Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman (Highlights)

[EnjoiSkateboarding66]

Great highlight video but there are so many more highlights like the three speed of light jabs ali lands in round2 and round 4 action that foreman puts out but still a great great great fight. Alis best victory.

[TheFitz02]

Ali was meant to win. No doubt about it. But from my limited understanding of boxing, you can't hit a man in the back of the head. Ali hits Foreman directly in the back of the head right before the knockout, and that's when he opened up.

[sionnyn]

While Ali ws taking the pummelling, he was taunting Foreman with things like 'they told me you could hit, george - my wife hits me harder than that!' Pure class!

[TheBronx1313]

TYSON+ALI+FOREMAN+FRAZIER+...=­LEGENDS

KLITSCHKO BRO's+POVETKIN+HUCK+RObert Helenius+ all the rest modern heavy's=BUMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!

[killlerzoo]

what is the gloves they use?

[killlerzoo]

what is the oz of the gloves that they use?? answer me.

[michaelyouth]

At 3:46 Foreman said that this changed the fight. Ali looked upon Foreman as if he were to say: '' I'm still standing, I'm still here''... From then on, it was a different fight.

[lennonpaul34]

turely a classic fight..Ali just unbelievable..

[kileer7]

man I love Ali! guy is unbelievable to me

[ladisteo143]

Now Ali is sick, frazier is dead, I think Foreman is the Champ.,.,cause he is still in good shape.,.,.,

[michaelyouth]

@ladisteo143 That is the most stupid thing I have ever heard. I'd rank George Foreman around 5, in the top 10 of greatest heavyweights. He lost fair to Ali. He would have lost to Ali, like Liston did, in 1967..

[randywash7]

I wonder how many rounds he threw away For this to work.

[NyyGyro]

@randywash7 Not too many actually, some people assume Ali lost rounds because he only absorbed punishment but in reality he was beating Foreman to the punch almost the whole fight. He would snap Foreman's head back with jabs and whenever Foreman left an opening Ali would throw left right combinations that would shake Foreman. Ali had bagged about 5 rounds for himself at the time of his KO so he hadn't given away too many rounds.

[itstonymacaroni]

6:45 pwned.

[engenuine]

Definitely textbook example of Rope-a-Dope. Straight from the inventor of it!

[saints360row]

I typed in "Rope A Dope" and this is the first thing that popped up.

Very nice.

[2010VictorG]

@saints360row haha i typed that too

[falcolombardi2116]

@saints360row Are you me?

[acedede]

@saints360row Me too ! 

[condemorch]

La diferencia entre un pegador (Foreman) y el más grande (Alí).

Foreman pega en cualquier parte porque sabe que su mano pesa, pero Ali pega justo alli donde derriba...por eso fue el más grande de todos los tiempos.

[rocaeterna321]

mas bien parecia una pelea de lucha libre todos los candados que le aplico muhamed a foreman y se la paso recargandose en las cuerdas y corriendo. mohamed no gano por ser bueno sino por que foreman no se preparo bien se precipito a tirar golpes y se canso talvez otras peleas las hizo muy bien pero en esta me decepciono su boxeo.

[eon2569]

Ali has best heart. No one else can have a fighter's heart stronger the Ali's \m/

[FSMNoodlyAppendage]

Ali fooled Foreman into beating himself. Brilliant strategy.

A rematch would have been very interesting. I like Foreman's chances. The Rope-A-Dope only works once.

[wesmatron]

@FSMNoodlyAppendage Part of the brilliance was the confidence that he could do it. I wonder how many boxers genuinely believe they could have taken the pummelling that Ali took and then decide the moment when they will win. He's one of the few I've seen who can just absorb such a battering. Incredible strength of mind and body.

[dofrethehustla]

@wesmatron greatness at work buddy!

[wesmatron]

@dofrethehustla Amen to that

[michaelyouth]

@wesmatron Probably the greatest chin in the history of boxing. With Foreman he took a beating to the body, but with Shavers, he actually got hit with that right hand, clean.. Shavers had multiple clean shots. Chuvalo was never down, but I believe Ali had a better chin.

[wesmatron]

@AngelicStickman I think it was a pure demonstration of Ali's power. He proved once and for all that being tough and hard is not about how much you can 'dish out' it's about how much you can take. He took everything his opponent had and then told his opponent it was all over. Next thing, he's won. The purest display of boxing excellence IMO

[AngelicStickman]

@wesmatron Yeah. Just read up on the fight on wikipedia. Very clever, but I feel if George Foreman hadn't played into Ali's rope-a-dope trap he would have won.

[wesmatron]

@AngelicStickman That's what makes it better, Foreman was arguably the best boxer of his time. So was Ali. It was the battle of two legends and they both fought like gods.

[vladiator100]

@AngelicStickman I would agree with you but Ali seemed to outclass Foreman in the first two rounds without the rope-a-dope. Look at those rounds and you will see He danced and even beat Foreman on the inside...Ali simply made a point and that was that he could beat Foreman in any way he wanted...Foreman himself said time and time again he would lose to Ali even if they faced off 20 times. I think Foreman could beat the post Manila Ali but not any Ali before that.

[MysticReverie]

@FSMNoodlyAppendage i always thought the same thing...

[jennifer8970]

@FSMNoodlyAppendage Ali had way too many bags of tricks. And he seemed to outclass Foreman in the first two rounds when he danced. Foreman seemed baffled by Ali's dancing and jabs. If they fought anywhere from 74 to 76 Ali would defeat Foreman again even if he didn't use the rope-a-dope. Foreman is also quoted as saying that he could face Ali 20 times and still loose, Ali's style was made to beat Foreman. But I think he had a chance to beat Ali anywhere from 77-81 when Ali was done.