Split Opinions Over Foreman-Schulz Fight

Any guy over 40 has to be a fan of George Foreman. But he lost the fight to Axel Schulz, and it’s a shame to see someone with his philosophy a knowing participant, one must assume, in another of boxing’s fixed fights. It used to be that fighters took dives. In this case, it was the judges.

HAL ROTHBERG

Woodland Hills

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I don’t understand the fuss. The punch stat showed quite clearly that Foreman landed substantially more punches than Schulz. Foreman blocked most of Schulz’s harder punches on his arms and gloves. Foreman was the aggressor. Even if this were not a championship bout, I would have given the nod to Foreman. But it should be remembered that a champion must be definitively beaten by a better man.

GERALD M. SINGER

Encino