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i voted for the ali win against foreman. not only was ali tipped to lose but people feared for his safety. however using his boxing smarts, courage and experience he outsmarted the champion.
also ali got himself into the best physical condition possible for this bout knowing it would be the ultimate challenge. its his greatest moment in my opinion
Foreman Battered Frazier Then Norton next in line he was going to batter Ali. Noboddy thought Ali had a hope, I can remember going to the fight because Id seen him Ali at the start, and wanted to be there at the end dont beleive the people who tell you they fancied Ali. The funny thing I remember when Ali sparked Him WAs jumping up and Hugging some African fella Id never seen before Ive often wondered what happened to him.
Let's see...
Frazier was the first to KD and beat Ali. Huge.
Then, Foreman completely annihilated Frazier in 2. The man who beat Ali. Even bigger.
Then Ali went to KO George. Massive.
The first two were big on their own merits. But it's because those first two fights were so huge that makes the third one the biggest victory imo.
well said.Quote:
Originally Posted by meowza
i'm partial to ali. i go with the rumble in the jungle. . . . it would be interesting to add the thrilla in manilla in a poll such as this and see if the ali fights take first and second place.
If I could CC you twice I would. Put perfectly.Quote:
Originally Posted by meowza
IMO ali frazier I. i wasn't around for that era but that was a great fight and seem to be bigger than life.
they are all great wins this 1 is hard to pick i voted ali v foreman but now im not so sure.....................................
i think this was the biggest upset of the 3
but i think single win is frazier v ali , that is if we didn't know how there careers went there after.
meaning if all boxing finished with after the bouts then its ali v frazier for me :)
( i think ) lol
Me too, he didn't just beat Ali, he shattered the aura that surrounded himQuote:
Originally Posted by BoxingGorilla
I voted Ali/ Foreman as people though Ali was in serious danger of getting hurt!
Frazier over Ali was impressive but Ali had only had two fights since his layoff.
Foreman over Frazier was a total destruction which made the Ali KO over Foreman so much greater.
The first Ali Frazier fight was even money maybe Frazier was the betting favuorite not sure that long ago
The thing was Ali had only fought twice in the 4 years leading up to the Frazier bout. He seemed to struggle with both Quarry & Bonavena. There's no doubt that Frazier was the favorite going in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrap
To be honest i don't see too much in Fraziers win over Ali as IMO Ali (courage aside) sucked, i mean really sucked. He fought like a beaten man who kinda knew his opposite had more in the locker than he did... Even before Frazier started smokin'!
Foremans Distruction of a prime Frazier is probably one of the gruesome distructions in heavweight championship history!
Frazier was practically decapitated that night :-\
As far as upsets go, Ali's win over Foreman has to be the greatest. Ali exploited every aspect of that fight and the importance of it, leading up to it and during it.
Ali really did beat Foreman with his mind that fight. Brilliant.
(Still think Foreman would of crushed him in a rematch though :P )
it is one of the great unanswered questions. what would of happened in ali v foreman II. ive a feeling you could be right. foreman i think would of learned from what happened in the first bout and very possibly could of stopped ali in a rematch. only though if he didnt waste his bombsQuote:
Originally Posted by Jimboogie
Does anyone know why Big George didn't get a rematch with Ali? He was active for nearly 3 more years after that fight and must have been ranked 2-3 in that time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimboogie
How could Foreman have ever possibly beaten Ali? He hit him with everything he had and it did absolutely nothing. His showing in Zaire was as good as he could have done. Any rematch he would have been beaten more decisively, probably not by KO, but his only other alternative would be to not fight Ali off the ropes, and fighting him in the center of the ring would get him schooled.Quote:
Originally Posted by LBSCFC