The Rumble in the Jungle
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George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali, billed as The Rumble in the Jungle, was a heavyweight championship boxing match on October 30, 1974, at the 20th of May Stadium (now the Stade Tata Raphaël) in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), between undefeated and undisputed heavyweight champion George Foreman and Muhammad Ali.
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I love George's humility. A true champ.
There are only a handful of true champions . Ali , George , Tyson , sugar ray Robinson. Sugar ray Leonard Joe Lewis , Oscar del , MIKE TYSON.
Loved the build up, and I knew then .....
@@Charles-so1uz awesome list but don’t forget Jack Johnson. They threatened to kill his parents if he didn’t lose
@@Charles-so1uz you better go back and put Smokin Joe Frazier in that eqaustion. Took Ali on in his Prime and Beat him sqaurely in their First ever fight together. Faught to a draw evenly matched the second fight and Ali got the decision because he was the Chapion. Then the third and last fight both men faught so hard they were both hospitalized for several days. Only to learn later that Joe Fraizier basically was fighting blind in that third and final fight
@@Charles-so1uz and Pacman
After a 10 year retirement this man came back to be the oldest man to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
Then he took the mic and sang 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow...' Incredible! X
20 year retirement
@@harrycollins140 No sir. He retired in 1977. He didn't fight again until 1987, his first fight was with Steve Zouski, won by TKO. He regained the title at age 45, becoming the oldest to ever win the title in 1994. He fought for 7 years before getting a title shot.
@@harrycollins140 10 years he came back to boxing for the money
Never knocked down either in that come back!
I love how Ali stopped hitting once he started going down. Real sportsmanship.
much respect for him
That is why I will never appreciate MMA style, the punches allowed AFTER a guy is knocked out and defenseless.
Another champion who had that quality was, believe it or not, Roberto Duran. When Duran saw his opponents falling, he always walked away. Other champions like the young George Foreman, Mike Tyson, Rocky Marciano and Deontay Wilder were terrible, getting in last licks on hurt and falling opponents. That lack of poise separate them from the Greatest and Hands of Stone.
"That's all you got George " George: "wait check out this awesome grill"
That grill made big George crazy 💰💰💰
LMMFAO 🤣
I enjoyed my Foreman grill…until it rusted on me about a year or so later
Ali : my nigga
Ah that’s gold!!! Outstanding
He lost the fight but George turned into a fabulous person from it…
Love you Forman
he sure did,....with Greatest Respect.
If Ali was the only person to ever knock you out, that's hardly a blemish on your resume. He went on to win many more and recapture his title 20 years later, in the same trunks.
Ali won a battle, Foreman won the war.
Ernie shavers passed away a couple months ago and I think that foreman is the only one that is with us as far as heavyweight title contenders from the '70s
Ali holding back his last punch is what gave him a lot of respect
Yeah he let a lot of guys off the hook most notably Jerry Quarry
@josephwilson2744 yup the quarry fight comes to mind too
From that era George still has all his senses, speech and he looks younger than all those other fighters from his era.
there is magic in that grill
What are you talking about George speaks fine..Ali has parkinsons
@@robbienash6963 Are u slow back of the classroom slow. And Ali had as in past tense because he is no longer with us.
Trying to cope with Ali winning?
George had him but Ali turned the table on George ass 🤣
😎You just got to love Big George. The dude is so humble and simply not conceited at all! Of course George was quite right too....he was in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and I might add....against the wrong man!😁Lots of love & respect goes out to George!🤗✌👌👍
That fight was more like a chess game than a boxing match.
🎯👍👍👍
That was Ali's strategy, to wear them down by humiliation, then bam he'd knock them out.
Not conceited? Are you joking? He named ALL of his children GEORGE!!! Even the girls!!
@@kolasom I love Ali, Frazier, Foreman, plus 6 or 7 more heavyweights during that era. You are correct, sir. People use words without understanding ALL its meaning. Many words have multiple meanings; of which some meanings have nothing to do with the other(s).
This is the most humble man in the world, George foreman is the bomb
Lol so much so he named all his sons after him
The legendary Boxers are really what the media's narratives would have us believe they're not. Men of Standard.
@TH3S1L3NT 1 B3H1NDU dont forget the daughters are named after him, too.
