Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua would have got ‘bashed to bits’ by heavyweight legend
Carl Froch believes George Foreman would have had his way with almost all of the current top heavyweights. The former unified super middleweight champion stopped short at Usyk but was under no illusion as to how Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury would have fared. Joshua and Fury will go down as greats of their era but Froch doesn’t think they would have survived against Foreman “I don’t think Usyk is big enough,” Froch said during an appearance on talkSPORT Drive on Monday afternoon. “I mean he is a fantastic fighter so forget Usyk… “But George Foreman if he was around in this era of heavyweights you can forget all the other heavyweights. “He would have bashed them to bits. They wouldn’t be able to live with him. “Tyson Fury would have been able to give him a fight with the size of him but I still think Foreman would have done him.” ‘Big George’ is widely considered to be one of the greatest heavyweights of all time. So great, in fact, that he picked up the world heavyweight crown twice over 20 years apart. Foreman snatched the WBA and WBC heavyweight titles from Joe Frazier in 1973 by blasting him out inside two rounds before being relieved of the belts one year later by Muhammad Ali in Zaire. In 1977, at 28 years old, Foreman hung up his gloves in order to focus on his newfound Christian faith. 10 years later, he returned to the ring to mount one of the most remarkable comebacks in sporting history. GettyForeman was a two-time heavyweight champion[/caption] In 1994, Foreman shocked the boxing world by knocking out WBA and IBF heavyweight champion Michael Moorer at the MGM Grand, New York. In doing so, he broke the record for the oldest world heavyweight champion of all time at 45. The previous record was held by Jersey Joe Walcott, but Foreman blew the New Jersey slugger’s feat out of the water by eight years. Foreman held onto his crown for another year extending his record to 46 years and 169 days old. A devastating puncher with an iron chin and dogged resilience, Foreman was a true enigma. The first ballot Hall of Famer passed away last Friday, surrounded by his adoring family but will live on in the annals of boxing history. Follow talkBOXING on social media talkBOXING is now on Twitter and Facebook. Follow us on social media for big breaking boxing news, exclusive interviews and the best bits from our talkBOXING YouTube show. Like our Facebook page HERE Follow us on Twitter HERE Sign up for our WhatsApp channel HERE
Carl Froch believes George Foreman would have had his way with almost all of the current top heavyweights.
The former unified super middleweight champion stopped short at Usyk but was under no illusion as to how Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury would have fared.
“I don’t think Usyk is big enough,” Froch said during an appearance on talkSPORT Drive on Monday afternoon.
“I mean he is a fantastic fighter so forget Usyk…
“But George Foreman if he was around in this era of heavyweights you can forget all the other heavyweights.
“He would have bashed them to bits. They wouldn’t be able to live with him.
“Tyson Fury would have been able to give him a fight with the size of him but I still think Foreman would have done him.”
‘Big George’ is widely considered to be one of the greatest heavyweights of all time.
So great, in fact, that he picked up the world heavyweight crown twice over 20 years apart.
Foreman snatched the WBA and WBC heavyweight titles from Joe Frazier in 1973 by blasting him out inside two rounds before being relieved of the belts one year later by Muhammad Ali in Zaire.
In 1977, at 28 years old, Foreman hung up his gloves in order to focus on his newfound Christian faith.
10 years later, he returned to the ring to mount one of the most remarkable comebacks in sporting history.
In 1994, Foreman shocked the boxing world by knocking out WBA and IBF heavyweight champion Michael Moorer at the MGM Grand, New York.
In doing so, he broke the record for the oldest world heavyweight champion of all time at 45.
The previous record was held by Jersey Joe Walcott, but Foreman blew the New Jersey slugger’s feat out of the water by eight years.
Foreman held onto his crown for another year extending his record to 46 years and 169 days old.
A devastating puncher with an iron chin and dogged resilience, Foreman was a true enigma.
The first ballot Hall of Famer passed away last Friday, surrounded by his adoring family but will live on in the annals of boxing history.
