Quote Originally Posted by Manju View Post
ali-forman was certainly highly anticipated, but foreman was the far and awway favorite, so it didn't have quiite the dynamics that this (pac vs PBF) has.
I see what you're saying, but I think the fact it was in Zaire, gave it an exoticism, hence why it became so huge. Foreman was this wrecking ball of a fighter, whilst Ali was still the star he was, which all combined made it huge. Huge enough that Don King was able to go from nothing to the most powerful promoter alive for the next 20 odd years.