Published 16:12 IST, December 18th 2019

'Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder would've excelled in my time': George Foreman

George Foreman, the heavyweight gladiator of 70's, predicts Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder's chances of survival in his era and the reasons.

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George Foreman is arguably one of greatest boxers of all time, whose boxing record is considered to be in  best heavyweight category statistics of all time. 70-year-old, 2-time heavyweight world champion has 76 wins under his name besides 5 losses and he has faced some of deadliest boxers of his era which include likes of Joe Frazier and great Muhammad Ali. Even when Ali was considered to be at top of his game, a lot of veterans still believe that George Foreman is a superior boxer than him for his kckout power. Fighters like Muhammad Ali and George Foreman has revolutionalised heavyweight boxing from 70s and super-stacked division that looks stunning in modern era, actually got its roots from re. current roster holds some of biggest names like Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder, and Tyson Fury in modern era. Foreman has w commented on trio having ability to succeed in his or any era for that matter.

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George Foreman talks about Deontay Wilder, Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury’s chances in his era

It is definitely a debatable topic since both eras have some legit killers in ir division. However, George Foreman believes that modern-day gladiators would have survived well in his era. While speaking with talkSPORT, Foreman praised Deontay Wilder, Anthony Joshua, and Tyson Fury for ir accomplishments and tagged m as ‘great boxers’. 

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Talking about current WBC Champion Deontay Wilder, Foreman said: “Wilder proved he could kck a guy out that he’d already kcked out before”. He was furr asked about British giants Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua and retired heavyweight said: “Joshua proved that he can get up off canvas, act like a gentleman, put his team toger and win it all again”. It is pretty clear that Anthony Joshua’s recent win against Andy Ruiz Jr has impressed George Foreman. However, Tyson Fury has also grabbed a place in Big George’s mind as former boxer claimed: “Fury, to be out for so long and go 12 rounds with heavyweight champion of world, se are magnificent fighters”

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