George Foreman vs Ron Lyle (Highlights)
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Highlights of a classic slugfest! One of, if not the, most entertaining fights in heavyweight history.
Two big punchers - George Foreman and Ron Lyle, let it all hang out and basically go toe-to-toe for 5 brutal rounds.
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Mike Tyson
That awkward moment when you feel like you just watched 15 full rounds but find out all of that action was in just FIVE ROUNDS
🤣🤣🤣exactly my thoughts after he said that..even said a few seconds left on the clock smh
GEORGE FOREMAN IS THE TOUGHEST BOXER IVE EVER SEEN IN THE RING HANDS DOWN
Emm it kinda showed you each round.
@@Hoosier_Daddy69 Thanks for the clarification, don’t know what I’d do without ya.
@@jiles8187 Probably most likely overlook key information.
No running in those days. Howard and Ken witnessed a slugfest. Hard to believe a guy like Foreman fought in these kind of wars and is still as sharp and wit
I think Foreman Mike came out in the best mental shape than any other fighter. Those were the days.
and to think ali avoided a lot of damage in fights but used to get fucked up in sparring
Foreman had that 10 year break which apparently helped quite a bit.
People used movement and ran more than you think depending on the fighter
You could stagger Foreman but he was nearly impossible to knock out. Even in his later boxing career he seemed invulnerable even when he lost. A steel jaw.
How George retained his faculties after boxing is a miracle.
I always wondered that myself and the only thing I can come up with is an unusually thick skull, like the samoans have
He took a long break and then developed a relaxed style and didn't get a lot of hits with that crab claw defense!!
@@tkong35 tommy morrison and evander holy field would disagree
They hit him a few times but he was never downed or ko'd like Vander and Tommy .
@@tkong35 true but tommy beat the shit out of him and evander hit him with some of the hardest shots I've ever seen
ron lyle just passed away, god bless him, he was a great fighter.
Not really, but he was part of the glory years of the heavyweight class.
Tom Hearns He was a great fighter. This video shows that. If you want to say that he wasn’t a great “boxer” then that’s another story all together.
midnight starks Lil Tommy just wants attention
@@tomhearns143 not the best fighter but could really bang
@@apricotmadness4850 Your opinion. A glorified banger.
This was a war of bombing runs and heavy artillery instead of precision strikes and strategic assassinations. Blood and guts for these two bruisers. Classic.
pjp171 you said it ALL buddy wat a FIGHT
damn George showed crazy heart getting up after that 2nd knock down... most fighters wouldn't have gotten up from that.... this fight had great fucking action!!!
one of the greatest heavyweight fights ever
lyle has heart also. most got knocked out instead this guy kept coming
He said in another interview that the only reason he got up, was that he got hit so hard he didn't feel it.
Agreed. Bombs being thrown by both. No defence at all. Pure all out war of the kind we will never again see. Nowadays George would have been stopped by the ref but he fought back magnificently.
@@timbrown7039 shut the fuck up xD
If you saw this fight in a movie you'd think it was completely unrealistic, just incredible they way they just kept going, and also the number of big punches each of them take where just one would have been enough to finish most fighters.
502waf Foreman was the greatest big puncher ever, but Lyle was almost as good. Foreman has said in interviews that Lyle hit him harder than anyone else. Even the hits when he had his head covered up still hurt. Those were tough, tough men. Superhuman pain control!
This fight was literally King Kong vs Godzilla.
Heavyweights had pride
Well, not 'literally' but the sentiment is correct.
The greatest era in heavyweight history. When you think that Muhammad Ali stopped both these guys inside the distance when they were at their peak, in fact the fight with Ali was Foreman's last fight before this one and was the only time Foreman was ever stopped in 81 fights over a 28 year period. Ali stopped Lyle 7 months after he KO'd Foreman. He also beat Ken Norton 2 out of 3 and Joe Frazier 2 out of 3 and beat Earnie Shavers too after all those. That's why he was the greatest. All those guys mentioned here were better than anyone Tyson ever beat. That was not Tyson's fault, there were no top class fighters around in his era. The first top class fighter Tyson ever fought was Holyfield in 1996.
@@andyelliott8027 the same applies for Rocky Marciano I believe. Although he fought many talented boxers, unfortunately most of them weren't in their prime. Rockys era didn't have much to offer against him.
