At the age of 51 was George Foreman a top ten heavyweight?

[Johnny heard]

Let's say foreman would of still been fighting would he of still been cracking the top ten? The man was a freak of nature, a one of a kind genetic freak, I think he would of been maybe number 9 or ten

[Sugar Adam Ali]

No not in the late 90s

[joe strong]

he was 48 when he should of beat briggs. he was 47 when he beat lou savarese. both were up & comers that could punch. he was so disgusted with the briggs verdict that he retired. he figured they wanted him out of the sport. he carefully selected his opponents but he was still doing well considering his age. he won the schulz fight in my opinion.

[The Hammer]

he was 48 when he should of beat briggs. he was 47 when he beat lou savarese.

No, Foreman was age 48 for BOTH the Briggs fight and the Savarese fight in 1997.

[Johnny heard]

No, Foreman was age 48 for BOTH the Briggs fight and the Savarese fight in 1997.

And he beat them both he done a job on Briggs was totally robbed and tamed the underrated savarese

[jas]

props to foreman but hopkins is more of a "genetic freak" as you put it johnny than foreman because foreman could rely on his power whereas bhop has to have reflexes, speed at a lower weight class

[Sugar Adam Ali]

By age of 51, it would have been roughly 2000-01

I think foreman could beat the guys that Tyson was fighting like orlin Norris but he isn't coming near the top 10

1 Lennox
2 evanderl
3 ibabuchi
4 tua
5 vitali
6 wlad
7 Byrd
8 Tyson
9 grant
10 Rahman
11 masked
12 sanders
13 Barrett
14 Botha
15 Ruiz
16 eitteinne
17 Hyde
18 bean
19 johnson
20 Donald

[J-champ]

By the time Foreman beat Moorer he seem to age a year every month. That's what happens when you get that old and are still competing in sports.

[MisterHardtop]

By age of 51, it would have been roughly 2000-01

I think foreman could beat the guys that Tyson was fighting like orlin Norris but he isn't coming near the top 10

1 Lennox
2 evanderl
3 ibabuchi
4 tua
5 vitali
6 wlad
7 Byrd
8 Tyson
9 grant
10 Rahman
11 masked
12 sanders
13 Barrett
14 Botha
15 Ruiz
16 eitteinne
17 Hyde
18 bean
19 johnson
20 Donald

That is interesting actually, first time in a long way I've seen the rankings from that era. Is this official?

Who out of the top 10 could Foreman possibly beat? Rahman maybe? Tua? Could he beat Grant? Does he have the power to stop Byrd....or a shot Tyson?

Very interesting that a man in his 50s can even be considered in such discussions. I think Foreman was badly faded by the late 90s but he still had that incredible power which allowed him to level the playing field. Lewis v Foreman in '99, now that would have been some contest.

[Sugarj]

That is interesting actually, first time in a long way I've seen the rankings from that era. Is this official?

Who out of the top 10 could Foreman possibly beat? Rahman maybe? Tua? Could he beat Grant? Does he have the power to stop Byrd....or a shot Tyson?

Very interesting that a man in his 50s can even be considered in such discussions. I think Foreman was badly faded by the late 90s but he still had that incredible power which allowed him to level the playing field. Lewis v Foreman in '99, now that would have been some contest.

2000 and 2001 were pretty good years for Tyson. He was at least as good as he had been since incarceration. I wouldn't have said 'shot' at all......