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He said that Cus said the only fighters who had a chance

 

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against Foreman were, tall rangy fighters who could fight him

 

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from a distance while moving away from him, and no way any

 

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swarmer could beat Foreman by going to him.

 

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Those are the words of the man who actually had a hand in

 

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trying to make the Foreman-Tyson fight, and was in the

 

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room when the negotiations broke down. Over the years, I've

 

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talked to many people who were involved with Tyson and

 

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Foreman and they all verify the story, every one of them.

 

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I have also talked to people who were involved with promoting

 

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Foreman, including Ron Weathers who promoted a few of

 

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Foreman's comeback fights. He told me the same story. The

 

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The fight didn't happen because of Tyson being fearful of losing to George.

 

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Bob Arum also said that he dreamed of making Foreman-Tyson

 

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He said it would be huge money and that

 

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Foreman would stop Tyson easier than he did Frazier.

 

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This is something Arum often repeated to the press

 

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I have also heard this from George's brother Roy who was his business manager.

 

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I co-hosted a boxing show with Roy in Atlantic City

 

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for a little less than two months and this was a regular topic

 

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when discussing Tyson. Anyone who covered boxing at the

 

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time or knew any of the involved parties knew of this. It's not breaking news.

 

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It is absolutely a fact that Mike Tyson was afraid to fight 41-year-old George Foreman

 

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the same Foreman who Evander Holyfield would fight and beat in April of 1991

 

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I have not a doubt that had Foreman and Tyson fought

 

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anytime between 1990 and 1997 that Foreman would have knocked Tyson out inside of three rounds

 

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Tyson just has nothing to beat Foreman with; his edge in hand speed would have been a non-factor

 

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He can't beat him by backing away,

 

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and he would have gotten his head handed to him if he

 

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brought the fight to Foreman