In 1991, ridicule preceded a first title fight in 17 years: ‘Fat Foreman, fat purse, fat cats and thin credibility.’ But even in defeat the veteran proved a winner
The mere remnants of what once made George Foreman a fearsome heavyweight champion were enough to call in question Evander Holyfield’s right to be considered a worthy holder of the title.
Let there be no doubt about the comprehensiveness of the beating Holyfield inflicted on his 42-year-old challenger over 12 rounds at the Atlantic City Convention Center on Friday night. For 36 minutes Foreman, boxing’s most remarkable revenant, padded forward stubbornly into a volume of punishment that swamped his own sporadic and cumbersome attempts at retaliation and by the end of the fight the discrepancy in performance was certainly far greater than the official scorecards suggested.