George Foreman vs Jimmy Elllis | FREE FIGHT | HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEORGE FOREMAN
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- Опубліковано 9 січ 2022
- To celebrate his birthday, look back at a #GerogeForeman fight, his knockout victory over #JimmyEllis #FreeFight
Next Up for Top Rank Boxing, Joe Smith Jr. WBO light heavyweight world champion Joe Smith Jr will make his first title defense against an unlikely contender. British puncher Callum Johnson tested positive for COVID-19, so Smith will now face Steve Geffrard on Saturday, Jan. 15 at Turning Stone Resort Casino and LIVE on ESPN and ESPN Deportes (simulcast on ESPN+) at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
In the 10-round co-feature, featherweight contender Abraham Nova (20-0, 14 KOs), who was originally slated to fight Jose Enrique Vivas, will fight Dominican veteran William “El Gago” Encarnacion (19-1, 15 KOs) after Vivas dropped out with an injury.
"I give Steve credit for taking this fight on short notice,” Smith said. “He is a tough guy, and I expect him to bring everything he has for this opportunity. I'm ready to fight regardless of who is in the ring with me. My goal is the same, which is to defend my world title and keep it on Long Island where it belongs."
Geffrard said, “This is the opportunity of a lifetime. It’s crazy how boxing works. One moment I’m thinking about boxing on a local show, then the phone rings for a chance to fight for the WBO world title on ESPN. Unreal!”
Smith (27-3, 21 KOs), the fighting pride of Long Island, won the title last April with a majority decision over Maxim Vlasov. His proposed October return was postponed due to a COVID-19 diagnosis, and with Johnson out, he turns his attention to Geffrard (18-2, 12 KOs), a 31-year-old native of Miami, Florida.
Geffrard is a nine-year pro who has won 18 straight fights since starting his career 0-2. He upped his record to 18-2 last March, winning an eight-round unanimous decision over longtime contender Denis Grachev. Geffrard had a fight scheduled for Jan. 8 in Delray Beach, Florida, but the “South Florida Cinderella Man” jumped at the chance to fight Smith on eight days’ notice.
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Old George was such a nice dude. He showed him mercy, and a lot of other opponents mercy . He had life changing power, after taking his punches you wouldn’t be the same.
Definately Not. Braindamaged for the rest of life.
Your spelling has brain damage.
@@DeepDeepEast old George was still spreading dementia and another brain illnesses among youngsters. A real life changer he was. He was merciful indeed: he could rip off one's head, but he chose to just braindamage them.
@@DeepDeepEast Yes u are, im so sorry
He could hospitalize with one punch
Incredible strength could beat any one
Anytime if he was faster he would of never lost
George was the most relaxed boxer ever. I think he saved a lot of energy that way.
When there was time, not long ago when boxing was on regular TV, wide world of sports,sports world. Almost every Saturday, there was a fight on either channel, sometimes there were fights on at the same time. 🥊🥊👈🏻🤛🏾👊🏾✊🏿
I used to watch Friday night fights on espn
Dont u mean wide world of sports, there was no wild world of sports
@@raymondhannon9442 Correct.👍✔ Sometimes I type fast and make mistakes. 👈🏻🤛🏾✊🏿
Yeah mate the good old days👍
And we had championship fights free on TV as well with pound 4 pound fighters fighting top contenders regularly.
Everything today sadly is a money grab scheme...
Foreman's bones are made of stone I think, he's dished out some of the heaviest shots ever and taken more than some heavy shots and I've never heard him slur once, happy birthday champ 🏆
Yup that's 100 percent
I can literally feel Goerge Foreman's punches through the screen, man was really strong
Was?
They look so nonchalantly thrown, but they hit like a bag of sand.
@@Cincinnatus1869 cry about it
@@tonyb9735 definitely the strongest puncher of all time. Earnie hit hard but he loaded his shots up. Foreman just moves his arm and your jaw is rattling
@@jrizo8849😂😂😂 yes
It blows my mind that Foreman was so disrespected during the start of his comeback. Luckily he proved everyone wrong and became an even greater icon in the process!!!
He was mature enough not to give a damn about it. Unlike boxers nowadays which prefers to be celebrity rather than an actual boxer.
