George Foreman is largely considered one of the greatest boxers of all time.
The big-punching fighter from Marshall, Texas, still holds the record of the oldest ever heavyweight champion at 45-years-old, made all the more impressive by the fact that he had recently returned from a decade long retirement.
With wins over Joe Frazier, Michael Moorer, Ken Norton and José Roman as well as memorable defeats against the likes of Muhammad Ali and Evander Holyfield, ‘Big’ George is a name synonymous with the sport.
With that in mind, it’s a great honour to be compared to Foreman, not least by the man himself. Speaking to the DAZN Boxing Show last year, Foreman singled out one Saul ‘Canelo‘ Alvarez as the fighter with an approach to fighting much like his own.
“In the middleweight division, the guy from Mexico. Canelo. Wow. I saw his life develop. He reminded me so much – not in the style – but of George Foreman. He believes he can knock out anybody, and that’s the way I felt.
I saw a fight, wasn’t doing well and next thing you know he had a knockout. And he’s still one that I like to follow.”
Canelo is 66 fights deep into a professional campaign that started when he was 15-years-old all the way back in 2005. The Mexican superstar has long been one of the biggest draws in the sport, with a fan-friendly style and ambition to match. He has wins over the likes of Miguel Cotto, Sergey Kovalev, Gennady Golovkin and Shane Mosley.
A four-weight world champion, he has a 59% knockout ratio but is currently on a run of five straight decision wins following the second defeat of his career against Dmitry Bivol, the first being against Floyd Mayweather back in 2013.
Currently holding three of the four major belts at super-middleweight, Canelo is in the market for an opponent in May of 2025. With a rematch against Bivol now likely off the table due to the Russian losing his world title to Artur Beterbiev and now looking for a second fight of his own, Canelo may reconsider an offer to face fellow four-division champ Terence Crawford.