@William Lacombe Norton lost twice to Ali, by spilit decision and by unanimous decision. He beat Ali once, by split decision. Styles make fights though and Norton's style gave Ali the most trouble of anyone's.As with several of Ali's opponents of that era (Frazier, Foreman, Lyle, Shavers),Norton was a better fighter than anyone Mike Tyson ever beat in his entire career.
RIP Lyle, heroic warrior, heart of a lion, punch like a mule. You will be greatly missed by the true boxing fans of the world.
These two never cheated the sport of boxing.
Respect, Brother
After watching all of that action I nearly fell out of my seat when they said it was the 5th round!!
One of my favorite fights. Two gladiators
This fight is definitely in my list of favorite fights of all time.
Boring 2 Gorilas, slow Naa
@@felixrox9837 bit racist but you have to understand foreman and lyle were 2 huge men who gave it literally everything they had
@@felixrox9837 these dudes would curb stomp the best heavyweights today no doubt. Ron Lyle served time in prison, George foreman went toe to toe with Ali.
@@felixrox9837 do you really think Deontay wilder or Tyson fury could last as long as they did and take as many punches as them without tapping out?
George Foreman stated in a interview that Ron Lyle hit him so hard that he didn't know he was even hurt.
He said thay lyle punch so hard that doesnt even hurt..thats couse your body is in shock
You are correct. He said that on an interview with David Letterman. He also said Gerry Cooney hit very hard.
He said on the canvas.. what the hell I am doing here..??!
Lyle punches look deadly. Foremans too though. 2 monster Lions.
@@billymc2681But Foreman never fought Shavers who Ali said was the hardest puncher he ever fought.
one of most exciting heavywt fights of all time. Ken Norton was such a good commentator as well as class guy and fighter. RIP Kenny and Ron
I've been an aficionado of boxing for the past 40 years and this match was arguably the best I have ever seen!
Frazier v Ali 3 was the best I’ve ever seen
I always thought the Hagler-Hearns fight was d most brutal less than 5 rounds fight. After watching this, I changed my mind
Watch Hearns and Roldan. It's also better than Hearns Hagler.
@@MrStanleyMilton Hagler and Mugabi is right up there.
Perhaps the greatest HW fight ever.
Coulda been held in a phone booth
Lol
lmao!
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A round of applause for these legendary fighters.....man what heart and guts!!! This is heavyweight boxing gentlemen...!!
Mano A Mano! No running! Just pure guts! That is lost in boxing today! It's the 1st time I seen these highlights! Dude Lyle was good (may he RIP)! Holy cow what incredible action!
no running, but brawling, don't know what's the best...
that is not true boxing thats more street fight to say to least mostly everyone can mano to mano but its hard to have a great defense and precision when you stand in front of your opponent like that and going wild theirs no skills in that type of shit in that type of boxing its a matter of endurance,heart,chin and power it cancels out other boxing fundamentals like footwork, head movement , parrying , slipping , counter punching , precision , speed and timing that is what true boxing is about its using all the fundamentals not going mano to mano like a bunch of caveman.
exactly...
but people say this because they never stepped into a ring, don't care about the health of the people they watching, or think fighting is like in moovie
+Bon Jimss De Guzman I understand your point. Totally get it. I say this in a fan's point of view. As a fan when I see a boxing match, I don't want to see a track meet. I like to see an action packed matchup. That's all I was trying to say. I have nothing but respect for all boxers.
True true
I doubt either was ever the same after absorbing that.
Foreman took some pretty big shots against Holyfield and still saw the final bell...Foreman has one of the most underrated chins of all time, the Ali loss was mainly due to exhaustion.
ProphetofDoom14 A beating like that has to take a toll...chin or no chin.
It definitley does no question, but George was far from being shot after this fight
ProphetofDoom14 Lyle was pretty much done though, right?
+ProphetofDoom14
I agree that Foreman was exhausted in the Ali fight, but, Ali also took out Lyle. Its interesting, how the "heavy hitters" when they face Ali, a lot of them end up getting either knocked out or close to being. Both Foreman and Lyle could take enormous punches,
and both of those guys threw with enormous power.
one of my favorite fights --- saw it live in a dorm room --- nonstop battle --- aside from howard on the mike .....fantastic!
you can hear someone screaming out in the backgroundtowards the end ."Stop it Stop it".
