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fg2227
08-19-2007, 05:52 PM
What is the highest use guys have him?
McGrain
08-19-2007, 05:53 PM
As a heavyweight? I have him at #11, the highest i've had him at is #9.
TBooze
08-19-2007, 05:53 PM
#34 of All-time
fg2227
08-19-2007, 05:59 PM
Come on lads, don't think use are being fair
McGrain
08-19-2007, 06:01 PM
Come on lads, don't think use are being fair

#34 of all time is a huge accolade, I think it's far to high...i think i may be guilty of underating him somewhat, but i still see him as one of the best ever in his class...where do you have him?
fg2227
08-19-2007, 06:02 PM
Defo top 10 maybe top 5.
McGrain
08-19-2007, 06:04 PM
Defo top 10 maybe top 5.


Of any weight class ever?

Or just heavies? If it's just heavies I think top 10 is perfectly reasonable but someone has work to do to show me why his spot in the top 5 can be defended.
TBooze
08-19-2007, 06:12 PM
At heavyweight I have only Louis and Ali ahead of him. I like my greats to redeem themselves; and you do not get more redemption than regaining the World Championship over 20 years on from your biggest boxing demon.
Dempsey1238
08-19-2007, 06:27 PM
pound for pound, Big George may be out of the top 50 imo.
brooklyn1550
08-19-2007, 06:41 PM
Heavyweights: Top 10
Pound for Pound: Top 60
Guido
08-19-2007, 06:43 PM
George fought some great competition in his first career, and he only lost to Ali and Jimmy Young. He then redeemed his losses by becoming the oldest man to regain the Championship of the World. He was also a gold medalist and had a short but remarkable amateur career.

Foreman creeps in at #5 in my all-time Heavyweight list quite often.
Manassa
08-19-2007, 06:49 PM
#20 heavyweight.
Nick Balsamo
08-19-2007, 10:27 PM
I have him at number four.
C. M. Clay II
08-20-2007, 12:57 AM
He's #3 head-to-head on my list, but I'm thinking of moving him down some.
Street Lethal
08-20-2007, 03:45 AM
Top five heavyweights. I don't know about pound for pound.
fists of fury
08-20-2007, 04:05 AM
If he didn't have a comeback, I'd rate him somewhere between 15-20 as a heavyweight, maybe even slightly lower.

As it stands, I would say he's a fringe contender for a top 10 spot.
JohnThomas1
08-20-2007, 04:53 AM
He will fill one of my vacant spots between 5 and 10. Hard one to judge, first career wins (overwhelming wins in some cases) over Frazier x 2, Norton and Lyle and was 40-0 when he fought Ali tho there were multitudes of nobodies. 3 great wins, a fine one and an ok one. Then we have the comeback. Damn he's a hard case lol
Holmes' Jab
08-20-2007, 05:05 AM
He's currently # 13 on my list. An argument can be made for the boarderline/tail end of Top 10.

I'd put him higher on a head-to-head basis, though.
KTFO
08-20-2007, 05:21 AM
If it's just heavies I think top 10 is perfectly reasonable but someone has work to do to show me why his spot in the top 5 can be defended.


Because he probably would win an Ali rematch.:D
Sizzle
08-20-2007, 06:25 AM
He's a certainty for top10, I wouldn't scoff at a top5 placement.

I have him at #8

He's certainly accomplished more than fighters like Jack Dempsey and better head to head.
ironchamp
08-20-2007, 06:12 PM
I've had him as high as number 5. Can't make a case to rate him above

Holmes, Louis, Ali or Marciano...
Drew101
08-20-2007, 06:16 PM
Had him as high as #4 among my all-time heavies, currently occupies my #5 or #6 position, depending upon my mood.
Bill1234
08-20-2007, 09:47 PM
I think Foreman should be placed anywhere from 6-10 in head to head and on ATG heavyweight lists. He is IMO overrated because of his comeback. He fought handpicked oppenents and he got an arguably lucky punch in to win the title, after getting pounded on all the way up to that point.
Zakman
08-20-2007, 11:18 PM
I have him at #4 all at HW as well.
prime
08-21-2007, 02:06 AM
I have George Foreman as my No. 6 all-time heavyweight.

His power was an extremely effective weapon that few men could ever survive. No wade-in slugger like Frazier or Marciano could survive his horn-like blows. And he could cut the ring off frighteningly well on any fancy Dan.

Foreman could get you with several different bombs: the hook, the uppercut, a prodigious two-handed attack on stationary targets. His jab was a jolting blow and range finder. His mentality as champion was of such arrogant confidence that he simply imposed his will, beating men into submission well before his sturdy chin could be seriously tested. And his size measures up well in any era.

George Foreman was a monster and he knew it. It took the Greatest to dethrone him.