Ali's post-fight prediction was frighteningly accurate.
@prettyboy19709 ай бұрын
Yeah, but his pre-fight prediction of Foreman not beating Norton was shockingly INACCURATE.
@rtghffdfdg4 ай бұрын
Ali knew that above all, boxing is still a sport.
@gregj8316 күн бұрын
“You come over there talking like that, then we’ll cook you!” 😂
@DaveFury8 ай бұрын
HAHAHAAHAH
@geoffreyfaltot1006Ай бұрын
Foreman was great.....but Ali's comments at the end of the clip are gold.
@careycox3268 ай бұрын
That Foreman uppercut right after the 3:22 mark almost took Joe's head off. Frazier had heart and guts off the charts here, but he took a horrific beating.
@jackprecip538910 ай бұрын
And the beating Norton took was even worse
@dondajulah41689 ай бұрын
That knock down, in particular, was scary to watch. It looked like Joe’s head disconnected for its body for a second. I dunno how he got up from that one. That’s the kind of determination Mr Frazier had.
@smoothALOE9 ай бұрын
duh
@lewisc2159 ай бұрын
Yes, 3:16 & 3:23. Foreman had to go for uppercuts, although his low right swing could fell a tree!, because of Frazier's constant bobbing up & down style, making him very difficult to hit. Foreman missed so many times, but when he finally connected................BOOM! Game over.
@missasinenomine9 ай бұрын
Frazier never fully recovered from the 1st knock out. As the commentator says @ 4:18, "that almost looked like a glancing blow", it didn't take Foreman much to knock Frazier down again. (Not that a "glancing blow" from Foreman would do anyone any good!).
@missasinenomine9 ай бұрын
Of course Ali at the end was priceless
@jaunenito8 ай бұрын
The punch that knocked Frazier down the second time, would have knocked out a horse. Frazier got back up!
@ChessArmyCommander10 ай бұрын
As tough as they come. Foreman was a different kind of beast
@chriswelcome810210 ай бұрын
No
@JonBeenHereDoingit142310 ай бұрын
And then went back down…got back up and then went back down…😂😂
@SuperDave44Mag10 ай бұрын
Frazier got back up more than Rocky Balboa against Ivan Drago.
@trwent9 ай бұрын
What a joke 🤣
@sel14149 ай бұрын
Golden era of boxing
@josedealbuquerquejr.94110 ай бұрын
Seems back in the day was the golden era of nearly everything- all sports, music, and movies. Those born relatively recently have been robbed of some wonderful experiences.
@ricktyuio2832 ай бұрын
@uio283 Everything is narrowed down now. If you have followed baseball over multiple generations, you've probably noticed that you can no longer distinguish between the different hitters' stances and swings as easily as we could in, say, the 80s (when sandlot kids would mimic their favorite players' batting styles). Coaches are doing what they're supposed to do - use the latest metrics to improve how they evaluate and coach athletes - but the net effect is to suck the art out of the given sport.
@user-of9qq6op5uАй бұрын
George Foreman is really one of the toughest fighters I've ever seen. His size and strength. His ability to absorb punishment is astonishing! At 41 when he fought Evander Holyfield George went a full 12 rounds and took some brutal hits but barely acknowledged being hit save but only a few times. Truly one of the toughest and greatest fighters of all time.
@BlackAdder19709 ай бұрын
U just realized that???
@hardcorehouse8 ай бұрын
Muchas gracias por dar este combate tan famosos por ambos pujiles saludos de vito
@fernandovictoreroobregon8 ай бұрын
And don’t exchange with him…box him….
@Yourefreekinbrilliant8 ай бұрын
I wish he would have not got rope a doped. He would have beat Ali in a rematch
@IQD1million8 ай бұрын
George would have lost a rematch with ali he lost to the movers Morrison Jimmy young
@TimothyPerry-mw1ek8 ай бұрын
What Ali says at the end of this video about him fighting Foreman, every word of it, came true.
@henry-bo3np10 ай бұрын
Foreman would have won a rematch and Ali knew it
@geokerseyАй бұрын
@@geokersey, not he would not have, and you know it. The Ali of the 1975 Manilla fight would have knocked out George all over again. George obviously had tremendous punching power. But he was not the best boxer. Larry Holmes would have out boxed George Foreman. Jimmy Young did out box George, and almost KO'd him.
@henry-bo3npАй бұрын
@@geokersey too bad forman lost to young and quit, or did you not know that?
@sheppygawdog1954Ай бұрын
Every word he said came true. Eerie!
@jojolisticallyspeaking426628 күн бұрын
Another reason why Ali was the Greatest!! He beat this monster and beat him with a KO
@TommyCorleone8 ай бұрын
The guy won back the heavyweight title at 45. That's the oldest champ ever
@lucaspanto96509 ай бұрын
In heavyweight Hopkins beat him by a year at 46 becoming champ
@slingshotdon8 ай бұрын
George Forman looks unbeatable
@loydkline8 ай бұрын
@@loydklineThey called a lot of Foreman's punches glancing punches in this fight .Well that is because they were not on the receiving end .
@michaelclayton65508 ай бұрын
That was an impossible feat . I watched that over and over with his fight with Michael Moore .
@michaelclayton65508 ай бұрын
@michaelclayton6550 I seen the Joe frazier & Ken Norton fight young George Forman looked unbeatable & invincible; older George Forman has said young George Forman didn't train that hard for fights
@loydkline8 ай бұрын
I once saw a documentary where I saw Frazier say the only thing he did wrong in the Foreman fight is, "sign the contract". 😂 But, all kidding aside, abundant props for Fraziers cajones!
@Carlostherocker08410 ай бұрын
i saw it happen when i was 7 and it's still painful to see frazier get whipped like that. he had humor, humility AND big cajones!
@marcyfan-tz4wj10 ай бұрын
@@marcyfan-tz4wj My least favourite fight by far. Foreman was a completely different animal. Hard to believe after seeing the fight he was a 3-1 favourite. Foreman really hadn't fought anyone of note up to this point despite his record
@chriswelcome810210 ай бұрын
@@marcyfan-tz4wj Exactamundo. That's why Smokin' Joe will always be remembered. He was a great champion with humility and class. He knew Big George has his number and he didn't make any excuse , unlike today's HW. Joe bludgeoned most Heavyweights he met in the ring including The Greatest. But George was just too powerful for him.
@theprinceoftides683610 ай бұрын
Frazier was asked why he could beat Ali in their first fight but get knocked out easily by Foreman. He didn’t get upset or on his high horse - he just paused and then said “Different kind of guy.” Foreman was the best slugger of that time, before the Rumble in the Jungle.