@@toddbashem1430 yeah that person don't know what he talking about, (the most humblest person in the world bah humbug) people just be saying things
I say he's a real close 2nd to Iron Mike. In Tyson's first few years one would think that all he knew was eat bananas and kill and I'm not being racist when I say this because Tyson was a fucking maniac sliver back. Now we see footage of him knocking people out and talk like a well educated man at age 20-21. Very wise man. He didn't need a promoter. When you're that wise at such age in his profession, you're a dangerous man. When you see Tyson in a gymnasium and you're the opponent and pass that threshold , it had to feel like you just stepped into a phone booth.
" I knew then,...that I was in the Wrong place at the Wrong time"😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣!!!
"is that all you got George"🤣😊
Foreman said in an interview that comment got to him because that was in fact all he had 😂
Can’t help but Love a Humble Man
End of the day. It doesn't matter what you like or think.
@@royalfreshness815 When people find you insufferable, I think you'll find that it matters a lot, edgeboi.
Both gentlemen from a different era. When fighters knew how to behave.
didn't hit him as he was falling I always admired the class of that.
Muhammad Ali executed the most brillante fights strategy in fights history..everyone thought he would be defeated ...only Ali knew that he could take George Foreman's mauling and "kill the dragon"...the Ali's brilliance..the GREATEST fights of all time!
Just hit him the minimum number of times needed. A true gentleman.
George Foreman is one of the realest Warriors I've ever seen or heard he will not make excuses he will tell the truth
A masterpiece by Ali and shout out to foreman for his humility
Heard Foreman talk earlier about the fight “Is that all you got, George” “I said “Yeah, that’s pretty much it” “
George you have won the overall fight with life. You seem to have retired from boxing with all of your senses after being the only heavyweight to win a triple crown,you're still making money and your kids are doing great and you're still a part of their lives.
Ooooooh so true!👍
Foreman at some point came out of retirement and gave Evander Holyfield a boxing lesson..it was a close fight but Holyfield being much younger surprised the world saying " he was close to death only wen he fought out of retirement Foreman 😂😂😂
Ali always had that incredible mental ability. He was fighting monsters then.
The greatest punch never thrown.
This was a funny one! O'le George said, "I knew then I was in the wrong place at the wrong time" Lol...
He MADE a Big. Mistake When He arrived With. Two. German DOGS. … The SAME of the Police !
He was master of psychological warfare against his enemy in the ring.
HE. Did. The opposite of what He Said ! And. His Manager put. The Rope. More Élastique !
I was lucky enough to watch it live back then. Just unbelievable!
Me too, also Ali vs Joe, back then it was 15rounds of all out brain damage blows😲I remember when Cassius Clay took the belt from Sonny Liston & kept saying “what’s my name,what’s my name” just a lad back then but remember as it was yesterday😃
I did too
On ABC, absolutely free. I'm so glad I'm from that era of having a good time without needing a second job to finance it.
I watched it from a stadium in Puerto Rico on a big screen. It was awesome!
No kidding! We were saying what in the world is Ali doing? He’s gonna get killed!! It’s still almost unbelievable that he won!
George is so humble and honest God bless him 🙏🏽 ❤️
If you were alive like me at the time of this fight, you knew you were watching history. The build-up to this fight was legendary. If you were watching this, no one was giving Ali a chance after the fifth. Then Ali woke up. It was beautiful. Ali started to move again and became a jab machine. They were like lightning, and George had just become a punching bag. It was amazing.
I remember like it was yesterday. October 74. I was 16. Just joined the navy 3rd Oct the fight was on 30th and all i could think of was this fight. Couldnt catch a glimpse as it was not shown on the base or had a radio back then. Duties and training came first. Could i catch a talk about the fight. No! Guys minds on their duties. Only one oppo would catch up with any news on the build up. The rest is history which still reverberates till this day.
Wow, sorry, my friend, but thank you for your service. In my opinion, as a huge boxing fan, this fight has to rate as the number one fight in my 65 years of life. I've witnessed some classic battles and comebacks in boxing, but this one stands out above the rest. Ali will always be the greatest. One plus is today thanks to modern technology you can watch the fight as many times as you like. Peace out.
'Mugging in the Jungle' 🤣🤣🤣
This man was a Scary man at his prime and he was capable of killing you with a punch
“Mule kick of a right “ 🫡
Didn't he kill a cow by punching it?!
After his Prime !....He knocked out "Moorer"!
this was definitely one of the greatest fights in boxing history Muhammad Ali and George Foreman Rumble in the Jungle
One of the greatest moments in history.