That’s Gil Clancy, Foreman’s trainer for this fight.
Insane refereeing! People moan about "quick" stoppages in the modern day, but it's to stop shit like that! Lyle took 10-15 BRUTAL shots that he never should've took. Horrible...
@@Cychopath99 If that was Gil, he was also in the corner for Emile Griffith during his fatal fight with Benny Paret. He must have had flashbacks.
It sounds like Angelo Dundee... Am sure he was there and I've seen footage of him shouting for it to be stopped...
marko higster I know he definitely said it for the foreman Frazier fight, not sure if he was there for this one, fair to say the refs let the fighters do their job stopping fights back in the day
These my friends are real men...no fear, no crying, no pussyfooting. Just bravery, power and slugging. These are 2 of the toughest guys you'll ever see. Kinda sad how men have become emasculated these days. God bless Ron and George both...they both deserve HUGE respect!!
I remember this fight from my youth as being the best fight I EVER saw. I never even heard of Ron Lyle until this fight. Excellent! Very exciting!
Good God...what a fight. Lyle was really gutsy and did a great fight to a power puncher like Foreman. Respect for Lyle.
To think that Ali beat them both...with KOs....wow
Ali always had easy fight against slow sluggers. He'd wait for them to tire and then he'd win.
On the other hand, he always had trouble with skilled fighters who had a decent speed (Norton, Frazier, Young).
Tyson would have butchered Ali.
Michael Trumph no he woudnt butthole
@@michaeltrumph121 more like Eddie Futch fighters who knew Ali very well
@@michaeltrumph121 erine shavers?
Yes Ali got Ron with a lightening fast straight right, just as commentator Harry Carpenter was asking if the great man had anything left. 🤪it didn’t look anything like as hard as George hit him but Ali followed it up with about 15 more lighter punches then stepped back and waved the ref in to stop it, he didn’t so Ali carried on and then it was stopped. Boxing is very dependent on styles, George devastated men that Ali had trouble with. The greatest period in boxing,
Nobody ran like a pussy. Those were the days.
also, almost no clinch.
Cosell had no business calling fights....he didn't know shit....he said these guys were "sluggers without boxing skills"... are you fucking kidding, Howard? Foreman was a genius at knowing WHEN to throw the left, and then WHEN to throw the right, and when to jab. He won this fight knowing when to throw which punch.
George foreman, Ron Lyle, Earnie Shavers and Sonny Liston. Strongest punchers
I remember watching this incredible fight 'live' on TV. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, the back and forth, the devastating punches, then both running out of gas. Certainly one of the most entertaining fights in the history of boxing.
I have no idea why not many people talk about this fight. What a fucking war. Amazing display of heart on both sides, and for Foreman this was a very important fight because he had to prove to himself he still had it after he got beat by Ali and his confidence and intimidation factor were dismantled.
Probably because Ron Lyle has never been World Champion.
@@clemensgruber7278 Excelent point.
What an incredible fight! Ron Lyle didn't get up for the simple reason that he got his head smashed in by George Foreman. But it could have very easy went the other way and big George may have been battered into submission by Ron! Some fight this by two serious hard bastards!
Yes. They gave you everything they had. This is art.
Tbf Foreman should have won in Round 1. It was stopped after just 2 minutes when Foreman had Lyle hurt on the ropes.
glory days of boxing.
well said
How right you are ryan. Right now I could not tell who is H/Champ
True, other than the common poor decisions to allow boxers to take unnecessary punishment when they're clearly no longer able to effectively defend themselves.
RIP Ron, great fighter, one of the biggest hearts in the sport.
Best fight of all time!
"Foreman has no technique"? You don't become x2 champ and win over 75 fights against top competition with no technique. And Foreman isn't Mercer, Rahman, McCall or Vitali, he is George Foreman. Better than all 4 of them, and Lennox, with his laid back, prodding jab, rarely moving style would get ate up by Foreman, who bullies his way in behind a rock hard jab and starts landing power shots. The Mercer fight proved Lewis had trouble with good jabbers - Foreman beats him.
Lyle Hill Agreed!
Ali didn't give foreman a rematch because he was smart lol
Foreman made the comment himself after Lewis v Rahman 2 that Lewis was the greatest heavyweight in his opinion. Maybe he was just in the moment during the broadcast but I dont think George wanted Lewis at all. Love me some George though - that would have still been a wild fight even at George's older age.
