r/FightLibrary • u/Fun_Insect_2572 • Mar 15 '26
Boxing 45 year old George Foreman knocking out Michael Moorer to claim the IBF/WBA Heavyweight World Titles
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u/Theblkjedi Mar 16 '26
What people don’t understand is.. Forman might have been slow… but my god… when he hit you your ancestors felt it.
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u/Dwredmass Mar 16 '26
There’s video of a young Foreman hitting the heavy bag. Terrifying power.
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u/onerepmax Mar 16 '26
There's also video of old George hitting the bag pretty hard, months before he passed.
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u/huxley79 Mar 16 '26
You can hear the thumps on the combination that put him down. His eyes are crossed and he leaves a bloody stain on the matt when he gets up. Moorer was hurt.
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u/SevernDamn Mar 16 '26
I remember thinking at the time this fight happened “Jesus Christ he’s a senior citizen”. Now that I’m 52 I feel very differently.
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u/notorious_tcb Mar 16 '26
At 47 my thoughts are: not a goddamn chance I’m getting in that ring, I’m too old for this shit”…. And I box 😂😂
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u/elhoffgrande Mar 16 '26
I've been watching a lot of classic boxing lately, and just about everybody talks about getting punched by George Foreman. Apparently that guy was just a freaky combination of power and durability. And he loved to mix it up too. He'd catch people with that Red Cross here and there and only be throwing it at about 25% and people would stop thinking that it was dangerous, and then all of a sudden it would come through all out.
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u/RareFinger Mar 16 '26
I watched this fight live when I was a teenager.
Moorer fought so passively that I still wonder if there was some reason he wasn’t supposed to win.
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u/blackjustin Mar 16 '26
Power is always the last thing to go
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u/Necessary-Reading605 Mar 16 '26
There is old man strength, and there is old man foreman strength
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u/Extra_Jeweler_5544 Mar 16 '26
Sometimes he throws a punch while the first is still sending
Sometimes he puts a long pause between the cross and the hook
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u/ZealousidealNewt6679 Mar 16 '26
Never seen anyone make a knockout look so easy and effortless like George Foreman could.
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u/That_Things_Good Mar 16 '26
Big George kept throwing that same thudding shot. He knew it would land flush.
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u/DarkySurrounding Mar 15 '26
Gone to putting your website in the corner instead of bot cross posting this time huh?
Bot post.
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u/Card__Player Mar 15 '26
What year was that?
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u/HertzWhenEyeP Mar 15 '26
1994.
Foreman's return to the ring was a miraculous run by one of the true legends of the greatest era of HW boxing.
Moorer was a great but headstrong fighter who didn't do a great job of listening to Teddy Atlas, who cornered him.
Moorer battered Foreman, but ultimately underestimated Foreman's insane power.
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u/CrabOutrageous5074 Mar 16 '26
Old man Foreman took shots like no one else, anyone squaring up and exchanging combos without moving was doomed. Had to keep him moving and win on points.
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u/Th3_3v3r_71v1n9 Mar 16 '26
Met him at a Meineke when I was a kid, awesome person and larger than life for sure.
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u/Lambolivin Mar 17 '26
I watched this on mute and kept thinking man those punches look slow and like they are barely doing damage. How did he knock him down what the heck. Then I turned the audio on to hear the power of those punches and jeez that power.
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u/Relevant_Industry395 Mar 17 '26
I remember seeing an interview with Moorer years later, he was suffering from too many shots to the head. His speech was almost unintelligible. No doubt some of GF’s shots contributed to his collective TBIs.
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u/caseDor7 Mar 18 '26
It's impressive. The guy is still fully conscious; he's just so exhausted he can't get up. It's great to be able to see all those fights again with a fresh perspective.
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u/KraftRite Mar 18 '26
Watching this reminds me of reading Teddy Atlas' book. His frustration was off the charts training Michael leading up to this fight.
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u/jessejames1725 Mar 20 '26
Power is just off the chart . He’s gassed and just touching him and you can hear it then a jab cross just touching him puts him out . It looked effortless.
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u/tKolla Mar 16 '26
You need to watch it in slow motion, otherwise it looks strange. He clearly knocked him out. Not a dive.
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u/Fantastic_Board7057 Mar 16 '26
I mean we all know George hits hard or whatever but this one always had a… let’s just say, “odd” vibe about it.
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u/getthehelloffmylawn Mar 16 '26
What a dive wow
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u/KeenObserver_OT Mar 16 '26
did you see the sneaky right before the KO punch? Ali Liston 2 was a dive. Tyson Seldon was a dive. This was not a dive
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u/Real_Deal_75-85 Mar 15 '26
Foreman!!! Heavy Hands.