When Ali got that chin as George walked in then follow up with all temple shots that would take out even a bear. They didn't look like hard punches but Ali knew how to punch with little effort but great force.
Just knowing that entire time Ali was laying in wait until the very second Foreman realized he was in trouble. Ali was a LION!! George is my favorite boxer, but Ali will always be The Greatest!!!
Not great force, but the power of cumulative damage. That was an underestimated element of Ali's thematic strategy. Ali knew that the big punch was only one path to victory, and not the surest. Better was to keep his opponent off balance and just a little impaired from a relentless diet of jabs, so he wasn't really at his best, but didn't really feel it until he got himself into a hopeless condition and stumbled, staggered and reeled around the ring and began to lose his balance, coordination and senses.
It was George's fight to lose, not Ali's to win. George got emotionally invested from the off & simply punched himself out hitting arms & gloves. He didn't pace himself at all & was completely exhausted by the end, where his punches had no power at all. He pretty much fell over from exhaustion.
@@hiyadroogs: It wasn't *just* exhaustion, although that was a factor. One thing that doesn't seem to come naturally is calculating cumulative effects; this is why people smoke, drink, eat junk and remain sedentary for so long before health concerns force them to change. You're right to say Ali wasn't known as a hard puncher, but after five or six rounds of eating his jabs, you see opponents (e.g., Cleveland Williams) wobbling just a bit, and then he lands a sharp jab to the temple, and the opponent almost collapses. This doesn't mean he suddenly walloped his adversary a la Earnie Shavers. It's just the sheer volume of small blows, which eventually become too much. Each individual blow is of no great impact, but collectively they are destructive. (This theme appears across a vast range of choices and actions. For example, smoking one cigarette, eating one Big Mac, or spending one day sitting in front of the television will likely do no harm, but if these choices become habitual, you will ultimately sicken and die.)
@ismailabdelirada9073 That accessment of Ali's style is correct those sharp snappy jabs add up over the duration of a fight, but these shots in particular are very hard shots to the temple. If you've ever taken one, you understand your circut board just doesnt work for 5- 10 seconds, which is lethal for a boxer-- but make no mistake, these were HARD shots. Ali knew he couldn't afford to let him get up. But the fact he wasn't asleep speaks to strength of the only God knows what material Foreman was constructed from.
Foreman has such humility for such a powerful ex champ He tells it like it is and accepts his shortcomings with good grace - ONLY TRUE CHAMPIONS CAN DO THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE ONCE BEEN GREAT AND KNOW THE GREAT JOY OF SUCCESS AND THE BITTER TASTE OF DEFEAT - AND ACCEPT BOTH WITH GREAT AND HUMBLE GRACE.
George is such a Gentleman
Announcer: How do you feel after the fight Mohammad? Ali: His hands can’t hit what his eyes can’t see
Ya, we all watched the video...no need to write it down
The greatest battle of all time. Unbelievable. Knocked out the Champ
Remember, he knocked out Sonny Liston in 64 and he was the Champ as well. Ali was, and is, in a world of his own.
I still believe that is the fact.. to this day
Two true champions !!!! Two of the best ever !
LEGENDARY FIGHT, 2 LEGENDS IN LIFE
I remember watching this fight, every man and his dog in the buildup to the fight thought Muhammad Ali was on a hiding to nothing against George Foreman, it was even written he could die. But once again Muhammad showed the world 🌍 just how great he was then. 🙏🙏🥊🥊
The Dope, in the famous Rope-a-Dope, masterfully displayed by Ali!
Rope a dope! Nonsense 👎
@@dolawale1934 George was a damn fool to punch himself out like that! What else could you call it? Short for making your opponent think...he's got you trapped against the ropes...ROPE A DAMN, DUMB, FOOL, DOPE!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@evnstvn58 In the past George has said he was too young in that fight and inexperienced.
@@frankpaya690 He had the late great Archie Moore in his corner, who knew better than to let his man punch hinself out like that but, even he too was fooled! Your cornermen are supposed to see things you can't see! You mean to tell me that, they couldn't see that, he might punch him self out? That's why...it was called...the rope a dope...you dope! 🤣🤣
@@dolawale1934 what a hater ..the only reason someone would feel that way is because you have to been a racists.what kind of person would go against intelligence and toughness.
'So that's what happened!' (facial expression) 😄👍
😪I miss bith of these warriors in the ring .RIP ALI, and Great Blessing to You George Forman I love you champ.😎👍
What a sportsman! More athletes needs to be like Mr Foreman!