It was this very disrespect shown to him that made him determined to recapture the crown! Jack Johnson, Liston, Ali, Foreman - a class apart!!
so much of it brought about by that clown larry merchant as well
Larry merchant don’t know about boxing
Foreman was such a beast he was avoided by many top contenders
Can’t stand that weasel Larry
Foreman had such an awesome comeback. Even the fights he lost he was unstoppable. Morrison and Holyfield were probably tired of hitting him by the end of the match!
Young george forman body + old george forman brain = most unstoppable boxer of all time
@V i o n a💝 Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
Not really. Neither had good stamina.
@@w900L Foreman won a world title at 45 or something with a 12th round knockout. Used that big old brain of his.
And George beat undefeated Savarese after like an entire 12 rounds on points at 48. So he definitely could’ve used his brains when he was younger and been unbeatable, and would’ve trained stamina better
@@w900L Yeah, such terrible stamina that Tommy Morrison was running away from a 40+ Foreman the last two rounds of their fight. And the only reason the younger Foreman "lacked stamina" was because he would throw non-stop power shots from bell to bell. I challenge you to find any other heavyweight fighter that could expend the amount of energy George could at a comparable age.
How can you not love and respect a man with such class and decency. One among several G.O.A.T.. for his life inside as well as outside the ring. In any era he'd be in the top 10.
I remember daytime fights as well with Dr Pacheco announcing. Boxing has been a dying sport since 2005
Most definitely. For his achievements in boxing alone, TWO whole boxing careers a full ten years apart and coming back from scratch, to become world champion again aged 45, you cannot find a more extraordinary heavyweight. My eternal sadness when I think of George is how they do blatantly robbed him of his title by giving Shannon Briggs the decision in their fight. George battered Briggs for the full fight and even the commentators couldn’t believe it when Briggs got the decision. It wasn’t even close. George won it clearly. He never fought again. No wonder.
I wouldn’t say that necessarily. Maybe for heavyweights but there have been a lot of great fighters in the lighter divisions since then
@@BottleBri Very true. He took the "defeat" (at the discretion of the judges) with class.
@@iconcanadian9951 tell that to the 74,000 fans who packed the Dallas football stadium last May to watch Canelo vs Saunders. During a pandemic. An indoor record. Folks have been claiming that boxing is dying as long as I've been alive. A long time. But it's still doing pretty well for supposedly being on life support.
Ellis is probably still feeling those shots. What a tough SOB
No one will ever be like Foreman. He beat on this guy and it was like he felt sorry for him at the same time. Gotta love him, the man had as big a heart as he had a right hand.
Foreman is a class act. He didn't want the fight to continue. He could've killed Ellis.
Did you take notice that George soon wasn't full power in rounds 2/3 held back and could have really hurt him
Went to hs with Jimmy (Seahawks). I was being picked on by some jocks at snack one day, and Jimmy shamed them by saying there was no glory in picking on me, that they were actually embarrassing themselves. I'll never forget his kindness.
Everyone in Redondo Beach was rooting for Jimmy from our TV's, but rushing in on George and trying to outslug him was not a good idea. George was very graceful in his win.
"George Foreman is known for his overhand right ... his arms are massive ... the power behind his punches ... incredible." Other than George being known for ALL of his punches, not just his overhand right, that quote is exactly correct. People don't talk about his incredibly large his arms were. They were, as the announcer said, massive. And his power, well, again, as we all know, was damned incredible. He also might have the biggest hands, along with Sonny Liston, of all-time. There is a reason that his punches don't look hard all the time but absolutely decimated on his opponents. His huge arms created so much torque when he did decide to swing hard that when those enormous hands came in, they landed like bowling balls. Both his right and his left hit equally hard. Cheers.
The minimal hip rotation / body English made it look like he was tamely pawing at people, but they'd crumple to the floor. I think George might well be the hardest puncher in boxing history.
@@MSimp2k6strongest and heaviest hitting boxer ever that's for sure and chin of granite big George an absolute grizzly!
I love how calm George was when he staggered Ellis multiple times in the 2nd round!
George must have known it was a matter of time
You know Big George is in total control when he turns Southpaw, LOL.. I've never seen him do that before.
Never seen that either I was surprised with that no one comments on it
🤭🤣🤣🤣👍💯.
