ESPN reports " George Foreman claimed he was drugged before the Ali fight".

**Trainer Monkey** · 05-22-2007 12:19 PM

He's made this claim before,right after the fight,and recanted.
But in this particular instance,Id keep in mind,the root source of this story is the New York Post,not exactly a pillar of journalism

**Beanflicker** · 05-22-2007 02:43 PM

So the big question for George is why the fuck would his trainer want to drug him??

**bzkfn** · 05-22-2007 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by Smashup

He suffered a cut during sparring that put the fight back a little.
Surely they would have found something in his Urine post fight if he'd been drugged.

Maybe it was one of them drugs you can only detect 30 years later.

**Trainer Monkey** · 05-22-2007 03:28 PM

Keeping in mind that the root source is the NY Post
He propbably put in to the book his original claim from immediatly after the fight,and they just took it completely out of its context

**MistaDibbs** · 05-22-2007 11:11 PM

Originally Posted by amat

Originally Posted by MistaDibbs

My guess is a possible statute of limitations on what could be considered libel (or slander if it was spoken to a biographer). Chris Byrd is under legal obligation to not make reference to his accusation that he was drugged during the first W. Klitschko fight. It still does look bad on Foreman's part to enlighten us 30 years too late, but there could possibly a legal reason for this.

But Foreman would have just not spoke on why he lost the fight then. He's been as open as any boxer is as to about why and how they lost. It would be wierd if he did an about face on that.

Not necessarily. Byrd is not allowed to speak ill of the W. Klitschko incident, but he can still talk about it. Talking about something in a good light will not generate a lawsuit. Talking ill about something that could damage a person's reputation can.

**undefeated** · 05-23-2007 01:25 AM

since foreman is the heavyweight champ--shouldnt he have chosen where the fight should take place..not ALI. different setting could have changed the fight so he should say he made a mistake about fighting in zaire

**THE THIRD MAN** · 05-23-2007 01:42 AM

Well, somebody must have put something in big George's happy snacks because he has finally lost it!
If you watch that fight closely he was simply outsmarted by Ali and he looked focused and ready to go when he entered the ring, so who knows what big George is talking about.
Why say this 33 years later is the real mystery here.
Ali may have Parkinson's but big George might have Alzheimer's!!!!!

**Cortez The Killer** · 05-23-2007 01:47 AM

I think that Big George is about as straight and honest as a person can get. I believe that he believes that it happened. MAYBE it did..who is to say? One of the few people who would know/suspect something is George Foreman.

Foreman would definitely not lie about it if he thought it was true. Maybe his memory is mistake. But Ali WAS a member of the nation of Islam at the time and you know they didn't want to take a chance on him losing.

But I agree it seems in bad tastes for Foreman to say that, even if he believes it...there is NO point in saying it now. It can only detract from either man's legend.