Muhammad Ali vs. Mac Foster

[Bill Paxtom]

Muhammad Ali vs. Mac Foster

Round 6
Muhammad continued with numerous pecking left-jabs. Mac had no answer, as he was too slow
to counter.

Neither fighter showed any damage. Mac had a slight redness around the eyes, but nothing significant.

Round 7
Mac finally turned aggressor, and landed with several 'piston-like' one-two's to Muhammad's mid-section,
as Ali laid back on the Ropes and let Mac hit him, in hopes of letting Mac tiring himself out.

Mac also landed a snappy left-hook to Muhammad's mouth and a looping right-hand to the head.

But Mac was throwing mostly arm-punches, and wasn't get his body behind his punches.

Round 8
It was a relatively 'even' Round for the first 2-Minutes. Muhammad was doing nothing but
circling-and-moving 'clockwise' {to his left} and took advantage of the 20' x 20' Ring.

But Mac did little-to-nothing as well, other than move forward and bore in.

Late in the Round, Muhammad opened up with a few scoring left-jabs, and added a light
assortment of punches near the end of the session to 'steal' the Round.

Muhammad looked a bit frustrated, as he had more-or-less given up on trying to score a Knockout.

* Note: Prior to this bout, Mac Foster had 'never' gone past 8-Rounds in his {5+ Year} career of '30-Bouts'.

Round 9
Mac came out passively. Muhammad took advantage of Mac's lackadaisical approach, and scored
with easy left-jabs to Mac's face, and an occasional 'one-two'.

Mac did nothing, other than to bore in with a high-guard, and throw an occasional light arm-punch.

Muhammad scored with left-jabs at will, and had Mac befuddled at the {2:00 Mark}.

Muhammad had an easy Round, as Mac was content to just follow Muhammad aroundthe Ring.

Round 10

Before the Round {Ralph Gambina; Mac Foster's Trainer} told his fighter that he needed to step it up,
and to take the fight to Muhammad.

Muhammad came out withmore left-jabs, and movement.

Mac, realizing he was behind on points made a more aggressive attack at the {0:30 Mark}, and early in the
Round he scored with a sharp left-hook and counter right-hand to Muhammad's face.

Mac drove Muhammad to the Ropes, where he scored with 'medium-power' left-rights inside.

Muhammad looked a bit tired for the 1st-time in the bout, and laid back on the Ropes as Mac took the initiative
during the middle-of-the-session, and mauled Muhammad while he kept him on the Ropes.

Mac landed a 'solid' right-hand counter over Muhammad's low left-hand. The punch landed on Muhammad's
left cheek, and forced him backwards. The crowd roared, and thought that the 'flow-of-the-fight' might change
as Muhammad went back into the Ropes.

Mac had gotten some momentum, and carried the fight to Muhammad until the {2:30 Mark}. Muhammad then
made a brief rally, but looked a bit tired at the {2:43 Mark}.

Mac then scored with a nice left-hook to the head at the {2:45 Mark}.

Muhammad then re-grouped, and came back with a sharp 6-Punch flurry, including landing a solid chopping right-hand
thru Mac's guard and into his jaw at the {2:58 Mark}. Mac then dipped to his right, and Muhammad came up with a
left uppercut-hook to the right side of Mac's forehead just at the Bell.

Mac wobbled on shaky-pins back to his corner at the end of the Round.

Scorecard

Rounds................ 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10
Muhammad Ali....... 5 - 4 - 5 - 5 - 4
Mac Foster............. 4 - 5 - 4 - 4 - 5