This fighter that took the fight, nobody gives him credit. He was brave enough to get into the ring with George. Thats insane courage knowing Georges power and record. This dude gave it an honest shot. I hope people back at this dudes hometown give him respect.
Definitely. 👍
If you aren't willing to fight the best, why be a boxer? Also, he got paid much more for this fight than any other fight in his career.
@@maxv6837 Did you read my comment. I said to give him props for what he did.
@@taptalk6452 Why should I give him credit? This is a boxer who normally earns $500 per fight. For this fight he earned $50,000. Any boxer would take that money.
@@maxv6837 Max, if you don't want to, nobody says you have to hahahahah. Man, lets go out and get some sun and enjoy a beer! LOL I am sharing an opinion brother, that's it!
Big George doesn't hit hard, he hit HEAVY! Very HEAVY 😂
I’m REALLY starting to enjoy watching “older” Foreman fights. It’s very inspiring.
Old Foreman was just so calm and collected when he fought. All while having dynamite in both hands with every punch.
In George era they were real heavy weights oction pack I meet action
15 yrs difference lol lmao dwl r you killing me George was great no joke
I wouldn't say I "enjoyed" watching this fight lol. It felt like Foreman could have killed this guy if he went full throttle.
The journeymen who pad the stats of the greats have some steel balls.
Foreman had a look like, 'Geezus, how many times do I have to punch this guy?'
Shows how powerful george foreman is, sometimes he is only throwing arm punches and hes still
snapping ellis's head back.
The care for Forman’s opponents mental health is humanitarian at its finest. He literally held back so many opportunities to hurt Ellis. Greatest Champion. Real GOAT
That's not Jimmy Ellis that's a yte guy
That's GF comeback from retirement
Happy Birthday Big George! I don't know if winning 3 WCs or winning WCs twice, especially at 45 is a greater accomplishment. No disrespect to Muhammed Ali (RIP), but Big George is up there with him.
Not in Zaire, when it counted.
Foreman made more money and isn't punch drunk. I think he won when it counted.
And he can still talk clearly and saintly 🙂
For me it's a greater accomplishment. George Foreman may be not my favourite, but definitely is the most accomplished heavyweight I've seen so far.
What a class act. He's such a nice guy. Hurt him and just took it easy on him. On a side note I have his grill. A big one 😂
You saw towards the end where Ellis was out on his feet and was unsuccessfully trying to hold onto Big George. He could have devastated him by taking a step back and launching an uppercut with the entire force of his body. Showed real class by not giving his opponent a brain damage inducing shot right there.
I have been using my George Foreman grill for 20+ years and still love it. (I bought a second one at a garage sale just in case I outlive my first one.)
Yes, he could rip Ellis' head off his body, but he took easier on him instead. Foreman is a real born again Christian, the difference between his old and younger self is evident.
Old George looks like he hasn't aged a day in over thirty years. Truly remarkable.
Foreman was basically walking all the time in the ring
Happy Birthday Legend ❤️
Good stopage...Foreman was trim and fit..Ellis had the kind of courage that gets boxers killed in the ring. Sometimes protecting the boxer from himself is proper. It was here.
Happy birthday big man. The quality is on point. If you're a boxing fan search up George Foreman vs Ron Lyle. Rounds 4 and 5 are up there as two of the best, craziest in boxing.
Howard Cosell was nearly crapping himself as the "whack a moles" were going down then up again.
@@johnc.8298 Yep, Cosell shouted so much he blew the mic!
One of the hardest punchers in the history of boxing the legend George Foreman. Evander has said when they fought Foreman hit him so hard he thought he knocked all his teeth out lol
You gotta think, too. Evander Holyfield took shots from most of the hardest punchers during the 90s.
He still about beat the breaks off of old George, in that fight. But, George was in good enough shape to answer the final bell.
One can see the greatness of a great legend, when in clear superiority, he does not continue to hit the rival more than necessary so as not to hurt unnecessarily. What a great champion and great human being. The best heavyweight in history.... Big George Legend
George foreman stopped him with a Jab at 44 😳
First time I've noticed that big Gorge went southpaw sometimes. A truly great fighter.
You spelled George the Spanish way.he's not Spanish.
