Could Roy"Tiger" Williams have given George Foreman a tough fight?

Question

Could Roy"Tiger" Williams have given George Foreman a tough fight?

Answer 1

Roy "Tiger" Williams was one of the greatest fighters that nobody ever heard of.  He had a respectable career 30 wins and 6 losses and is known for giving Earnie Shavers a terriffic fight and nearly knocking him out before losing and for the great sparring sessions he had with Muhammad Ali.  He was a big man standing 6'5" and an opponent that many fighters avoided.  Foreman was about the most fearsome fighter of his era and nobody except Ali could beat hm.  He had enormous power, was a good boxer with a hard jab, and also was n underrated body puncher.  This would have been a war while it lasted with both men landing bombs.  You have to remember that Williams took the best shots of Shavers so he would have given big George a run for the money.  I believe that the early rounds would have been a slugfest.  Finally in round 8 of a hard fight, George would wobble the big man along the ropes with unanswered punches with the referee intervening and putting a halt to the contest.