As Vickie Toweel once said...U gotta be Great to beat A World Champion...that makes FOREMAN TWICE GREAT!!!!
"What an incredible fight, utterly without boxing skill, just punching away" - LOL this is the quoted for TRUTH.
They were fighting on pure survival mode.
NO WAY....they had plenty of boxing skills, they just chose to punch it out.....just like Hearns vs, Hagler
My dad showed me this and I'm 100% sure I'll be showing my kids this
Possibly the best fight from the 1970s.
Great Fight!!!! Lyle avoided Shavers punches when he fought him but decided to go toe to toe with Foreman.Bad move.Though he did knock George down,this is the difference between a champion and a contender.
Why bad move? He nearly had him foreman going toe to toe with lyle could also be considered a bad move too then
@@SDSen yeah, not only that, but foreman was also rusty since zaire, and lyle was busy bodying boxers.
What a fight these two had ! Absolute warriors at there best !
If I could teleport back this is one I’d love to be ringside for ! What a moment of boxing gold !
People talk about the greatest fights of all time I rarely if ever hear Foreman Lyle mentioned.
This is the most ferocious fight I’ve ever seen. Two big strong men bashing the shit out of eachother. Incredible really. Hearns Hagler, great as it was, wasn’t even close to this slugfest. Both guys were down 2-3 times each. Both were seconds away from getting ko’d several times.
What a fight. Ron Lyle underrated fighter he’s one of the greatest. And George shows great heart and resilience here, as well as supernatural power in his punches.
Awesome.
I like how the announcer the entire time is trying to say whose winning and it’s just a seesaw going back and forth lmao
Wow, this was like a Movie fight. Don’t know if that’s good or bad but it was entertaining. Much better than a Mayweather fight, not gonna lie.
Slugfest doesn't get any better than this keep on the edge of your seats.
Ron Lyle was probably the first (And only?) guy to stand and trade with Foreman, because... Fuck being afraid. Lyle was on his death bed after being shanked in prison and if that didn't kill him, Foreman wasn't going to. Lyle is a mean lookin mother. He made 4 comeback fights in hope of a rematch with Foreman. Not surprisingly, it never happened because Foreman never forgot about this fight lol
Still one d greatest boxing come backs I ever seen. Lions hearts putting it all out there in d ring.
I never knew who that Lyle guy was...shit he was actually more ferocious then Foreman... what a pair of powerful human beings , and boy can they give and take a punch...not sure any heavyweight around today could take that power and come back
A fight like this brings tears to my eyes. What heart from these men
Cosell "What an incredible fight, utterly without boxing skills" Howard wasn't shy!
Lyles story is amazing. I love the quote from George that when he hit the canvas for a second time he thought "What am I doing here?" They really battered eachother!
This was like a real life Rocky movie.
Other people: Boxing is so boring, it's nothing like the Rocky movies.
Me, an intellectual: Watch this fight.
if Tyson fought at that time , there would be no Tyson that we would even know of.
John Scott especially with his average chin. Wouldn’t survive against Lyle or foreman for more than 5-6 rounds
@@nagato1602 average chin? Tyson had a great chin you clearly don't know about Tyson
Tyson's speed would have been a problem for fighters in any era.
Prime Tyson would beat prime Foreman. No doubt about that. Tyson was faster with a big punch.
Today fighters would not last one round against these two legends.
HOLY FUCK, FOREMAN DOWN!!!!!!!!, NOOOOOOO LYLE DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!, BUT NOW FOREMAN DOWNNNNNNNN!!!!!
WOW THIS MATCH most enterainment i ever watch
I watched this fight live on ABC in 1976. This was an era that featured perhaps the most devastating punchers in heavyweight boxing history. Ali, George Foreman, Ken Norton, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Ron Lyle, and, of course, Earnie Shavers, a guy that Ali himself said threw the heaviest punch he ever took. Check out the highlights from Lyle/Shavers in 1975 sometime. Unbelievable brutality.
Big George, the best of all time. No comparison.
Para mí gusto Foreman el mejor. No puedo considerar a Ali como el mejor, pues no le dio la revancha, por miedo o malos consejos. Foreman seguramente hubiera derrotado a Ali en una revancha.