“The best punch in that fight was the one he never threw.” - George Foreman
I love this short, you can hear the respect he has for Ali.
Lesson..... Always let people believe u are beaten or broken. Let them believe that.
Two GOATS
George is a beautiful human, we could learn from this man
Ali chipped away in every round, he didn’t spend the first 6 letting George punch himself out. He was in total control
He still can't admit Ali beat him fair and square
Ali didn't beat him fair and square. I remember after that fight George Foreman said they put something in his water. He was dizzy in that last round. Just saying
@@MrBiggin49 I don't believe you believe in that nonsense.
@@MrBiggin49 good to see not everybody got fooled, rumble in the jungle was the fix of the 20th century.
stamina and consistently conditioning with smarts beats anything❤💯
George is one of the most humble and honorable men this country has ever produced. A great man. His children are lucky to have a man like him as their father.
A true champion genuinely understands a worthy opponent..and respects him.
George is a giant. Gotta love him
George Foreman is a true class act.. 🏆🏆
George, what a gentleman. Ali is really proud of you George 💪
The only living legend from the golden era of boxing....What a lovely man Foreman is
“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. His hands can't hit what his eyes can't see.” Not only a Legend, but a man smooth with words. ❤️💪
But this Time in Was in the. Rope
George is awesome but Ali controlled that fight from minute one, Jim Brown's analysis during the fight was point on
Spot on
Yeah Foreman is a little delusional now but it's been so long ago he probably thought in his head that he was beating them up Ali beat that dude from pillar to Post but I loved George
Ali did control the fight from stem to stern...it was his plan.
Maybe mentality but physically foreman is easily one of if not 5 hardest hitting sluggers in boxing , any real clean hook that landed would’ve Hurt enough to feel to quit but ail didn’t let much come through clean/solid
@@mrscaryfox3955 naw. You have to re watch the fight again.. Ali is just as big as George he physically handled him too.. people believe that because he can move around like a light heavyweight or middleweight that he wasn't big I was like 6'3 218 lb he's a big dude
AND I KNEW THEN THAT I WAS IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME 🤣
George is my favorite of all the Boxing Champions, just a kind, funny , fun guy and a absolute Beast in the Ring
Confirmed Ali’s greatness
Ali's greatest victory along with the thriller in Manila George learned the lesson of humility a long time ago, a true champ
Big george is one of the most humble and honest heavy weight champion. I love u man. 🥰🥰
ali was very classy. i wish all fighters are like him.
“Is that all you got, George?”, and I knew then that I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.” George learned a permanent lesson in humility, and courage, by coming back years later and winning the heavyweight Crown when he was in his forties.
When Ali asked Foreman if that’s all he got, at that moment, Foreman knew he was in the presence of greatness
The "I call it the mugging in the jungle" line got me lmao
TWO KINGS
Both legends 👌❤💪
1 of the greatest punchers of all time! 1 of the Godfathers of Boxing in real-time.
the humility if the man is just next level.
Lmao... and thats when George knew he f@#! up... great recap
One of the most iconic, important and amazing event in the history of all sports! Edit: sorry typos
I dont think so,ali took a beating,just like the holmes fight,he should have retired,parkinson,was already starting
Second most important in boxing history. The first was Joe Lewis v Max Schmeling.
@@bobwilson5041he didn’t take a beating. Most of the punches were to his body.
George left Ali shaking for yrs. Remind me when Rocky was shaking after the Drago fight
Great men learn and discipline themselves from their failures. George is the best possible example.
Ali trained FOUR MONTHS for George whereas for 90% of his fights Ali only trained 6 weeks. Ali was in absolutely tremendous razor sharp physical condition. Ali's body was like concrete and he was able to weather whatever storm of punishment George delivered. Ali also landed alot of great counterpunches even tho he was fighting off the ropes and was blocking and deflecting most of the punches.
but you both are best boxer
Time heals all wounds, and even teaches us along the way. Shout out to George for his heart and drive. Could you seriously imagine stepping in the ring with a man that is the world champ and thinking you're seriously going to win. That takes an unfathomable amount of courage.
Two words George. Ropa Dope!
the greatest boxing fight ever !nobody expected ali ro win let alone by Knockout to the very poweful george foreman on his prime !!!
It was sort of his prime, not really. He was still very inexperienced.
@@GrubKiller436 It was in his prime
The old master beat the young juggernaut. Turnabout is fair play; Old George used his vast experience, vs Michael Moorer, played possum with Moorer for nine rounds before he KO'd him.
