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Was the Foreman/Ali fight fixed? |
At the very least, you can say that there has never been another fight that was set up for a guy to lose like that one was! From the ring the size of a basketball court, to the ropes being loosed untill Al's head was in the forth row when he leaned back, to the 24 hour a day chants of "Ali, Ali" outside Foreman's room. Death threats, not letting him leave the country when the fight was postponed, etc, etc. After weeks of that, Foreman HAD to be a complete mental and physical wreck! He had to believe that if he beat Ali down there, that he would never live to see America again. They should have ordered an immediate re-match in the States. They say that styles make fights - but not THAT much! Foreman was going through guys who were as good as Ali like they were 5 year old children! You could see that it took Foreman 15 years just to recover from that experience. I think that it was the biggest blight ever brought upon boxing! His new book retells his story of being drugged. I dont know I wasnt there but Foreman was screwed the minute he stepped off that plane. Had he beat Ali can any sane person tell me that someone wouldnt have tried to kill him?? The fight shoulda happened at The Garden without the heat and turmoil of Ali being pranced around like a king. Foreman was disliked and Ali was the hero of the hippie, Malcolm X draft dodging crowd. Like I have stated over and over with no response, What if Jack Johnson who was Ali b4 there was an Ali had the support of people? He almost never gets mentioned when it comes to personalitys. But he wasnt a coward like Ali and use religion to escape war. I respect Ali as a fighter but not as a demigod like most who come on here. Source(s): ex fighter and lover of the sweet science no the heat and all the hype just got to foreman. alis entourage which included nation of islam goons also played a part. just like they got in liston head. also the fight being in africa and ali being muslim. look how the heat got foreman in puerto rico against jimmy young. There is a show that ESPN Classic showed and it was called The 5 Reasons Why You Can't Blame and it was about George Foreman losing to Muhammad Ali and that should explain allot. It won't talk about the drug allegations but it had some interesting topics. Amateur Middleweight Boxer and avid boxing fan. wot? have you lost it? there is no need for a fix, ali is well better Not only that but Forman said that he got some funny tasting water either before or during the fight....... it was awful |
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