LEGENDARY former boxer George Foreman has revealed his four heaviest punchers of all-time… and has not included himself.
The two-time heavyweight champion, 73, was asked about his opinions on the hardest punchers to ever grace the ring.
And with great humility, Big George omitted himself from the running.
Asked to list his biggest hitters, he replied: “Joe Louis was the hardest puncher ever; Liston make the cut as well as Lennox Lewis. Mike Tyson.
“Nothing special about me.”
One man that will feel aggrieved to be omitted, you would imagine, is Deontay Wilder.
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The Bronze Bomber is renowned for his huge knockout power.
When asked about Wilder, even prior to his defeat to Tyson Fury, Foreman didn’t believe that the-then WBC champion had yet entered the pantheon of the greats.
He told TMZ Sports: “He’s good but he hasn’t approached Joe Louis, Joe Frazier, Mike Tyson. No, he hasn’t approached that kind of recognition yet. No way.
“For me, he has to have a performance like Mike Tyson did over Trevor Berbick. Boy, when I saw that, I was down visiting Vegas, and I thought, ‘This guy is a nightmare!'”
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At the time, Wilder hit back: “I understand Foreman and all these guys, they got to let their era go in the past, I am the hardest hitting puncher in boxing history period.
“I’m 42 and 0 with 41 KOs and the numbers speak for itself, I’ve got a 97 per cent [KO] ratio and I’m above everybody, numbers don’t lie.
“I don’t know what Foreman’s talking about, they got to learn how to give me my credit, there’s no denying because over and over I’m going to prove them wrong each and every time. You’re going to be looking silly.”
Fury could yet be ordered to fight Deontay Wilder for a FOURTH time, according to reports.
The WBC have confirmed Wilder vs Andy Ruiz Jr as a final eliminator for Fury’s WBC title.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
