George Foreman discusses his friendship with Muhammad Ali

George Foreman discusses his friendship with Muhammad Ali. I ask him about Don King's hair :)

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[vladiator100]

Ali is the greatest partly because of George Foreman. If Ali had not beaten Foreman in the rumble Ali may not have been viewed as great as he is viewed today...its just my opinion though...what do you guys think???

[eatthisvr6]

@vladiator100 i agree imho ali is the only boxer ever who couldve done that to george that night. george is my favourite boxer he was (and probably still is) an absolute monster of a man but for me ali is the greatest because he had everything

[vladiator100]

@maffia440 I agree with that BUT the fight that cemented Ali as the greatest was the Foreman fight. People didn't consider Ali as the greatest until he beat Foreman. Even after he beat Frazier in the rematch everybody thought of Ali as a great fighter but not THE greatest as he is known as today. While the Ali-Frazier rivalry is probably the greatest in boxing history, Ali does not need Frazier as much as he needs Foreman. He does however need Liston too.

[vladiator100]

@tellthetruthg No question Ali was already a legend. But if he lost to Foreman he wouldn't be considered the greatest whereas when he beat Foreman he is now considered THE greatest. He beat everybody at that time, the only one left was of course Foreman. If he lost his legacy would not have been cemented.

[vladiator100]

@aaarrr1 Yeah but remember everyone thought Ali could never in a million years beat Foreman. They believed his legend was not cemented YET, by loosing to Foreman they thought Ali would not be considered the greatest because Foreman was there. If Ali lost as they predicted what would they think of Ali? Perhaps just another great fighter but not the greatest. Yes he had already defeated most other fighters in the 60s and 70s but Foreman was his last great test, THE test and he prevailed.

[vladiator100]

@MissNatalieKhan Thrilla in Manila was the end of Ali's 70s peak. That was Ali's last fight in which he seemed "Ali". He had already beaten every fighter there was to beat before Manila. Manila was more accurately the one that helped him be great but the Rumble is what defined him. Thats why everyone around Ali felt he should have retired right after Manila, he had nothing left to prove.

[vladiator100]

@smokinlefthook Thats why Ali beat Frazier TWICE. Stop being a troll.

[givemetoast]

@vladiator100 The Foreman fight cemented his greatness, but Ali solidified his "greatness" long before Foreman as Cassias Clay back in the 60s. The Cleveland Williams fight shows abilities that'll never be duplicated.

[scorici]

George lost to Ali because he did not reach boxing maturity which is very important at heavyweight.