1974 | Ali vs Foreman | Zaire (part 2 of 4)

[amcoque]

EL MAS GRANDE



[BrandonPatch]

That all you got George?? That all you got!!!

[NateTheG0v]

only a fucking IDIOT would be in a 15 round fight and looking like a zombie less then 30% in...

foreman was soooooooooooooooooo overated...

[NateTheG0v]

all you gotta do is watch him hit the bag to see how pants foreman is... powers good. skills and staminas better...

[NateTheG0v]

foremans power was good but im not surprised. he's big. imagine if he wasnt a heavy weight. he'd be absolutely CRAP! he's got the skills of a taxi driver...

[NateTheG0v]

for a pro fighter, foremans stamina was disgraceful in this fight...

[choqo75]

Ali , Un genio

[madmax8903]

Masterclass by Ali. Less rope-a-dope than I remembered, he's outboxing the increasingly exhausted Foreman in sporadic bursts. He looks like an accomplished veteran shooling an impudent youngster. One thing about Ali people tend to forget was his incredible physical strength: he's holding and shoving the hulking Foreman like a woman at times (Norton and Frazier were helpless against him), showing that brains with brawn will ace brawn alone any day of the week.

[74bomayemcfc]

john daly was spot on with that prediction!.

[KaNaCkStAr21]

@LiAM331000 how many of them were heavyweight fights?

[bimmer666]

Foreman the most successful non-skiller in boxing history. 

[bimmer666]

one of the badest fights in history....

[flipinwotsit]

when george got tired, Ali whispered in his ear " Man this is the wrooonge place to get tired"...

[BuckleyFan96]

It's strange how most boxer's keep away from the rope but Muhammad Ali tactically goes closer towards them.

[seanymo]

smoking joe my favourite of that era

[issy7862008]

Man Ali makes foreman looks clumsy

[onlyjoetee]

foreman is tired already and its only rd 3 LMAO......

[ApExPrEdAtOr01]

In not talking about their personas or character im relating to rocky 3 because sly used the same tactic on lang.. He tired him out and knocked him out lol

[ApExPrEdAtOr01]

Later this became rocky 3

[WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1]

@ApExPrEdAtOr01

It seems more like Rocky 2...

Foreman and Clubber Lang are too different in persona

[Tonedefdom]

Foreman had no plan to go more than a few rounds, he punched himself out. Ali's tactical brain won this one. I think thats why Fraizer did so well, because he had the heart to go that distance and still take Ali's best shots.

[666Desolate999]

Foreman looked cream crackerd

[carig121]

forgot how the ropes were so loose to absord the impact, very clever mr Ali

[multipleman78]

rope a dope perhaps but Ali is in total command of this fight from start to finish. All these myths about how he took a savage beating and then came back. Nonsense. Ali kicked his ass in almost every round.

[steche333]

@multipleman78 couldnt agree more. my mate told me to watch this fight coz ali looked guaranteed to lose... i totally couldnt agree more with you, nonsence!

[blinkils]

haha

round 5: " Is THIS the best you can do, George?"

[jimpurdie]

i think alis folk aka don king had the ropes made looser on purpose and i think the right hand leads totally surprised foreman as top champions work on miliseconds

and great reflexes and i gaurantee none of foremans sparring fighters threw any right leads as its a huge insult to throw 1 as it suggests your slow enough to be hit and for 30 dollars a day no sparring partners gonna enrage foreman by trying it so ali was thinking very wisely.

[blinkils]

@jimpurdie perfectly right

ali said, when he was asked for his tactic for the fight:

"Gonna get over there an punch him in the face, let him know he´s in a fight"

[BrotherofWill]

4:38 One step further and the ref would have gotten KTFO.

[saintcasper91]

6:13

John Daly knew what he was talking about!

[onlyjoetee]

This is my favourite fight of all time,for a million reasons.Tactical,technical and psychological perfection from Ali,true pugilistic mastery,in the heart of Africa.This is the fight that most showed his genius

[chomsky88]

To think that Ali was already past his prime and managed to handle a fearsome fighter like Foreman is amazing. If this was the Ali of the 60's he would have just slipped punches in the middle of the ring like he did with Liston but being older he had to rely on experience, brains, and his still lightning fast hands. His combinations coming off the ropes are still a thing of beauty.

[PadillaFaxas]

I have watched 50 of Ali's 60 fights, and trust me, Ali was mysteriously as fast as he was in his prime in this fight.

He was just impressive.

[Brynny211]

the end of this round was crazy jim was right on " Ali is unbelivable" i mean we all know ali wins but imagine watching it live that night. your proably thinking wtf is ali doing getting fucked up on the ropes than booom he comes out shooting... we would later find out the masterful gameplan behind ali

[yepey142]

forman is probably strong but ali have a lightning speed of punch.. with a right left combi

[KleePietro]

A few things that are not usually discussed about Ali. One is his incredible chin. Second, his physical condition and third his heart. He survived brutal fights based on many attributes, including these three.

[jfuya2000]

When Ali mouthed to opponents, "Is that your best shot?", he wasn't being cocky, he was being serious! lol

The Greatest of All Time!!!

[xpeedo]

from what i see foreman just have the freak punches, but ali have the power, brain and rite timing :) ... ali is talented.

[litleangus77]

im not the biggest ali fan but man hes a good fighter

[Methodz69]

OMG round number 5 is so crazy at the end ALI just tired out Foreman and than just burst out with some crazy combinations that had foreman SHOOK! Ali is hands down the best boxer in the world!! VERY GENIUS and his ACCURACY is crazy!

[carbert68]

Ali is not the best boxer of all time, but he is, without question, the best heavyweight champion of all time. No other heavyweight champion beat a trio of fighters as good as Liston, Frazier, and Foreman, not to mention a long list of excellent contenders, including Quarry, Shavers, Norton, Bonavena, Lyle -- Ali ducked no one and beat them all. And this is Ali's greatest fight -- a mix of brains, technique, skill and creativity that no one can match. Ali is supreme!!!!!

[chrissaboy]

He seems to use a strange tactic of fighting with his back against the ropes. Not sure if this is to conserve energy or set his opponents up for a switch of some kind??

[insaneology420]

he called that tactic "Rope-a-Dope"

[litleangus77]

Its called the rope a dope, hes staying on the rope trying to wear out george, setting him up so hes tired in the end

[NORRIN68]

Ali would make mincemeat out of Lennox Lewis and that Russian guy

[NORRIN68]

It's funny that Brown was able to pick up Ali's strategy quicker than Joe Fraizer

[patrickconnor10]

Ali is the best boxer of all time

[sighyourhero]

Best heavyweight, probably.

Best boxer, period? That's another debate entirely.

[AHMADAMOBMOHAMMED]

if he was the best heavyweight, then he is the best boxer PERIOD.

[Rhiga]

Best Boxer = Sugar Ray Robinson Period.

If Ali, of ALL people, would ever submit that Sugar Ray is the greatest ever p4p it's the truth.

[AH4225]

This guy was good