While former heavyweight champion and legend of the ring Lennox Lewis has been critical of current heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua lately, one other former heavyweight champion and icon in the sport has had a different opinion.
George Foreman was known as one of the biggest punchers in all of heavyweight boxing.
A man who bludgeoned his opponents with brute power and a simple desire to destroy what was put in front of him.
Foreman never really had much of a game plan other than to knockout his opponent as quick as he could.
Speaking on Twitter about what he thought of current heavyweight knockout artist Joshua, Foreman had this to say:
Anthony Joshua is a special talent, fighters like him are far & few between. Seem they don’t come in bunches, 1 every 25 to 30 years. Only Time beats them. https://t.co/AQQi35agXF
Former heavyweight champion of the world George Foreman tabs one fighter in particular as the special talent to watch out for over the coming years in the modern heavyweight division. Foreman to this day is still the oldest man to ever capture the heavyweight championship of the world (aged 45)…
The boxing community around the world has been paying their respects to the one and only George Foreman, Anthony Joshua the latest. A former heavyweight champion, Joshua knows he was only standing on the shoulders of giants in former champions like Foreman. Speaking on his Instagram stories a short time…
Former heavyweight champion George Foreman like all boxing fans witnessed an iconic moment in the sport at the weekend. Alexander Usyk shocked some, but not those who expected him to, by winning the heavyweight title. Defeating previous belt holder Anthony Joshua in the UK. After the fight Foreman reacted by…
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