Best puncher George. Best boxer, Tyson in Cus D’Amdo era. In Tyson’s prime with Cus, his ability to get inside and box was unmatched.
An amazing fight. So wonderful to see foreman with all his faculties still. RIP to Ron Lyle
How can they stay on their feet while they get heavy punches like we see n this video. ,,Realy amazing monsters!!!
I'm 68 and have had the opportunity to meet two heavyweight champs in my lifetime. The first was Rocky Marciano in 1962 at Gladiator's Arena in Totowa, NJ where Rocky was managing a fighter named Ducky Dietz (he lost). I went up to Rocky at ringside to get his autograph and he put his arm around me and let me sit beside him for a while. I was 18 at the time and didn't wash my shoulder for a month. The second was Leon Spinks whom I met at South Point Hotel in Las Vegas (2012) What a gentlerman!
Who edited this? It's Amazing.
My fave fight if all time
3:18 It's a Shame that EVERY Fan of The Sweet Science was not alive to Hear the Passion in Cosell's Voice when Lyle hit the Canvass as it happened. I remember my Dad and Uncles Jumping up and down like Madmen.
One of tge best fights in history
OK then...I've SEEN LEWIS FIGHT and nothing of what I've SEEN makes me think a flat footed, glass jawed jabber would beat a grizzly bear with gloves on like George Foreman. Every Lewis weakness is a Foreman strength. Lewis is chinny - Foreman hits like a truck. Lewis has trouble with jabbers - Foreman had a telephone pole jab. Lewis lacked good footwork/movement - he'd have to move to keep Foreman from overwhelming him. A Foreman KO win is the only way I can see this one going.
A whole lot of heart in that ring at one time by 2 fighters. Boxing has changed so much over the years. Glad I got to be able to watch so many of the old fights. Plus watching all the old fights, I learned to be a better counter puncher in golden gloves. Greatest pure punching fight I've ever seen.
Terrible commentating! Regardless, those guys were FIGHTERS!!! What a fight
terrible work by howard, he butchered a great fight.
alan spurlock Agreed, Cosell didn't know shit about boxing.
Sal Lucido What wrong with the commentary? I think it makes the fight even more iconic. He also uttered one of the most legendary statements in sports history: “Down goes Frazier. Down goes Frazier. Down goes Frazier.”
Still get goosebumps...what a fight!!
You can tell that after the Ali fight, George Foreman tried to change his style into a more boxing style, kinda like Ali and paid big time. As soon as he went back into his natural fighting style, he was getting the better of Lyle.
***** Watch the whole fight, not just the highlights
Just heard Max Kellerman speak on this fight today on first take with Stephen A. Smith and Teddy Atlas about the greatest boxing matches of all time and Max Kellerman said 'kids if you haven't seen this fight before look it up on RUclips' and I just did and it was everything he said it would be. Wow!
6'5" nothing. It makes no difference. Styles make fights. And Foreman still had his jab as a young fighter, maybe not as good, but he used it to keep Norton off balance and to set up his haymakers. In his prime only Ali beat Foreman, a Foreman who fell into a trap and wasn't 100% even before the fight. Would Lewis rope-a-dope Ali? LOL. The Young fight was a sham. You can only beat George by outboxing him - something Lewis wouldn't be able to do simple. He could barely outbox Mercer.
Wow! The will of both fighters! Was incredible! All of this in 5 rounds! And Ali beat them both by knockouts.. RIP Ali and Lyle
And Floyd Mayweather think he is the greatest..
Slugging away like Neanderthals May be entertaining but it doesn’t have much to do with pure boxing skills which actually include a defense.
Mayweather is great at boxing, one of the best, just not entertaining. For that fact, he is not up there with the legends like Roy Jones Jr and Sugar Ray Robinson
If you hate Floyd it’s probably because you bet against him a few times too many. He’s a horrible human being but he’s a fantastic boxer.
This fight, (alongside the first fight between Arturo Gatti & Micky Ward), has to be the gutsiest, most exciting fight of all time.
True warriors, these two guys..No doubt about it.
thii fight is totally different : I stop thinking tyson is the only one out there : I
That was amazing. George called this his most memorable fight. And that's quite a list to choose from.
