuck in some stiff lefts early on but George ate them and kept coming. Very impressive, but Ali saw the pattern and devised the most appropriate counter-pattern. Tremendous competitors all around.

[snoozy]

Young Foreman and Old Foreman are both very dangerous...

[normancook]

Frazier moved in exactly one direction - forward! An absolute disaster against Foreman.

[melanisticmandalorian]

It's amazing seeing George destroy these 2 legends and ragdoll them as if they were nothing, then to see George completely humbled before Ali. It was something of legends. Something George never saw coming, and you can see why. But, you can also see how George was the yester-years Tyson, even if he didn't train and fight like Tyson. George was an absolute beast in the ring.

[wmden]

"Norton is a positive thinker." The way he was tentative in these 2 rounds, I believe he was positive George was going to hurt him.

[amjadkhan-jvxj]

Foreman was the sherman tank with no reverse gear.

[petergreen]

Even Foreman's misses are frightening.

[Eazy-ERyder]

What determination and HEART Frazier had. Got back up each and every single time.

[marktownsend]

George Foreman. My favourite fighter.. Loved him . Still going too... Brilliant

[OldielocksNmo]

Watching young George and old George.. especially against Frazier, he was fast..his speed on his left hook was so underrated..his footwork was better than stated. He showed that snap against Rodriguez, and slightly less against Holyfield...but he was 43, not 23 and still did well. That left darn near put Rodriguez thru the ropes..and he was a top 5 and South American champ. George was something else.

[mickdimi]

Young Foreman was the most frightening, intimidating looking boxer after Tyson.

[johnm]

The Cosell call of the first Foreman/Frazier fight was absolutely epic.

[malcolmmcadam]

It's strange how Foreman completely destroyed Frazier and Norton, the two boxers Ali struggled against most, but Ali, became Foreman's nemesis in Kinshasa against all the odds. We'll never see an age of boxing like the 1970s and early 80s.

[rockabye_baby]

lol ali was something else. he literally strolls up to the camera and tells everyone how to beat him, then he did it. lol

[mars]

George had about a 6” reach advantage, he’s as strong as an ox, and he was punching down. If Joe tried to come inside, George would just push him back out to the end of his reach where he could strike without really being hit. If you’ve ever seen what George can do to a heavy bag, then you have some appreciation for what it takes to get hit that hard and keep fighting.

[davidcoyle]

Can not even imagine what Joe or Ken thought when big George started hitting with those sledge hammers.

[adjustableisland]

Man, that ducking technique of Frazier had him ducking directly into Foreman's blows. Here's my head, bang on it. Not to mention, Frazier is completely blind whenever he ducks, bobbing back up for a nasty surprise each time.

[daleties]

Foreman looks like such a happy, friendly fellow as he sells his grills on TV. In the ring tho, he was one scary dude.

[DaveFury]

“You come over there talking like that, then we’ll cook you!” 😂