Foreman Drugged Before Muhammad Ali Bout?

[scap]

Foreman could have won that fight on points had he of just thrown half as many punches.

He was so gassed after 6 that if Ali didnt knock him out with his fists a good strong wind was going to come along and do the job.

[Soda_Popinski]

To bad it could never be proven.....should have said something at the time....

Probably a dumb question, but was there pre/post-fight drug testing then?

[duffgun]

i thought he lost cos he wore himself out, he used to get so up tight that he would normally wear himself out after a while, in the second fight with Frazier he was starting to tire just before he got the KO

[PBDS]

My dad claims to this day that the fight was fixed.


Im not sure if I am going to open up this can with him.

...It was a strange fight indeed. How many witch doctors do you think put curses on Big George while praying for Ali? They loved that phoney ****** for some reason.

[-EX-]

I smell bull****. I hope no one takes any credit away from Ali for this.

[EliteSoldier]

Well, Ali obviously knew he couldn't beat George again since he never gave him a rematch. And that fight was tough on ali, so it's quite surprising the tough fights don't get rematches.

[bengidaro]

Why is it taking him this long to come out with it? I believe it is possible but then again anything is possible. I think its shady that Foreman says this when it is most profitable to him. It could have but it didn't. It's all about the money. I'm not calling him a liar. A ghost writer might have put it in there but the fact that he was drugged? The fight may have been fixed but he wasn't drugged. That's my guarantee.

[RockyMarcianofan00]

I don't doubt it this.....
Foreman never had great stamina but to be gased like he was in 6 rounds makes you wonder...Though it is true that he threw a hell of alot of punches one would think he could have gone atleast 9 rounds doing so....

Just look at the people surrounding Ali and setting up the fight...It's definitely not outside the realm of possibility...

[ben41193]

Just watch the fight and ull see foreman wasnt drugged. He looked way too good. He was swinging away and looked fine untill he was knocked out. i dont think it is true.

[Southpaw Stinger]

I don't think it's true. Maybe the heat combined with massive fatigue gave him the impression he was drugged, mainly cos he had never felt this before and it was an embarrasing defeat considering how favoured he was for the match-up and how he had dismissed Ali's power before.