@nathanwilliams21529 ай бұрын
Frazier said in an interview he don’t know how good Foreman as a fighter, but he punched good, he punched really good
@JackSparrow-wn1on9 ай бұрын
Even Foreman's misses are frightening.
@petergreen533710 ай бұрын
Those big swinging punches look like they could bring buildings down.
@cockoffgewgle499310 ай бұрын
Word.Foreman was a monster.
@jeffreycollier422010 ай бұрын
Until he he met the great Ali.
@cfx50009 ай бұрын
People talk about his jab, which was one of the best ever, but his inside uppercuts were vicious! If Norton had continued any longer than he did, he might’ve been killed. He was done!
@smoothALOE9 ай бұрын
Yes foreman jab looked like a bomb too.
@larrycoleman95139 ай бұрын
"Can't hit me with that stuff - cause I'm a professional." Gotta love that guy.
@rayhoward964410 ай бұрын
The "Professional" word in particular not only cracks me up, but I quote that to my mates often. Adore the man
@Taylor-td5sp10 ай бұрын
5:57 The man hit Joe so hard, he literally went airborne.
@TheSpook3139 ай бұрын
Foreman was the sherman tank with no reverse gear.
@amjadkhan-jv6xj10 ай бұрын
Til he met Ali
@Theeirishman749 ай бұрын
Foreman walked up to Norton like you want some more? 😂
@thebestchannel54569 ай бұрын
Big George had a sledgehammer type of shot - with an exclamation point!
@fusion31011 ай бұрын
Not only that the way big George use his size and strength to move Frazer around to keep him off balance..In those there was no short fighter that could come forward and beat him..And that includes Mike Tyson and Rocky
@jameshampton605310 ай бұрын
Did you know that Joe Frazier at that time had one eye blind ?
@BoxingFanaticNumero110 ай бұрын
@@BoxingFanaticNumero1 Did you know that Joe Frazier at that time had one eye blind?
@S.O.A_Zero10 ай бұрын
@@S.O.A_Zero Yeah..mugi8643 thumbed him.
@rayhoward964410 ай бұрын
@@S.O.A_Zero Frazier could have had both eyes working just fine and the result would have been no different.
@lindametchie32398 ай бұрын
"Norton is a positive thinker." The way he was tentative in these 2 rounds, I believe he was positive George was going to hurt him.
@wmden110 ай бұрын
Word
@jeffreycollier42209 ай бұрын
Norton was suspect with big punchers, eg Big George, Cooney and Shavers all stopping him quickly. Ali made him look better than he was in their trilogy, because he kept backing off him and allowing him to build up momentum...
@chriscolton63298 ай бұрын
@chriscolton6329 taking credit away from Norton there. Yes he was vulnerable against big punchers but against good boxers he was always very tricky which was proven in his fights with Ali, Holmes and Jimmy Young
@lukebullen7055 ай бұрын
@@lukebullen705 Not really trying to take credit away from Norton. Just stating what I perceived as fact. Yes, he was very skilled. Even Ali had to think and execute well to prevent George from hurting him, badly. George did cause him body and internal problems, for a time, after their fight, so I have read. Ali just won their fight. Norton just didn't execute well, tentative.
@wmden14 ай бұрын
Ali was clinical in the ring, he never stopped thinking. The same hands that mercilessly dropped Frazier 5 times, could not find the butterfly, they couldn't crush the bee. The Bee brought down the monster and hard hitting Foreman crushing to the ground like an oak tree. Muhammad came out of that ring stronger and a legend of all time. He was the only one who believed in himself and saw the victory in his favour, while everyone, even his own team was scared for his life. Ali, the Greatest Boxer ever!
@hectorkayungwa32078 ай бұрын
W O R D .
@LinnVaveon8 ай бұрын
It was cheesy how Ali never showed the slightest interest in giving Foreman a rematch from 1975-1977. Very cheesy. Spinks, Frazier and Norton all gave Ali rematches after beating them, Spinks and Norton immediately. But Ali just couldn't find the time or inclination to fight Foreman a second time, after outsmarting him the first.
@sportshistorybuff3198 ай бұрын
I agree, Ali wasn´t better then monstrum Foreman, but more clever @@sportshistorybuff319
@mikamyllylae55138 ай бұрын
@@sportshistorybuff319bc Ali knew that foreman would fold his ass in the rematch
@xavior02188 ай бұрын
No, Young fought Ali in spring of 1976, Foreman and Young fought in 1977.
@sportshistorybuff3197 ай бұрын
Big George reminds me of Jason in Halloween he just keeps walking after you. So damned strong.
@buzz38510 ай бұрын
You mean FRIDAY THE 13TH.
@jeffreycollier422010 ай бұрын
Ali called formen the" Mummy" lol
@davenstorm727110 ай бұрын
@@davenstorm7271 He took down 2 strong men, George beat beasts, 2 people who can break someone's jaw, he's the combination of Frazier and Norton, already a combo of 2 monsters, that just proves how dangerous big George is.
@abdul-salam14739 ай бұрын
@@davenstorm7271 He truly is the big mummy.
@abdul-salam14739 ай бұрын
What determination and HEART Frazier had. Got back up each and every single time.
@Eazy-ERyder10 ай бұрын
A true warrior
@anthonyrnkn10 ай бұрын
@@anthonyrnkn The match should have been stopped a lot sooner
@EssexAggiegrad201110 ай бұрын
There is a fine line between stupid and ignorant
@jeffreyevans729710 ай бұрын
faaacts
@Imisambi10 ай бұрын
That’s called brain damage 😂😂
@SuperDave44Mag10 ай бұрын
Frazier's life was in jeopardy.
@jameshicks88729 ай бұрын
100%
@1ZZ1_1ZZ1Ай бұрын
You have to watch these fights, to fully appreciate what Ali did to George. How he took 8 rounds of punishment from this man, tracked him and knocked him out. Incredible.
@zacblakely32857 ай бұрын
It's amazing seeing George destroy these 2 legends and ragdoll them as if they were nothing, then to see George completely humbled before Ali. It was something of legends. Something George never saw coming, and you can see why. But, you can also see how George was the yester-years Tyson, even if he didn't train and fight like Tyson. George was an absolute beast in the ring.
@melanisticmandalorian89099 ай бұрын
Tyson's weapon to put you down, was speed, leverage and timing. Foreman just stood there and clobber you. You felt it a year after. Awesome power.
@tramp28279 ай бұрын
@@tramp2827 Tyson holds a professional boxing record of 50 wins, 6 losses, and 2 no contests. He has been a world champion multiple times, with 44 Knockouts and a 75.86% KO ratio under his name. You can't tell me, Tyson also didn't have raw power of strength like George did.
