Who here has seen it? I haven't yet but I read that it was a very controversial decision. Foreman refused the rematch and had to vacate the IBF title. And people still call him a great fighter??Lol!
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I saw it once, when it happened. In essence a replay of the Foreman-Morrison, only Schultz didn't land as sharp of punches. Schultz had his back turned to Foreman for half the fight. Not a blowout, not the worst decision I've ever seen (Briggs decision was worse). But Schultz "deserved" the decision due to Foreman just not doing much. 8-4 in rounds.
I seem to recall Foreman being stripped before the fight for taking this one instead of defending against, uh, Tony Tucker (?). Maybe that was the WBA version. In any case, after this fight Foreman started doing that little jogging thing in the fights against Savarese (ever read his poetry?) and Briggs to close the gap and land running jabs instead of just plodding along watching the other guy back up. Good strategy.
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