I was looking at a video on yt last week titled the '10 best fights of all time', and this fight wasn`t on there??? This fight was back in the day when boxing was boxing and the fights came on basic telivision. Now these boxers are spoiled, overpayed, and boring, ppview has the nerve to charge people $68 just to watch a fixed fight that i wouldnt watch for free.
Salute to Ali who beat them both even he has been absent for almost 4 years during his prime time
and both fighter was beaten by Ali...now I know why Ali is the greatest boxer of all time...
Wow!! How come I haven't seen this before now?!
this proves tyson in his prime would beat foreman even knock him out
+genc pllana Tyson in this era would have got touched up.......You had tons of guys who would not have been "intimidated" by Tyson. His biggest weapon was intimidation. the 70's was full of tough dudes and George intimidated the intimidator's.
+genc pllana How does this fight prove Tyson would beat Foreman?
George18798 because ron lyle is much slower than Mike tyson plus he doesnt hit as hard nd as u can see almost took foremans headoff nd tyson would really take it off
+genc pllana Ron was 5 inches taller than Mike and had much longer arms. Lyle was harder puncher than Mike for sure. Other boxers who faced both Lyle and Foreman said that they hit equally hard. Mike's style won't work against George. Foreman would kill him on the distance. If he try to get close then Foreman would push him away. Mike will be confused after few punches
+genc pllana
Tyson fought Holyfield, and Holyfield knocked out Tyson. An old/slow and overweight George Foreman fought Holyfield, and the fight went the distance. How does this fight prove Tyson would be George? Lyle is a huge guy, with gigantic power, he almost killed Joe Bugner, from the power he unleashed on his body.
Tyson would have big trouble with either of these, but especially George.
Definitely one of the most entertaining fights ever.
ty as he is.RIP Ron Lyle, a true warrior.
No subtlety, no noble art no duck n' dive. All out war, blood & thunder, arguably one of the all time top 5 heavyweight fights in history.
Both warriors with 0% defence 100% offence. What a slugfest, with chins made of granite.
THATS THE WAY FIGHTS WERE EVERYDAY GROWING UP IN THE 70;s IN BROOKLYN NY. GREAT FIGHT.
One of the greatest fights of the '70s. Holmes-Norton was utterly fantastic as well. Especially round 15 which one of the all-time great heavyweight rounds. I never thought round 10 of Bowe-Holyfield was an all-time great. Great round yes, but both fighters were winded and punched themselves out where there were long stretches of no activity. Watch round 15 of Holmes-Norton and see the difference.
I remember this fight in 1976. Total slugfest with both boxers knocking each other down before Foreman knocked him out. Crazy fight !
Has to be one of the best action fights to watch. Amazing stamina
Lyle is the only fighter who dropped Foreman twice in a fight.Foreman himself admitted he has never been hit so hard & credited Lyle as one of the hardest puncher .Lyle did tire himself out stupidly to get knocked out.Foreman in his career lost to Cooney & Holyfield because both were very good counter punchers .While cooney hit Foreman from long range to win the fight & it was Holyfield who proved that by landing repeatedly combinations Foreman could be defeated.Foreman was not that good in defence but was too good in throwing haymaker combinations for 15 rounds & he paced himself very beautifully in the second comback of his career.Big George Foreman ranks as one of the best boxers in history of that sport.
Foreman didn't lose to Cooney he ironed him out in 2 rounds during his comeback
Foreman had good defence. He was just slow. His defence is what helped him beat Lyle in this fight. Note how he started ducking right down to evade Lyle punches. Unconventional but it helped. Foreman is a very good boxer, he just didn't pace himself when he was younger.
Also, this fight should have been over in round 1, when Foreman was battering Lyle on the ropes and Lyle was hurt and hardly throwing a punch. But the round was ended after 2 minutes instead of 3.
Lyle took full on multiple shots to the head from Foreman and kept coming, the kind that ended other bouts. And then gave it back to George. Much respect these two warriors.
How someone didnt die..i will never knew. Ron Lyle..so underrated
Amazing. We’ll never see warriors like this again.
No one ever dropped big George like that second knock down; he just crumpled to the canvas. I wish there had been a Shavers/Foreman match because Earnie was the only other boxer (at that time) whose punching power could have driven George backwards.
The Great, Howard Cosell: This isn't artistic but it is slugging
Incredible fight , two real gladiators!
This is one of the best shortest fights I have ever seen. I'm really surprised nobody died while fighting George.
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