@melanisticmandalorian89099 ай бұрын
@@melanisticmandalorian8909 I never said that. Tyson was awesome. What I am saying is they derived their power differently. You need to get a look on one of those old training vids of George destroying his punching bags with his fist. George is probably the heaviest hitter of all time. I saw this man hit Joe, in Jamaica, no windup or leverage, and Joe was bouncing around the ring out on his feet.
@tramp28279 ай бұрын
Ali was brilliant in the ring and outside the ring...A very smart man, an American Icon.
@cootriley69 ай бұрын
Ali just outsmarted and outgassed big George Foreman with "Rope-a-Dope". All of them are legend. The old Titan's of Boxing..
@PaulMichaelLevesque699 ай бұрын
George Foreman. My favourite fighter.. Loved him . Still going too... Brilliant
@marktownsend45828 ай бұрын
Ali's post fight rant here is absolutely sensational. Me and my pals used to play this endlessly back in the day...❤😂
@chriscolton63298 ай бұрын
Watching young George and old George.. especially against Frazier, he was fast..his speed on his left hook was so underrated..his footwork was better than stated. He showed that snap against Rodriguez, and slightly less against Holyfield...but he was 43, not 23 and still did well. That left darn near put Rodriguez thru the ropes..and he was a top 5 and South American champ. George was something else.
@OldielocksNmo5010 ай бұрын
He had no defensive skills though, check out his fight against Ron Lyle. He figured he didn't need one when he was younger, he knew that if he was able to connect the opponent would fall
@fishbreath109310 ай бұрын
And Holyfield was juiced to the gills. George was a once-young fighter, not on anabolics, doing a hell of a job in his 40s. One of the best ever.
@bowmanencore10 ай бұрын
But when he was older he was like the Terminator, mainly due to him being so relaxed I think. He looked like he was impossible to KO.
@cockoffgewgle499310 ай бұрын
Absolutely. He was extremely hard to gas out.
@francoisgrenier668110 ай бұрын
He had a good chin
@IceMan-cp6ep10 ай бұрын
The Cosell call of the first Foreman/Frazier fight was absolutely epic.
@johnm809610 ай бұрын
Cosell was a big mouth and nothing else... He didn't know shit about boxing.
@fiucik110 ай бұрын
Did you know that Joe Frazier at that time had one eye blind ?
@BoxingFanaticNumero110 ай бұрын
@@BoxingFanaticNumero1 yes we know don’t have to keep repeating it in every post. That’s why his fight with Ali in Manila in 1975 had to be stopped as Frazier’s eyes were both just about shut due to heavy swelling from blows he took and couldn’t see.
@scottknode89810 ай бұрын
@@scottknode898 it stop because the coach of Joe Frazier gave up
@BoxingFanaticNumero110 ай бұрын
@@BoxingFanaticNumero1 yes I know seen the fight it was Frazier’s corner decided to keep Frazier from getting up for 14th round and Ali ended up winning by Technical knockout
@scottknode89810 ай бұрын
Man, that ducking technique of Frazier had him ducking directly into Foreman's blows. Here's my head, bang on it. Not to mention, Frazier is completely blind whenever he ducks, bobbing back up for a nasty surprise each time.
@adjustableisland880610 ай бұрын
My thoughts, also. If a fighter bent at the waist and bobbed his head, George was going to take him out, soon, and hard. It was the same with Norton.
@wmden110 ай бұрын
...but he is measuring for the left hook. He wasn't completely blind. It worked previously, but George was too tall and big.
@DaaimShabazz9 ай бұрын
Yep. This is why I don't get the Tyson comparisons. His peek a boo technique was far more effective than ducking straight down practically in a bowing position
@willyjakkz9 ай бұрын
Frasier trying to run away from Big George was a sad moment in sports
@eulissbenoit81610 ай бұрын
It was sad .even on this tape , you can still Dundee and Pacheco screaming “stop the fight”.
@chipschannel949410 ай бұрын
Please sir at least spell Joe Frazier's name correctly! And remember Joe did beat loud mouth Clay !
@stuballs429 ай бұрын
@@stuballs42 Once sure he got beat the rest of the trilogy
@mercistephens7325Ай бұрын
Joe Never ran away from any one !
@stuballs42Ай бұрын
The Joe Frazier fight shows what a devastating fighter George Foreman was.
@davidwhite294910 ай бұрын
Pure power hitter.May not of had the best moves,but when you hit as hard as Big George,you don’t need to be agile.
@cahg38719 ай бұрын
Не знаю почему не люблю Али за его болтовню 'и высмеивание противника, будь мужиком Дерись. Как Джо фрезер 😅😅
@user-mh2ky3ns4s9 ай бұрын
Joes still looking for the truck that hit him.
@southfloridaarcheryguy1149 ай бұрын
Foreman was a slow hard puncher. Slugger but effective, Ali outclassed him...
@daynerpotter95149 ай бұрын
As good a fighter as Frazier was, he was not a problem for George, it was a true mismatch and Frazier couldn't get inside because of the natural size, hand speed and style differences between the two men. Forman simply pounded his opponent into submission with accuracy, power and leverage, with each punch causing some damage, especially those body blows, making Frazier open to virtually coma-producing shots to his chin and neck... Forman could literally assassinate a man with his bare hands at that age if he caught the guy flush in the early rounds... I still hold Frazier in high esteem for not ducking the Foreman fight, it really showed what a true pro he was, as improbable it was to win against such a formidable titan as Forman was in that era...🥊💥🥴💫🤔💯
@frederickgolden66942 ай бұрын
I remember hearing the story from Frazier’s trainer that after the 2nd or 3rd knockdown he started yelling at Frazier’s corner to throw in the towel because he would kill him. That was the most scary of a fighter that ever existed that night in Jamaica.
@geraldmcgill799410 ай бұрын
All this reminds me a lot of apollo creed vs drago and to some extent George was similar to drago in terms of strength and height
@nadiexd1629 ай бұрын
That wasn’t Frazier’s trainer. That was Ali’s trainer Angelo Dundee who happened to be ringside scouting both fighters.
@HorrorFreak689 ай бұрын
I can't believe they let the fight continue after the 3rd knockdown. Clearly a different era
@mattclark64829 ай бұрын
@@HorrorFreak68 Foreman also signalled that the fight should be stopped - you can see it on a different angle of the fight
@soleknight32128 ай бұрын
@@mattclark6482 I agree. Should have stopped it with the fourth, for sure. I kind of understand the refs problem. A lot of times they are cursed if they do and cursed if they don't.
