Favorite George Foreman KO?

[Slothrop]

I've always enjoyed watching him wreck Cooney.

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[Thread Stealer]

Frazier, then Cooney and Norton.

Agosto was pretty bad too. The Jameson fight was funny when Foreman's uppercut sent his mouthpiece flying.

[FlatNose]

That shot that sent Frazier airborne in Jamacia.Like Ali would say, it was the launching of the first black satillite.

[Zakman]

Frazier I has got to be tops, both for the multiple KDs and signficance; the Cooney KO was devastating, and you have to also put in a word for his WAR with Ron Lyle and come-from-behind punchout against Michael Moorer.

[brooklyn1550]

1. Cooney
2. Jameson
3. Frazier 1
4. Moorer
5. Lyle
6. Norton
7. Roman

[Slothrop]

I know that the Moore and Frazier KOs were far more significant, but I just love watching Big George, who so often is accused of being crude, landing those brutal precision shots on Cooney. The final uppercut was sick.

[Zakman]

I know that the Moore and Frazier KOs were far more significant, but I just love watching Big George, who so often is accused of being crude, landing those brutal precision shots on Cooney. The final uppercut was sick.
At the time, too, this was a very significant fight - it was the one where Foreman crossed the line between being viewed as kind of a sideshow attraction, taking on "bums of the month" and used up journeymen, to being taken seriously as a contender. So, in its own way, this fight - if not as significant as Frazier and Moorer - it's close.

[emanuel_augustus]

Moorer then Cooney.

[Thread Stealer]

At the time, too, this was a very significant fight - it was the one where Foreman crossed the line between being viewed as kind of a sideshow attraction, taking on "bums of the month" and used up journeymen, to being taken seriously as a contender. So, in its own way, this fight - if not as significant as Frazier and Moorer - it's close.

Rodriguez was more of an eye-opening win than Cooney, IMO. Although Rodriguez was blown out in 2 by Holyfield earlier, at least he was a guy on the fringes of the top 10-15 or so.

Cooney was a name and had a good trainer, but hadn't won a fight in 3 years or so. The fight title "The Puncher vs. the Preacher" was called by others "2 Geezers at Caesar's".

Still, the KO was fun to watch.

I think Foreman was mad about getting rocked in round 1, so he threw that final "take that with you" right hand to finish it off.

[Slothrop]

Rodriguez was more of an eye-opening win than Cooney, IMO. Although Rodriguez was blown out in 2 by Holyfield earlier, at least he was a guy on the fringes of the top 10-15 or so.

Cooney was a name and had a good trainer, but hadn't won a fight in 3 years or so. The fight title "The Puncher vs. the Preacher" was called by others "2 Geezers at Caesar's".

Still, the KO was fun to watch.

I think Foreman was mad about getting rocked in round 1, so he threw that final "take that with you" right hand to finish it off.

I love that left uppercut that did the job. And you can almost see it playing out in a thought bubble above Foreman's head as he walks out of the neutral corner with Cooney standing there on queer street. Big George put some serious nasty on that punch. Watch his feet and hips as he delivers it.

[Zakman]

Rodriguez was more of an eye-opening win than Cooney, IMO. Although Rodriguez was blown out in 2 by Holyfield earlier, at least he was a guy on the fringes of the top 10-15 or so.

Cooney was a name and had a good trainer, but hadn't won a fight in 3 years or so. The fight title "The Puncher vs. the Preacher" was called by others "2 Geezers at Caesar's".

Still, the KO was fun to watch.

I think Foreman was mad about getting rocked in round 1, so he threw that final "take that with you" right hand to finish it off.

That's all true - although, at the time, Cooney was thought to be a more dangerous opponent because of his punching power. Alot of folks, myself included, thought he had a good chance of beating Big George. His troubles with booze and coke were not as well known at the time, and many gave him a real shot. And he did prove in that first round that he was formitable - at least for a round. I thought he won the first clearly.

People really began to take Big George seriously after this fight - although they were ALWAYS detractors who pointed out many of the same things about Cooney that you did. You're right that the Rodrigues KO was more important in legitimizing him as a contender, but Cooney was an important step towards that. It certainly made me take him more seriously at the time - although I always thought Tyson would have beaten him.

[Mind Reader]

Moorer for me just because it shocked me so much and it was a history making KO.

[Bummy Davis]

Norton,Cooney,Frazier

[ironchamp]

Frazier I
Cooney
Norton
Frazier II
Moorer

[Slothrop]

His ko against ali.

Can't say i didn't see this one coming.

[Titan1]

Between Norton and Frazier, though Frazier may take it by a hair.

[ChampionsForever]

Moorer, hearing the crowd go crazy makes that KO for me. He's one against Frazier was brutal, especially because im a Joe Frazier fan.

[sues2nd]

I love the Moorer one....just because of the way it happened, when it happened and the fact that George was losing that fight.

The ref said it was the hardest punch he has ever heard live. It split the top of Moorer's mouth WIDE OPEN.....makes me shudder when I think of it.

[paulfv]

Joe Frazier, the first one (I think it was the first one). That's where Joe was doing some "hop-and-skip" routine after Foreman clocked him.

Foreman's fights against Frazier might have been the best displays of Foreman's pure power, to take such a tough guy as Joe and just destroy him.

[Wige247]

Which is the Frazier fight where Frazier does a hop, skip, and a KTFO after a Big G hookercut?

[Willy Bonka]

His KO over Michael Moorer to become one of the oldest Boxers to re-gain a Title!

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