@@spiderreed350 Oh yeah. Ha Ha thanks for letting me know 👍
Young Foreman threw wide looping hooks to generate power. Older Foreman seemed to shorten up his shots and kept them straight and sharp to generate power. He would just woof down a bowl full of cheeseburgers and knock these younger fighter smooth the F-out.
I gotta say, people talk about class but Foreman gulping down burgers before his fights was a pretty unique form of disrespect. Imagine training for a fight with him, drying yourself out to weigh less for that extra burst of speed... And then on the day you step into the ring and George's there on the other side with the look of a happy and well-fed man, totally unconcerned about that additional speed of yours because he knows it won't matter.
@@ImmortanDan 🍔😎🥊
😂 Big George didn't want to hurt the poor guy.
Wow George Foreman was 42 and still knocking out guys almost unheard of its the equivalent of a pensioner in boxing terms
Legendary boxer George
"Mike Tyson throws rocks, George Foreman throws boulders" -Evander Holyfield -
Just standing in the same ring with the beast Foreman deserves respect and credit. This man had nuclear bombs in his arms
I feel like George could have had an argument with his missus at the same time as having this fight.
George looks a lot different from when he fought Ali, but Jimmy doesn't even look like the same guy who fought Ali. Strange.
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@@jeremysipes44 Thanks for your reply! It made my day!
That's because it's not the same guy.different Jimmy Ellis in many, many ways.
@@spiderreed350 Yeah, I know.
That was Jimmy Young who fought Muhammad Ali. Not Jimmy Ellis. Or did he?
This is Jimmy "K" Ellis, not the Jimmy Ellis that fought Frazier and Ali in the 70's.
thanks, i thought I was losing my mind
His calmness is inspiring. He's so relaxed in the ring, in front of the audience and cameras. That alone is a rare skill besides his power.
Vraiment un gentleman Big George Forman un homme au grand coeur ❤👍
George was the class act of class acts. He never wanted to disrespect his opponent. Even though Larry tried hard.
although jimmy appeared light and limber at times, george's big one landed seemed to be a good confidence boost for him. jimmy remaining valiant in trying to get tough when the tough got going... made the bout more entertaining.
George trained for this fight by cooking a steak on a Foreman Grill.
What an amazing man George
I wonder how Foreman would have done against Riddick Bowe and Lennox Lewis during his comeback years, because Foreman was still an elite fighter during his comeback years
Win or lose it would be hell fighting Foreman
Jimmy Ellis fighting spirit is courageous but his punches were like soft pat against Big George.
This is probably the most deceptive, click-baity honest and accurate video title on the internet.
Such a strong powerful man big George foreman was.( still is even in his late 60s ) 🥊
Even the jab is a Power punch from george
8:43 bro ain’t know where he was at! 😂😂😭😩
😂😂😂
George is looking at the ref, 'You gonna stop this or what?'
Don't know why Foreman is slept on so much. Sure, there are plenty of boxers that can last into their 40s, but most of them lose all the talent they had to be effective. George was always deadly at any age and fought in multiple eras of boxing. Can't tell by his physique, but energy is never an issue except for early on in his career. Notice how he has mastered conserving energy. He doesn't waste energy on movement. Uses feints to setup punches and explodes with brick fists. The cross guard allows him protection from ranged jabbers so fighters have to get into the shit with George at some point which is always a bad idea, but the only way you are going to beat him.
You could tell George wasn't entertained by the competition here, but he needed to make a decent fight for the fans. He was holding back as if he were a sparring partner for a contender training for a title fight. He throttled himself a bit at the end trying to get Jimmy out of there as if he were trying to provide an opportunity for the ref to stop the fight. He could have just pounded the crap out of him.
What a murder! Should have been stopped. Painful to see a man take that much abuse.
Happy birthday George 😸
I was thinking the other Jimmy Ellis. Lol. Happy Birthday, George!
George is always so casual 😂
Love george I really do. Considering he was such a powerful tough giant with a granite chin and a champions heart he was always courteous and respectful to his opponent. He will always be my no1 heavyweight of all time.
It looked like George really took the high road here. When the guy was wobbling around, George backed off and didn’t hammer a defenseless guy.
George showed him mercy but Ellis gave his all but big George 2nd too much for him
Happy birthday Big guy!!
What was his corner thinking??? They should have never sent him out in the third round. But he was game... loved the interview.