@wmden14 ай бұрын
George Foreman was the single most terrifying boxer of all-time. And then the most lovable boxer ever. All in the same career.
@ryanschultz41199 ай бұрын
Two times I thought Ali would die in the ring .Fighting George Foreman and the great Sonny Liston .
@michaelclayton65508 ай бұрын
@@michaelclayton6550 Both are good shouts!👌 I would add Ken Norton, who broke Ali's jaw. And the 1st time Ali fought Frazier. Muhammad really fought some absolute killers! During the golden era of Heavyweight boxing.
@ryanschultz41198 ай бұрын
Sonny Liston was and STILL is the single most terrifying fighter!
@GodsLonelyMan766 ай бұрын
@@GodsLonelyMan76- Mike Tyson would beg to differ.
@davenorth89226 ай бұрын
@@davenorth8922 mike tyson a baby compared to the great Sonny Liston
@RealNiggaShit6 ай бұрын
George had about a 6” reach advantage, he’s as strong as an ox, and he was punching down. If Joe tried to come inside, George would just push him back out to the end of his reach where he could strike without really being hit. If you’ve ever seen what George can do to a heavy bag, then you have some appreciation for what it takes to get hit that hard and keep fighting.
@mars35310 ай бұрын
It was the great Archie Moore who told Foreman to push Frazier back.Archie was a co-trainer of the young Foreman.But other boxers like Buster Mathis who weighed as much as 300 pounds and weighed a lot more than Foreman could not push Frazier away because Frazier was taught by his trainer how to stop that and keep his head low.This was a rusty Frazier who got kayoed by George ,Frazier was rusty out of shape and forgot all the skills that made him a champion.Frazier was standing up too high and not getting head and chin low like he used to do.Because his head was not low like it was when Frazier kayoed Jimmy Ellis and his head and chin was high and exposed Foreman hit him like target practice.
@elihudcarter99439 ай бұрын
@@elihudcarter9943 Well, Frazier was rusty in the rematch also.
@texasstadium9 ай бұрын
@@texasstadium Nah Frazier was not rusty in the rematch with George.Your mentally rusty because you don't know that the trainer of Frazier who taught him how to be a champion died.Taught him to stay low and not stand straight up.Frazier's new trainer taught him different things that were not the same skills to stay low as Frazier's original trainer taught him.Next time you reply to someone use your brain and read and you will discover that Frazier's original trainer died.Even a little child can read.Your a grown man who can't read.
@elihudcarter99439 ай бұрын
@@elihudcarter9943Frazier was way too over confident and in my opinion underestimated George Forman. After he beat AlI in 1971 Frazier really didn’t want it anymore. If you don’t believe me, just look at the Daniels and Stander fights. Daniels was smaller and lighter than Joe and still he was able to land some very hard shots to joes face. The Stander fight really showed how poorly conditioned Frazier was in that fight. If Stander was a better boxer and more conditioned he might have beaten Frazier. The Frazier that beat Foster, Ellis and Ali was a gym rat, a guy who put his heart and soul into boxing. The Frazier you saw against Foreman spent more time with his band (The Knockouts) than he did at the gym. Leading up to that fight his own camp was leaking out information that Joe only trained 3 weeks for this fight. But I agree the best Joe Frazier ever would not have beaten George Foreman, maybe a 7 or 8 round fight at best.
@bgjb-r14995 ай бұрын
@@bgjb-r1499 Nah ! Frazier was not overconfident.He never did fight well in his fight against Foreman because he was way out of shape.Frazier he was overweight and out of shape and his ring skills that enabled him to win the heavyweight championship were gone because Frazier got rich both he and Ali in the first Ali fight and after that Frazier did everything but train his mind was on partying,he formed his own band,bar and club hopping and womanizing.Even Stevie Wonder can see that Frazier was out of shape and his ring skills were gone .Frazier fought low like Rocky Marciano when he won the title but against Foreman he was standing up high his head and chin was up high not low and that made him easy for Foreman to hit.If you see Foreman fight Dwight Qawi Muhammad who was smaller and not as great as a prime Frazier but he stayed low against Foreman .The small Muhammad actually hit Foreman easily until he was finally stopped by Big George . Foreman keeps his head and chin high that is why it was easy for Ali and Ron Lyle and Dwight to hit Foreman all night long.Dwight was too small but he showed that if you keep your chin and head low you can do damage to Big George.Frazier was not doing that but he could do that because he did it against Buster Mathis who was bigger in weight than Big George.Frazier not only had a great left hook but he was a terrific bodypuncher but he threw no bodypunches against Foreman .Because he did not have ring skills anymore because his mind was on partying not to stay sharp and practice in the gym.Boxing is like Basketball if you do not practice on a regular basis your skills and jumpshot is going to get rusty and disappear.
@Eliud-mw8uw5 ай бұрын
Damn these classic guys has some speed behind them tis beautiful in a way to watch them darting around such total finesse you don't see to many boxers around today that can dance like this
@DannieGemz8 ай бұрын
Because of Ali's antics at the end and Foreman's quick dispersals, this whole video was like watching the old WWF, lol.
@auh2o14810 ай бұрын
Gorgeous George was Ali’s inspiration for his “Show”.
@chipschannel949410 ай бұрын
Bobby Heenan
@NorEEzta9 ай бұрын
One of my favorite fighters of all time: George Foreman. No fighter could beat him by coming straight at him and trading punches. Frazier, Norton, Ron Lyle. No one could out punch him. He also became a very good man later on. Becoming a pastor, and all around good person. Muhammad Ali beat him because he out smarted him, without trading punches. Even George stated he underestimated Ali. Ali fought with his head as much as his fists. Even though George inflicted a lot of punishment on him. Muhammad Ali could take punishment better than anyone.
@renoblomberg40549 ай бұрын
I don't think Ali traded punches with anyone. He never thought that was smart.
@faizullakhan15565 ай бұрын
"Where the Lamooma Boys are"😂😂😂😂😂
@thespy779510 ай бұрын
It's "the Lumumba boys." It's based on a Congolese revolutionary who got assassinated years prior, I doubt it was meant to be funny.
@ThePanther978 ай бұрын
@@ThePanther97 It's Ali. Trust me. It was MEANT to be funny. The Officials in Zaire even admonished him for it.
@thespy77958 ай бұрын
Joe Frazier would have kept on fighting if they let him. He was the type of fighter that could be on the floor with a compound fracture, saying, "Come on back if you want some more!" These guys were incredible!
@kaylamarie830910 ай бұрын
R U kidding kept on fighting , George would make him a bouncing basketball and dunk him ala jordan. Its embarrassing ! This fight should have never taken place.
