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Wow, such formidable Warriors.
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Uhh yeah i was messing too bro
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I have that 'exibition' somwhere, but it has no audio, so i cant hear Ali commentating. Which would have been fun.
Foreman does dance around alot, but the whole thing is more like a a WWF wrestling match. Im sure at one point Foreman says some **** to one of his opponents and they fall over together fighting after the bell had rung.
It was shameful.Comment
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I haven't watched this yet but it looks like the remainder of the fights are here on the link provided.Comment
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First off, I would like to thank you for posting these links. This is fhe first I've ever seen the Toronto Affair.
Now, as an observer, here are my thoughts. I've read on countless occassions how George fell into a deep depression after the Ali loss and how he, in fact, was never really sure of "who he was" as a man during his first career because he constantly tried to "be" those he admired, or a carbon copy. For example, his first hero was Jim Brown and he tried to be like Jim Brown, played football, grew the mustache, etc.; and was greatly troubled when he met Brown and got the impression that Jim thought George had it "more together" than he did. Another example is the baleful expression and characterisms he picked up from another hero of his, Sonny Liston. Liston was a bad man, if George could "be" Sonny, he'd be a bad man too, never recognizing his own potential and personality as being enough. When Ali destroyed him in Zaire, George crashed because he was no longer the World Heavyweight Champion and Ali had made a mockery of his tough-guy image and in essence, made him look a fool.
Now, in this Toroto ordeal, you can clearly see Foreman trying to "out-Ali Ali", which can't be done....and backfired when the crowd started chaning "Ali, Ali!" Foreman is made a fool again....Ali's fool; and he did it to himself. George, after this, was "the villain", unloved, unapprecaited, and unsure of "who he was" as a man. If this footage doesn't show a man in personal crisis, I don't know what does. And that crisis culminated in Puerto Rico when the San Juan crowd cheered little Jimmy Young on to victory....and I believe this had as much to do with George retiring from boxing, "dying" in the dressing room after the fight, and being reborn as everything. The Ali fight was just the beginning of an elongated dominoe effect as a man searched to find himself.....which he did during his 10 year absence from the ring. And we got to see the real George Foreman after his trial of fire when he returned. Imagine if he'd known himself the first time around.
Okay, that's enough pyschological hullabaloo.
Thanks again SABBATH.
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...and on a side note, this footage can also be used as evidence as to WHY Foreman would NEVER have beaten Ali in a rematch.
Ali owned George, pyschologically.Comment
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