George Foreman vs Ken Norton - March 26, 1974

George Foreman vs Ken Norton
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George Foreman defends the Heavyweight Championship of the World for the second time against Ken Norton.
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Their records at the time (W-L-D):
George Foreman: 39-0-0
Ken Norton: 30-2-0

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[jabb69]

@BruceinFalkirk yea, you dont behave the way he did just to sell a few more tickets as his fans claim, he was mean and meant it, the dope prolly wanted to be just a tad lighter then his light brown ( not black ) showed. Im sick of the holier then thou crowd that is like a cult, like frazier said, " he could have fallen into the flames at the Olympics for all he cared. You can make mistakes, and we forgive, but ali from were I sit never made amends for his nastiness, and so the hell with him

[BruceinFalkirk]

@jabb69 - There was a documentary, shown in Britain, about the Thrilla in Manila and it noted that Ali had met with the KKK before heading out to the far east. Ali's views on race were, in fact, identical to those of the KKK. Ali was a great fighter but a nasty human being while poor old Joe Frazier was in his shadow.

I've also seen Ali launch into a racist rant on David Frost's chat show so he had plenty of form for it.

[schpongled]

Norton & Frazier were made for Foreman. He could have fought them both 20 times and hammered them every single time. All he had to do is clip Norton and it was all over, Norton wasn't made to handle half of Foreman's power.

[jabb69]

@UT5000 ok thank u- u can see why I didnt get it, thanks for the clarity, have a great day.

[UT5000]

@jabb69

First i said Nice agreeing with your observation of teh fight for the most part.

Then with regards to him being a fearsome foe, I said yes this is why he also ended up being a very old, in fact the oldest heavyweight champion, but then his personality was much less fearsome because Ali had beaten teh niceness in him, lolz.

So overall i as validating and also making a joke to what would happen to Foreman later on with regards to him being fearsome, lolz. So yea.

[jabb69]

@UT5000 do a better job in telling me your point? I am confused with what you are validating or trying to counter?

[UT5000]

@jabb69

lolz NIce, and when he met Ali he got the niceness beaten in him that we saw in the 90s, the oldest champion ever, Foreman.

[jabb69]

right uppercut, right cross, left hook to end norton might be the most devastating combos I can ever remember in a 3 punch sequence, just unbelievable power and fury---then he crowds norton within 12-16 inches with a look of I will kill you!

Fearsome foreman.

[RandomLevitation]

Norton was always a sloppy, stiff, bad version of Alis defense.

[SuperGonggong]

@jabb69 can u pm me? i hate digging thru comments, as for karma, many fighters have and will develop this, foreman even said you can overwelcome your stay and pay dearly for it, but at least ali didnt spend the rest of his life thinking about what if I... foreman is a fun fighter, i cant deny that, but ali could excite fans as well. ex ali shuffle, rjj might turn into a shell if he keeps fighting like this, but ill never look at him differently hes still a gifted fighter. and always will be.....