@faridhermansyah302410 ай бұрын
@faridhermansyah3024 Nope, Im totally not kidding, and Im not taking anything away from big Feorge Foreman. Yes of course big George would have continued to dominate Joe. Im just saying Joe Frazier had no quit in him, and you about had to kill him to beat him. The man was fearless. George himself later said in an interview that he couldn't believe how tough Joe Frazier was. Match shouldnt have ever taken place? Really. Who was George supposed to professionally compete against, robots? Joe Frazier was no slouch. He once beat Muhammad Ali, who you may remember knocked Foreman out and took his heavy weight world title. Ali was later quoted as saying if he was ever in a holy war, he would want Joe Frazier by his side. Remember, Joe Frazier was also a world heavy weight champion himself, not a boxin novice, and he was tougher than a two dollar steak! Im a huge fan of Foreman but I also loved Joe Frazier. It was an amazing era in boxing.
@kaylamarie830910 ай бұрын
Can’t believe he got up on that 2nd knock down
@francoisgrenier668110 ай бұрын
@@kaylamarie8309 Frazier was over weight over confident and undertrained going into this fight and the two opponents he had fought in the interim did not provide the opposition necessary to prepare a world champion facing such a powerful man as Foreman. If he prepared as he did for the fight in 1971 he would have put up a better performance.
@jameshogan614210 ай бұрын
@jameshogan6142 I would agree that Joe was not properly prepared to fight George and was destined to lose against him. Big George was a beast on a whole different level. Anybody doubting that should watch his fight against Ron Lyle, what a WAR!! I was just giving Joe Frazier his due. The man was incredibly tough and really just a decent guy.
@kaylamarie830910 ай бұрын
I think that anyone watching these two fights will understand why George was viewed as being unbeatable.
@stuartkester95079 ай бұрын
Boy when George had him in the corner hammering away and Joe runs away and when he glanced back to see where George is at, George nails him with a right punch to the head and Joe immediately goes down, that shit had me in tears I was laughing so hard.
@gregoryingram75619 ай бұрын
😂
@dirtyandnasty90119 ай бұрын
Yea, when a fighter tunrs his back to his opponent, you know he's hurt. it's a reflex to run away from something that is hurting you.
@lindametchie32398 ай бұрын
Is cool how these major fights used to take place all over the world
@gilbertnicholas15828 ай бұрын
"And if you come over there [meaning the Congo] talking like that, we'll cook you." Ali's sense of humor was something else.
@fayensu10 ай бұрын
i was looking for this comment. thought i was the only 1 who heard it 🤣🤣
@desert_rose71719 ай бұрын
Ali wits were always on point! As sharp as a well oil razor!
@thunderboltpenetrator84989 ай бұрын
That uppercut had to be Foreman's trademark punch.
@bruceirby203310 ай бұрын
Foreman walking and standing in front of Norton before the fight was stopped. 🥶
@danemulivai198410 ай бұрын
That was the greatest way to describe Foreman, "not a great boxer, he's a great puncher". And in boxing you need to punch.
@UpsonPrattJr.9 ай бұрын
Classic Ali, “we’ll cook ya!” 😂😂😂😂
@captainamerica35319 ай бұрын
Foreman could generate such massive power with so little 'wind up'
@calmac972010 ай бұрын
Norton had a lot of power as well (didn’t he break Ali’s jaw in one of their fights?) - but he had a penchant for over-training. Still, he looks like a BB gun going up against a bazooka!
@nathanwilliams21529 ай бұрын
Foreman is a beast my god he punches so damn hard.
@camronbay19 ай бұрын
He just stood there and hit you. Lights out. Scary!
@tramp28279 ай бұрын
Just raw power. Thats why it annoys me when people say Tyson hit harder when he relied more on explosiveness, still hit very hard of course but not Foreman could generate such great power with very little momentum which is what separates them
@lukebullen7055 ай бұрын
@@lukebullen705 This version of Foreman would plough through Tyson like a freight train..the quicker you rush at Foreman like that, the quicker he knocks you down, the man was a Bull elephant
@taracanyon12 ай бұрын
Ali's wit and humor was incredible. But he also was ahead of his time and predicted what would happen. As for George, he was a complete monster and his power was out of this world scary.
@aa-up4sf10 ай бұрын
He had the blueprint, but only he could implement it.
@TheAutumnWind_RN4L10 ай бұрын
George beat Ali to death
@SuperDave44Mag10 ай бұрын
@SuperDave44Mag in which universe? George couldn't effectively use his long guard tactics against Ali. The fight is famous for the "rope a dope", but Ali actually took very little damage while on those ropes.
@joshuawyatt47379 ай бұрын
@@joshuawyatt4737 Rather interesting that Ali never gave Foreman a rematch. Because Ali knew better. Ali lost to Frazier - and Ali got his rematch. Ali lost to Norton - and Ali got his rematch. Ali lost to Leon Spinks - and Ali got his rematch. But no rematch for Foreman from Ali. Ali knew there was too much of a chance that he'd get hurt. No more element of surprise in tactics. And if you think Ali didn't take punishment in that fight you're wrong. Foreman hit so hard that even his punches which didn't land flush were damaging. Even Angelo Dundee said he was worried that Ali was taking too much punishment before he finally dropped the rope-a-dope and turned on the offense.
@IvanLendl879 ай бұрын
@IvanLendl87 foreman didn't fight for a year after his loss to Ali. He was mentally and emotionally fractured by that fight. the rematch was already scheduled with Ali when foreman lost a decision to Jimmy Young and retired from boxing for 10 years. It is probably good that that rematch didn't happen, though. 35 year old Ali was not nearly the physical specimen that 32 year old Ali was.
@joshuawyatt47379 ай бұрын
0:00 Foreman had an absolute death stare
@The-Based10 ай бұрын
Frazier looked like he was hynotized in that stare down.
@rovingwarrior371010 ай бұрын
At the time, George Foreman was trying to pattern himself as the next Sonny Liston.
@MontezWashington-sd6fw10 ай бұрын
Not like Liston .
@patprr17569 ай бұрын
@@patprr1756 The Liston Stare will have you shit in your pants.
@MontezWashington-sd6fw9 ай бұрын
So did Joe.
@davenorth8922Ай бұрын
Ali was hilarious 😂😂😂😂
@dcrutch43410 ай бұрын
A real showman. And great fighter.
@TBWSport10 ай бұрын
Did you know that Joe Frazier at that time had one eye blind ?