Those old school heavy weight fights and fighters will never be forgotten
George may have lost the fight but poor Ali really paid the price.That much punishment showed up years later while Formans relatively shorter punishment allowed him to carry on very successfully years later.
Nah, it was the third fight with Frazier...
You could see how hurt Ali was in this fight. I loved him but he fought so many great heavyweights and took sooo much punishment. RIP to the greatest
I can see how Muhammad Ali masterfully reconstructed a whole new plan from the first round, and whoop George every round, yes Muhammad Ali took some punishment some hard blues to the arms some hard blues to the body some hard blues to the hips some hard blows to the Head but every round he was capitalizing he whooped that butt and he knocked him out I saw his confidence, back then I remember listening to it on the radio, I remember the commentators had it all mixed up it was all scared that everybody worried but not the greatest of all times he wasn't worried soon as he Mastermind that new plan from the first round on second round rather
He sacrificed his health to win, that was his true skull, determination to win at any cost. If he wasn't prepared to take so much damage round by round he would never tire Foreman out
If only he was healthy and didn't have the disease man he could have ruled for way longer
It’s amazing to listen to Foreman after all these years still not understand what really happened
I think George understands he was losing the whole fight but it makes the story more interesting this way.
He was THERE, of course he understood what was happening. He's telling the story from what was happening in his mind. Clearly he's saying he thought he had him beat, until Ali said "Is that all you got George?" His ego was overinflated until Ali said that-- so it wasn't until that moment that he knew he was in trouble. Ali pounced and it was too late. Pay attention. Lol He's explaining to you the brilliance and cunning of Ali.
@@skepchica Exactly. Very well stated!
@@skepchica what was going on in his kind and what was really happening are 2 different things in other words he didn’t understand what was really happening .. he wasn’t winning at all he was losing and was down on all cards ..
@@bobbyhulll8737 He didn't until "Is that all you got, George?" You said he didn't understand all these years later, which obviously he does.
"Ali was like a sleeping Elephant. You can do whatever you want around a sleeping Elephant, whatever you want. But when he wakes up ,.....He destroys everything!"
Mohamed was a fraud! Like every other Mohamed before him! He was screaming he was the greatest b4 he'd even had his first fight 😂
@@dolawale1934 The Greatest Heavyweight we will ever see in the history of boxing my silly little fool.
@@brettwilkinson9529 😂😂😂
The fact he is so humble & can joke about it while being serious, is just why I love Mr Foreman!
A CLASSIC Fight!!! Muhammad Ali proved why he is the GREATEST by defending a stronger opponent using his MIND to defeat George Foreman using the "Rope a dope" strategy.
I was 8 years old when I watched this fight live. It remains the greatest boxing matching I have watched. Ever.
Foreman has been a good sport about that. No saltiness, nothing. Props and respect !
Paid a bad price for it though !
Nice rabbit punch to start out the combination
If the guy turns away it’s legal. See Louis v Schmeling II
Yep Ali was not a dirty fighter but he knew that first sneaky right hand and that second sneaky right hand stunned George and ALI POUNCED. George stumbled and was off balance falling into the ropes when Ali was letting that third right fly.
Foreman always came across as a decent humble man, and what a fighter !
"That all you got George" absolute classic line by the CHAMP! 🥊🥊🥊 Legends 💙💙
Ali was a loudmouth he had been beat By Ken Norton, And Frazier. Ali had a tough first fight with Frazier. Well, Forman came up and destroyed Both Norton, and Frazier. Then Forman signed to fight Ali in Africa. Called the Rumble in the Jungle. Ali, said Forman was the best he’d ever seen coming forward, he had to do the Rope a Dope technique. He had to pour it on at just the right time before Forman got his second wind.
Mr. Foreman’s color commentary on boxing matches was always an education and fascinating. He would say “ooo now thats gonna hurt”, with such a frank honesty you knew he was fighting along side every boxer in every match.
This was a legendary bout from two fearsome, respectable fighters of our era.
The good old days with the old school generation with class!! ❤️🔥
Probably one of the best fights in boxing history
Ali says his hands can't hit where his eyes can't see, just poetically beautiful🥊🥊🥊
I knew then that I was in the wrong place at the wrong time! Priceless!!! We love you Big George!
Big George Foreman. What humility, what fun, what a character.
Ali looking a Foreman as he is falling down with this hand cocked back for another right hand is still so iconic too me