Was Ali ever hurt in his fight with Foreman?

[likeamulekick]

Ali didn't cheat in that fight, angelo dundee cheated, he slit open ali's glove on purpose so he could get 5 min to recover.

apparently theres proof that there was a small slit in that round before he went down, think theres a pic somewhere

[BKM-2010]

Just rewatched that amazing fight. To answer the question I think at most Ali was slightly stunned a couple times, if even that. Because he'd take a huge shot, look like he's affected but he would be either on the attack or show footwork with no weary legs like right after. Just amazing durability on Ali. Just a freak of nature.

[MRBOOMER]

I heard on some interview a guy said he'd watch Ali go to sleep from a punch and wake up after geeting hit again lol. I don't remember where but I think it was the when we kings or one with his fight doctor

[Anthony342]

Ali didn't cheat in that fight, angelo dundee cheated, he slit open ali's glove on purpose so he could get 5 min to recover.

If that's true, why is no knife or razor seen in the footage of that fight and why is there no more than a minute elapsed when watching that fight before Ali and Cooper continue fighting? And smelling salts were legal, probably still are. Trainers just don't use them anymore because they're not safe, can cause brain swelling.

[BennyST]

Ali didn't cheat in that fight, angelo dundee cheated, he slit open ali's glove on purpose so he could get 5 min to recover.

Why don't people even watch the fight they claim to know about? Mate, just go watch the fight. It'll enlighten you and stop you looking like a complete **** the next time you just repeat some BS rumour you saw on the internet somewhere.

[New England]

If that's true, why is no knife or razor seen in the footage of that fight and why is there no more than a minute elapsed when watching that fight before Ali and Cooper continue fighting? And smelling salts were legal, probably still are. Trainers just don't use them anymore because they're not safe, can cause brain swelling.

smelling salts are illegal in boxing corners today. i'll have to do some digging to figure out when they were banned from region to region.


i'm not certain if doctors still use them to revive unconscious fighters.

[NChristo]

Why don't people even watch the fight they claim to know about? Mate, just go watch the fight. It'll enlighten you and stop you looking like a complete **** the next time you just repeat some BS rumour you saw on the internet somewhere.

Probably the quickest 5 minutes I've ever seen, almost feels like it was just the normal interval time.

[Scott9945]

Why don't people even watch the fight they claim to know about? Mate, just go watch the fight. It'll enlighten you and stop you looking like a complete **** the next time you just repeat some BS rumour you saw on the internet somewhere.

Did you hear about when Willie Pep scored a devastating KO without even throwing a punch?

[Barn]

smelling salts are illegal in boxing corners today. i'll have to do some digging to figure out when they were banned from region to region.


i'm not certain if doctors still use them to revive unconscious fighters.

i'm sure a study showed they increase the chance of blood clots, which is really bad in boxing.

speaking from memory though.

[SBleeder]

Ali didn't cheat in that fight, angelo dundee cheated, he slit open ali's glove on purpose so he could get 5 min to recover.

Clay got, at the most, 11 extra seconds of recovery.

Did you hear about when Willie Pep scored a devastating KO without even throwing a punch?

That was against Rocky Marciano, although Marciano was using another name, which is why Rocky is incorrectly considered to have retired undefeated.