@BoxingFanaticNumero110 ай бұрын
@@BoxingFanaticNumero1 No..I didn't know that..the only time I heard that Frazier had an eye problem was the "Thrilla in Manila "..Frazier 's trainer said that he stopped the fight because Joe couldn't see Ali's punches..his eye was swollen shut
@dcrutch43410 ай бұрын
George Foreman knocked them dudes into the next century !!! 😂
@robertevans15599 ай бұрын
Ali said if you come over there talking like that, we"ll cook you. 😂😂😂
@busterc66008 ай бұрын
Big George did not only hit hard but new how to use his size and strength to move a fighter around the ring to keep him off balance.The way he did Frazer..There is no short fighter that stood a chance.And that includes Mike Tyson or Rocky..
@jameshampton605310 ай бұрын
He was a lump of a man with amazing strength.. Ali knew he had to do something different to beat him. Lyle gave him problem because he was a lump too and just as strong and fearless.. Lyle could clinch him and wrestle with Foreman.. Foreman wasn't use to that.
@TBWSport10 ай бұрын
Did you know that Joe Frazier at that time had one eye blind ?
@BoxingFanaticNumero110 ай бұрын
Precisely
@petergreen533710 ай бұрын
@@petergreen5337 Did you know that Joe Frazier at that time had one eye blind ?
@BoxingFanaticNumero110 ай бұрын
Keep in mind Tyson was faster than Joe, more explosive, and had extraordinary punching power, George would have been in danger I'm sure
@mariastenljung915910 ай бұрын
To think that Ali beat this monster at the age of 32 is beyond belief
@gamekid24209 ай бұрын
And was never right in the head again. Big George is 74 and can still carry on a conversation.
@GregZentTrumpetMan9 ай бұрын
@@GregZentTrumpetManTHAT'S WHY ALI IS THE GREATEST and big George is...well, big George.
@Ogofor39138 ай бұрын
Ali....what a great man..and so so funny...that line at the end..world class.
@dr.biscuits9 ай бұрын
Young Foreman and Old Foreman are both very dangerous...
@snoozy0410 ай бұрын
Fr though.
@abdul-salam14739 ай бұрын
Can not even imagine what Joe or Ken thought when big George started hitting with those sledge hammers.
@davidcoyle71255 ай бұрын
Awesome fight by 2 of the best 👌
@wesmokof14669 ай бұрын
Big George was a monster in the ring back in the day
@dbell1799 ай бұрын
Ali watched Foreman destroy Norton, and all it did was make him more eager to fight him. That's the heart of a champion.
@brock2k110 ай бұрын
Uh, no, he said if foreman beat Norton he would have to fight him in Zaire Africa. The fight was already in the mix
@perspectiveoutlook154010 ай бұрын
Ali's defeat of Foreman transformed the sport. He moved heavyweight boxing from a slugfest to an art form. Ali's brain mattered more than his brawn, and it left Foreman, for a while, a broken man,. But as we see so often in sports, a defeated champion can come back the better for being beaten. Certainly as a man, Foreman was changed, and all for the better. My feeling for Smokin Joe is, wrong place, wrong time. That's another thing you see all the time in sports.
@johntechwriter10 ай бұрын
Imagine Floyd doing that 😂
@frankie379110 ай бұрын
That’s right and if you come over there talking like that, will cook you😂
@tonyh64389 ай бұрын
@@perspectiveoutlook1540 I'll explain this slowly so you can understand. Before the fight, Ali announced that IF Foreman won, which Ali didn't think he would, they would fight in Zaire. After the first round, Ali said that Norton was fighting much better against Foreman than Frazier had, because Norton was a great fighter. "Any man who goes 24 rounds with me has gotta be great. Ain't no George Foreman who is still a good amateur gonna destroy Kenny Norton, because I couldn't do it." Then Foreman comes out and destroys Kenny Norton in the second round. A normal person seeing Foreman annihilate Norton might reconsider his opinion of Foreman's ability. He might even be intimidated about fighting him in Zaire. Instead, Ali was eager to fight Foreman, and said he woud retire him. "I'll whoop him." That's the attitude of a champion. Hope that helps.
@brock2k19 ай бұрын
That was a monstrous battering that Frazier took. Another 2 minutes he would have been knocked out of the ring altogether. This is where one realizes the skill & greatness of Ali. He took an equal battering from Foreman but never once fell down. And he outclassed & brought down George with his class. Greats are endowed differently. I wonder what would have happened to Frazier if he had fought Shavers, Lyle and Norton? By avoiding them he avoided body decimation. Unlike Ali , Frazier never fought tough boxers, he had an easy life.
@junegem10 ай бұрын
He fought Foreman twice.
@trwent9 ай бұрын
Bullshit on you comment about Joe had all easy fights ,look up Frazier against Jerry Quarry ,then you may change your mind ! What a stupid statement ,but of course its your opinion!
@stuballs429 ай бұрын
He fought Ali three times and Foreman twice. And where did you get the idea that Frazier had an "easy life"?
@mrambassador1146 ай бұрын
Norton was one o Frazier's sparring partners and wanted no part of a real fight, as for Shavers and Lyle they would both have to win early especially Shavers and with his style and physical dimensions nothing was easy in the ring he was often shorter, lighter and had less reach than his opponent.
@chuckemeade5 ай бұрын
Basically my key point is that Frazier could not take big hitters and survive like Ali did. He was lucky he didn't get to fight real monster boxers other than Foreman.
@junegem5 ай бұрын
Best stare down in history - never seen that intensity from both men
@soleknight321210 ай бұрын
I mean, we know the outcome, but you can see Foremans trademark stare misses it's mark against Frazier. Frazier was going full Liston and you could see Foreman was very unsure about him
@chriswelcome810210 ай бұрын
@@chriswelcome8102 Yes, Frazier was the toughest HW of all time, next to Ali
@soleknight321210 ай бұрын
@@soleknight3212 He looks like a bit#h against Foreman
@96lscpower1810 ай бұрын
Should check out the staredown between Foreman and Lyle
@lukebullen7055 ай бұрын
@@lukebullen705 Just checked it. Yeh. nose to nose! It's close, but still not as good as this one IMO, although the Lyle fight was much better, one of the best HW fights of all time.
@soleknight32125 ай бұрын
LOL. Ali was a character. I think he alone made the 60's entertaining, outside of all of the killing.
@HardCold-Alquan9 ай бұрын
Big Daddy GEORGE 77 year's old and still in his Prime 😂😂😂😂
@xzing710 ай бұрын
lol ali was something else. he literally strolls up to the camera and tells everyone how to beat him, then he did it. lol
@rockabye_baby1879 ай бұрын
It's crazy how Ali said he would retire Foreman, and he made him retire for 10 years sheesh
@renderser10 ай бұрын
Did you know that Joe Frazier at that time had one eye blind ?
