I've ALWAYS been led to believe...

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

my dad was saying people were telling ali that he was crazy to take this fight that foreman would cave his ribs in

The vibe at that time was that George Foreman may ACTUALLY kill Muhammad Ali in the ring...

[elgranluchadore]

i dont know much about that fight but my dad doesnt like current boxing yet he always talks about how smart ali was in that fight, he spoiled the whole Ali movie for me blabbing the entire film
u guys know like the odds for that fight?
im guessing ali was like +400 or something

[ALG United]

The vibe at that time was that George Foreman may ACTUALLY kill Muhammad Ali in the ring...

Ali made me a fan of boxing at such a young age, we are of the same age but i could recall that Ali was up in most of the rounds and i know he was playing George since round 1. Ali's plan was to capitalize on George's questionable endurance, Ali made George work on every single round until Foreman cannot lift his arms anymore...

[SonnyboyReturns]

EXACTLY...I thought the same thing...then I watched the fight and now I read the AP score...Ali didnt just get lucky wearing GF out...Ali showed AMAZING confidence (remember, people thought he may get actually KILLED by GF), skills, sharp punching, accuracy, toughness, etc etc...

Must've been one of those myths my dad told me

Also take a look at the David Haye- Carl Thompson fight. Has a sort of resemblence.

[joseph5620]

that George Foreman was completely trouncing Ali in 1974, with Ali against the ropes taking horrific abuse until Foreman completely gassed out and Ali made a dramatic comeback and won the fight...however I have our local paper from the day after that fight and I was looking at it last night, reading the old recaps of the fight and they had a round-by-round recap by the Associated Press...did you know the AP had Ali up five rounds to two to that point??????

I thought the same thing until I actually watched the fight. Ali was hitting Foreman with clean hard shots throughout the fight. Foreman obviously had no respect for Ali's punching power and he paid for it because those punches add up. As Jim Brown pointed out early in the fight.

[bojangles1987]

If people talk like Ali was taking some huge beating, it's probably because NO ONE expected him to sit on the ropes and if he told people he was going to do that they would have thought he was suicidal.

I'm sure Ali was sore as all hell after that fight, but he had the fight under complete control at all times.

[Sweet Jesus]

Why don't you ever provide commentary on the boxing's CURRENT events?

Is boxing really that dead to you?

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

Why don't you ever provide commentary on the boxing's CURRENT events?

Is boxing really that dead to you?

I like stuff people dont often talk about...boxing history is important, too, isnt it? I mean, I didnt force to u to read my posts, my man...there are DOZENS of people on here every day talking about current day boxing...

[!! Shawn]

that George Foreman was completely trouncing Ali in 1974, with Ali against the ropes taking horrific abuse until Foreman completely gassed out and Ali made a dramatic comeback and won the fight...however I have our local paper from the day after that fight and I was looking at it last night, reading the old recaps of the fight and they had a round-by-round recap by the Associated Press...did you know the AP had Ali up five rounds to two to that point??????

He did dominate the fight. Once it became clear that laying on the ropes was a strategic move, and that Ali was the only one landing clean effective punches, it was easy to score the rounds for him.

[Sweet Jesus]

I like stuff people dont often talk about...boxing history is important, too, isnt it? I mean, I didnt force to u to read my posts, my man...there are DOZENS of people on here every day talking about current day boxing...

Oh I wasn't criticizing you, I was just implying that it would be nice to have an opinion from an actual boxing voice in some of these threads.