Did a little digging around and in spite of everyone portraying him as this loser who never stood a chance Jimmy Ellis did okay he was never going to set the world afire but he Beat tony Tubbs (a world champion) and retired 20 -5-1 which is decent innings to hang your hat on. also had a quick loss to briggs. I think a lot of us would be pretty happy to have fought Briggs foreman and Tubbs regardless of the outcomes. I also like George talking about him too I know its a bit of a promo but George is such a scholar of boxing and its so much fun listening to him talk about the sport and fighters regardless of who they are.
Richard Steele saved Ellis some brain cells in the long run.
I luv big George, I also share his birthday. Amazing fighter! Also can take a punch, throws awkward punches, hard to defend. But what power
Ellis looked like a pinata here, and truly amazing he stayed on his feet and wasn't knocked out into another galaxy much earlier in this fight.
Awesome channel
George Foreman ain't no joke and with Anglo Dundee in his corner it's all good.
Happy Birthday, George. You've been America's heavyweight champion since the '68 olympics, holding that tiny American flag,. Thank you for standing up for America when it really took guts.
Yeah standing up for a country that treated blacks like 3rd class citizens. A punk move then on his part.
@@jonjones7137 What's the solution, Jon. Hild onto your bitterness forever?
@@cfwintner1 Bitterness? I'm not bitter. Facts aren't bitterness. Nice Fox news deflection.
@@jonjones7137 Are you the UFC fighter Jon Jones? If so, I better stop arguing. Much of my family was killed in the Holocaust or pogroms, but I'm glad that Mark Spitz didn't raise his fist in Munich.
@@cfwintner1 🤣why would he had raised his fist???
14 seconds left in rd 2.... they rang bell early to save Jim
Legendary boxing
That first body punch that got Ellis on Queer Street looked like how your body would react to running into a tree.
Happy birthday to the legend
Foreman playing with his food
Yep, I love George! 😂
At first, i thought this was the "Jimmy Ellis" who fought Joe Frazier and Earnie Shavers
People who boo Richard Steele do not understand how much Richard values a fighter's life over entertainment. Great referee.
its absurd really that anyone would question the referee here. Should have stopped in round 2 already, Ellis was completely outmatched
Foreman didn’t want to hurt his opponent. He was holding back so much in this fight. Respect!
yup. He was outboxing him and trying to make it so obvious that the ref had no choice than to end the fight. This was a massive mismatch
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEORGE ALL THE BEST '''''''''''
George became the Genteel, Soft hearted , Humane Boxer we still feared but loved as well. He pulled hi punches after Jimmy got rocked. I remember the Killer George was in the 1970s, he is not the same person.
Can anyone please mention the song here 0:01
Always Love & inspired by Big George Foreman ❤️🥊🎉
over the top, stallone
movie soundtrack
what a gentleman of George
4:06 😂 Bro said it was a “left” hand thrown by George then tried to keep going 😂
Ellis had a hell of a chin in this fight. Had Steele not stepped in, Foreman might have really hurt him, long-term wise, because Ellis simply refused to go down.
BEAST
Mike Tyson may have looked mean when he entered the building, but George Foreman’s bubblegum-chewing unaffected persona here, is more terrifying, nothing concerns him, he knows who he is and what he has in his fists.
Definitely foreman meanest boxer of all time strongest and heaviest hitter and his chin was just as strong. Man was a grizzly in disguise
What a Beast!!!
Foreman’s punches go rite through so heavy those punches are not fast but very effective. He is very accurate.
The amazing power of GEORGE.
George formen 🇺🇸 vs Larry Holmes 🇺🇸 would have been a classic.🥊🤔💯✔💪💲🧨💣💥🇨🇽✨🎆🎇👏🏽
Why did Top Rank not add the date of the fight?
Happy Birthday
Ref should have called this in the first. George was playing with his food. lol
George foreman is one of the greatest heavy weight of all time he started boxing in the 70 and in the 90 he was still a top ten contender and the oldest to became a champ at 46
He's top 10, but not the greatest. He could be outboxed.
@@richardweiler3966I said one of the greatest not the greatest
Top 3 best heavyweight of all times 💪🏾💪🏾💯💯
Search for the video of Foreman hitting the heavy bag this year at the age of 74. "Power don't age."
Una leggenda !
Foreman was a gentleman