@BoxingFanaticNumero110 ай бұрын
That was actually Jimmy Young who made Foreman retire not Ali.
@chuckemeade10 ай бұрын
@@BoxingFanaticNumero1 and?
@kingcassius258610 ай бұрын
He beat them but neither were scared to fight him, admirable 🎉
@daynerpotter95148 ай бұрын
George was so intimidating.... i thinking after the fight was over that Foreman was going to dap up & check on norton but he was just staring at him like he wanted to hit him some more !
@Imisambi10 ай бұрын
That second knock down with the uppercut in the corner looked similar to when Mike Tyson put away Joe Frazier's son Marvis.
@rovingwarrior371010 ай бұрын
Ali put his foot in his mouth with that Ken Norton take, LOL.
@JdwayneWilliams9 ай бұрын
Straight up tossing him around, damn George!
@miltonclark152610 ай бұрын
These are 2 of the Heavyweight Kings of All time
@CityBoy60910 ай бұрын
George foreman was not only a great fighter in the ring but a good business man after his boxing career He still had all his senses and was in good physical condition in retirement a real champ
@artfrank6498 ай бұрын
8 oz gloves in a heavyweight fight - that is INSANE...and barely talked about.
@MikeFlava9 ай бұрын
The Ali interview after the Norton fight was fantastic
@colinjennings36619 ай бұрын
When Ali saw Norton tossed aside by Foreman, I know his heart was racing. Ali, for whatever reason, was rooting for Norton in this fight, even predicted Norton would win, and was yelling instructions to him from ring side, as announcer stated.
@thegenxradioshow10079 ай бұрын
HE WANTED AN REMATCH. WHO WOULD YOU PICK?
@onegenius63909 ай бұрын
@@onegenius6390 Forman, again, Forman just had a different mindset, he fought like a brick wall. It's like he punched through his opponents, not at them.
@thegenxradioshow10079 ай бұрын
The reason of Ali rooting for Norton, is because Ali always feel guilty for mistreating him and say to him nasty thing publicly only for instigated the title bout
@ignaciogodoy70953 ай бұрын
Tô vendo agora..George Foreman era monstro..
@joserobertodearaujo75399 ай бұрын
Foreman is like a tank, no matter who he boxed with, he always attacked the opponent, always went forward, no matter what. That's how he won the sympathy of hundreds of millions. He was the biggest giant in boxing. And as a person he is very likable. Bravo, Maestro. Your old fan from Uzbekistan. I hope you won't be offended if I say that my idol is the great Ali, who, among other things, admitted that you are physically stronger than him.
@user-sc8ph2ce5o10 ай бұрын
Ali roped a dope
@Theeirishman749 ай бұрын
Foreman liked Ali too.
@jessejordache18694 ай бұрын
@@jessejordache1869 Eventually everyone liked - or loved - Ali
@robertmudrow80343 ай бұрын
@@robertmudrow8034 He was on Donahue in 1977, and there were all these shy Long Island housewives who would open their questions with "...hi champ." And it was so funny thinking just six years ago the whole audience would have been rooting for Joe Frazier to take his head off. We were talking about boxers, and what you say is true, but for the general public (at least among white people) attitudes towards Ali followed people's disaproval of the Vietnam War.
@jessejordache18693 ай бұрын
@@jessejordache1869 The Vietcong from northern Vietnam wanted to spread communism down towards southern Vietnam. Had southern Vietnam did their part in the fighting by aiding the American military , they would of been a free country still. While Southern Korea did that previously and are still free.
@thespaceram2879Ай бұрын
One of the miracles in sports history was Ali beat Forman. It was deemed nearly impossible
@oobrocks9 ай бұрын
In the rematch George Foreman with Ali, George Foreman wins.
@mechaaron9 ай бұрын
What’s the date?
@oobrocks9 ай бұрын
@@oobrocks In the hypothetical rematch.
@mechaaron9 ай бұрын
As I thought
@oobrocks9 ай бұрын
@@mechaaronit happened
@chriskarsseboom22009 ай бұрын
13:20 - Foreman walks up to Norton, says nothing and delivers one hell of a stare
@menzimngadi679310 ай бұрын
Yup. His stare says, “I’m just warming up Kenny, I’d call it a night if I were you.”
@chr97010 ай бұрын
He didn’t need to say anything or trash talk his opponents to intimidate. He knew he could let his strength do the talking, and it wasn’t until Zaire that someone finally worked out how to engage him (Ali)
@nathanwilliams21529 ай бұрын
those are some wicked prefight stare downs.
@driger8889 ай бұрын
Man I grew up with Muhammad Ali, Evel Kneivel, and the cold war.....Damn, what a time!
@ylekiote999992 ай бұрын
You know you are fighting a hard hitter when your knees buckle like Frazer's did after that devastating punch at 3:22.
@EricBlackmonGuitar9 ай бұрын
Frazier staggering around the ring after each knockdown made him look like a little kid fighting a grown man!
@randysmith286610 ай бұрын
Yes it was incredible. There was only a difference of 3lbs in their weights but Frazier looks like a pygmy facing a giant.
@jameshogan614210 ай бұрын
Lol
@96lscpower1810 ай бұрын
I watched that fight happen, back before anyone cared about concussions. I thought for sure Frazier would be dead within a day by the end of that match.
@Mantelar10 ай бұрын
I like how Ali asked that guy why Africa had to be his home base. At least Ali realized it was an insult.
@HardCold-Alquan9 ай бұрын
George Foreman as strong as he ever was. Here in his prime....like a very fit agricultural worker scything hay. Legs spread to widen his power base, loving the physicality of the encounter. Totally immense...and yet...his greatest asset was also his greatest weakness. His reliance on his physical strength was his ultimate downfall. A foe that uses your own strengths against you is a very clever foe indeed. And so enters Mohammed Ali....
@DrCrabfingers9 ай бұрын
Well written.
@TomUK78 ай бұрын
One of the things Angelo Dundee said about Ali, was that he was much stronger physically than people realized. He wasn't that much smaller, and didn't get pushed around on the inside. He also punished Foreman with Left jabs and right hands and came at him early in the fight.
@Tanmag114 ай бұрын
@@Tanmag11 Well, he was right. You know Ali NEVER did weight training? Just jogging, calisthenics, working the bag, and sparring. His core muscles were what let him move guys around the ring like he did; Harry Cooper after their second fight said the biggest difference was that he couldn't mess with Ali in the clinch. Not to sound like Mr. Yoga, what with "core muscles", but you know what I mean. Ali was stronger than people who think "strength = arms" thought.
@jessejordache18694 ай бұрын
@@jessejordache1869 proof that boxing isn't a bodybuilding contest.
