Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
True...had the fight happened here in the States Foreman would have crushed Ali.

You think about, the ropes, the cut, the postponement, the people hating Foreman, and so on you could tell he was going to lose.

I also hate the fact Ali ALWAYS got his way..."I want to fight in Africa"...well you aren't the F****** champ dumbass! The Champ choses the venue or at least has more say than the challenger
Just to take a moment away from this Foreman nutthugging...When George was asked why he didn't get a rematch with Ali his reply was "because I didn't want one"...does that sound like a guy who would have destroyed Ali anywhere but Zaire?...I was not an Ali "fan" either but he put people in the seats and to clarify it was Don King's idea to have the fight in Zaire not Ali's because Zaire guaranteed a purse that King could not deliver in the US (tax reasons also made Zaire Attractive to both Foreman and Ali)...Actually neither Ali or Foreman knew where the fight was to be held when Don King had them sign their conracts...It was Ali getting out amongst the people and marketing the event that made it such a one sided fan love affair, while George hid himself away and was barely visible...

Basically George was a great fighter and brutal puncher but flawed and was exposed by Ali(A younger Ali would have had the legs to box him senseless)...Later Ron Lyle and Jimmy Young further exposed George's short comings...IMO, Holmes would have been able to avoid George's big looping punches and punished him with jabs and straight rights and would have KO'd big george, like Ali did...