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10-15-2006, 02:03 AM
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The Maul Brawling Slugger
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How close did Foreman come to fighting Tyson?
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Originally Posted by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Seldon
Bruce Seldon:
Heavyweight boxing champion (WBA)
Preceded by:
George Foreman Heavyweight boxing champion (WBA)
1995–1996 Succeeded by:
Mike Tyson
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Just looking at that from Bruce Seldon BIO at WIKIPEDIA
Bruce Seldon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
How close did Mike Tyson come to fighting George Foreman? Any info on this?
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10-15-2006, 06:37 PM
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Don't know, but Tyson would have beaten the old Foreman. But in Foremans prime Foreman would kill Tyson in a slugfest.
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10-15-2006, 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by bill1234
Don't know, but Tyson would have beaten the old Foreman. But in Foremans prime Foreman would kill Tyson in a slugfest.
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What if PRIME FOREMAN took on PRIME TYSON (80s)? That's really something!
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10-16-2006, 02:31 AM
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WHen Forman had the belt the second time around, he told Arsial Hall (on his show in fornt of a nation TV) that Tyson was scard of him. Tyson would not even come to the barging table. Quote (Forman) : He is scared of a Grand Pa." Forman Kinda of laughed at this.
To what I under stand, this statment was true, that Tyson would not even go to the table on this. You seen how long it took him to get into the ring with Lewis. Tyson has a habit of being scared of people who are not afraid of him... It was kinda of like Sonny Liston, he was scared of Crazy people.
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10-16-2006, 03:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr. Wisdom
WHen Forman had the belt the second time around, he told Arsial Hall (on his show in fornt of a nation TV) that Tyson was scard of him. Tyson would not even come to the barging table. Quote (Forman) : He is scared of a Grand Pa." Forman Kinda of laughed at this.
To what I under stand, this statment was true, that Tyson would not even go to the table on this. You seen how long it took him to get into the ring with Lewis. Tyson has a habit of being scared of people who are not afraid of him... It was kinda of like Sonny Liston, he was scared of Crazy people.
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Mike Tyson was a little bit of a coward at times... I ADMIT!
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10-16-2006, 10:16 PM
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Tyson was a bully, andif he hit you with his best shot, and you returned the shot right back he would backdown like with McBride, Lewis, Holyfield, and Douglas.
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10-16-2006, 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by bill1234
Tyson was a bully, andif he hit you with his best shot, and you returned the shot right back he would backdown like with McBride, Lewis, Holyfield, and Douglas.
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Tyson became a bit of a **** come the 1990s!
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10-17-2006, 07:38 AM
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I know but in 1990 he was still pretty good. It was after that fight with Douglas he went all screwy.
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10-17-2006, 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by bill1234
I know but in 1990 he was still pretty good. It was after that fight with Douglas he went all screwy.
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EXACTLY!!! 
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10-19-2006, 08:25 PM
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You cant blame him for going screwy after that though, you lost a fight 42-1 in your favor, and you didn't put up a good fight. You were just a big punching bag, that mite just make you go a little crazy.
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How close to Foreman come to fighting Tyson?
