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George Foreman says Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder hit harder than boxers in his era
George Foreman believes Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder are more powerful than the heavyweights of his era.
'Big George' was known as one of the hardest hitters in a career that saw him win the heavyweight world title for the first time in 1973 and then pulling of the feat once again after his comeback to become the oldest heavyweight world champion of all time at 45 in 1994.
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He officially retired in 1997 with a record of 76-5 and 'The Greatest' Muhammad Ali was the only man to ever stop him in the ring.
Talking to talkSPORT while promoting his film 'Big George Foreman', he was asked the boxer he would most like to fight today if he could make a third comeback in his prime.
"The big heavyweights I see today who can hit hard are Deontay Wilder and of course Tyson Fury," he said.
"I wouldn't want to fight those big giants, they can hit hard.
"Most of the big guys I fought back in the day, they were just big, they couldn't hit so hard.
"But, I wouldn't welcome myself back today at all."
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This comes despite the fact that Foreman has spent time in the ring with some extremely hard punchers from Joe Frazier to Ken Norton and even Shannon 'The Cannon' Briggs.
But, it seems Foreman holds Fury in particular in extremely high regard, as he believes he could have competed no matter who he came up against in the history of boxing.
"That Tyson Fury he would have done well in any era," Foreman said.
"It doesn't matter who, what, when or where, he would have done well."
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