@Tanmag114 ай бұрын
@@Tanmag11 Truth.
@jessejordache18694 ай бұрын
I remember that. Ali backed up all the jive talk. Me nor anyone back then thought he could do it. What he did to Joe Frazier who had given Ali tough fights one win. Then Ken Norton who broke Alis Jaw. But he did it. I remember waking up to the news.
@josephlahood46479 ай бұрын
Foreman’s greatness solidified Ali’s greatness by beating an invincible George Foreman.
@kevinb284410 ай бұрын
I have seen this fight replayed several times with delight . I love how Frazier does a little hop just before he goes down each time😊😊😊
@tonyklymson80969 ай бұрын
And yet Frazier knocked Clay on his ass in their fight !
@stuballs429 ай бұрын
Man big George couldn't get away with all that pushing in todays fight game 😂😂😂😂😂
@kburton5319 ай бұрын
Poor Joe ...... to be humiliated like that after his win over Ali had to be painful for this great champion . God rest his soul.....
@tadkingsbury799 ай бұрын
It wasn't a humiliation foreman had way more reach than Frazier plus Frazier did what George couldn't do that's bear Ali
@williamunderwood17559 ай бұрын
@@williamunderwood1755yeah George nearly done a Apollo creed on his ass though 😂
@morarahman59549 ай бұрын
@@morarahman5954 and ali almost did an Apollo creed on Foreman's ass as well because he could hurt him without taking punches, Frazier couldn't do that so what's the point of your comment?
@williamunderwood17559 ай бұрын
@@williamunderwood1755 Ali didn’t almost kill Forman ?
@morarahman59549 ай бұрын
Crazy how the three boxers , Ali, Foreman, and Frazier panned out
@CentralSupply10 ай бұрын
Ali was just amazing. He practically lived by this golden law of life, "If you think it, believe it, say it, you will do it" 🐐
@awesomefaith99654 ай бұрын
It was worth watching that entire video just to hear the greatest speak
@putnam5688 ай бұрын
Ali at the end😂
@robertphillips804210 ай бұрын
I left that on purposely, Ali was a true entertainer. I do have him as the greatest sports man of all time.
@TBWSport10 ай бұрын
Did you know that Joe Frazier at that time had one eye blind ?
@BoxingFanaticNumero110 ай бұрын
George Foreman one best of the boxers ever!
@firstlast-xs2dn10 ай бұрын
Tough to watch George was a wrecking ball destroying joe an all time great ,One of the best performances of all time
@robtatum52777 ай бұрын
I remember watching a documentary about this heavyweight era. Foreman said he was scared to death going into this fight and he made sure to hild the stare down with Frazier because he was afraid that if Frazier looked down, he'd see Foreman's legs shaking.
@Nhamp20003 ай бұрын
Because he was Joe Frazier.
@stevecvino3 ай бұрын
Somehow, Ali always managed to steal the show.
@youngpaderewski366811 ай бұрын
Did you know that Joe Frazier at that time had one eye blind ?
@BoxingFanaticNumero110 ай бұрын
@cliff none of the four boxers mentioned are overrated (especially not ali) but the frazier match is unbelievably painful to watch because he could've beat foreman with another strategy. norton vs holmes or norton vs ali three times is all you have to watch to know that he wasn't a flash in the pan.
@marcyfan-tz4wj10 ай бұрын
@@marcyfan-tz4wj With his build what other strategy could he have employed? Foreman ate shorter crouching pressure fighters for breakfast ,lunch, dinner and anything before after or in between. Tyson would have been tailor made for Foreman.
@chuckemeade10 ай бұрын
@@marcyfan-tz4wj Did you know mugi quit school after the sixth grade? 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
@sludge850610 ай бұрын
Ropes were too big in Zaire. Look it up. Ali could lean back and avoid the uppercut and let the heat tire out Foreman. There was a reason Ali never allowed a rematch in an indoor regulation ring. He was a blowhard racist pussy who Foreman would have smoked in a real ring. The way he called Frazier a monkey and an uncle tom made me hate Ali. Love watching the Frazier Ali first fight and watching that piece of shit take a beating. Also, that piece of shit pretended to love the teachings of Allah yet fathered children by multiple women. When Malcolm x turned on Elijah Mohammed for the same type of behavior, Ali could have used his celebrity to save X from Elijah's mob. He didn't, and that makes him a huge piece of shit in my book.
Ali's post-fight prediction was frighteningly accurate.
Yeah, but his pre-fight prediction of Foreman not beating Norton was shockingly INACCURATE.
Ali knew that above all, boxing is still a sport.
“You come over there talking like that, then we’ll cook you!” 😂
HAHAHAAHAH
Foreman was great.....but Ali's comments at the end of the clip are gold.
That Foreman uppercut right after the 3:22 mark almost took Joe's head off. Frazier had heart and guts off the charts here, but he took a horrific beating.
And the beating Norton took was even worse
That knock down, in particular, was scary to watch. It looked like Joe’s head disconnected for its body for a second. I dunno how he got up from that one. That’s the kind of determination Mr Frazier had.
duh
Yes, 3:16 & 3:23. Foreman had to go for uppercuts, although his low right swing could fell a tree!, because of Frazier's constant bobbing up & down style, making him very difficult to hit. Foreman missed so many times, but when he finally connected................BOOM! Game over.
Frazier never fully recovered from the 1st knock out. As the commentator says @ 4:18, "that almost looked like a glancing blow", it didn't take Foreman much to knock Frazier down again. (Not that a "glancing blow" from Foreman would do anyone any good!).
Of course Ali at the end was priceless
The punch that knocked Frazier down the second time, would have knocked out a horse. Frazier got back up!
As tough as they come. Foreman was a different kind of beast
No
And then went back down…got back up and then went back down…😂😂
Frazier got back up more than Rocky Balboa against Ivan Drago.
What a joke 🤣
Golden era of boxing
Seems back in the day was the golden era of nearly everything- all sports, music, and movies. Those born relatively recently have been robbed of some wonderful experiences.
@uio283 Everything is narrowed down now. If you have followed baseball over multiple generations, you've probably noticed that you can no longer distinguish between the different hitters' stances and swings as easily as we could in, say, the 80s (when sandlot kids would mimic their favorite players' batting styles). Coaches are doing what they're supposed to do - use the latest metrics to improve how they evaluate and coach athletes - but the net effect is to suck the art out of the given sport.
George Foreman is really one of the toughest fighters I've ever seen. His size and strength. His ability to absorb punishment is astonishing! At 41 when he fought Evander Holyfield George went a full 12 rounds and took some brutal hits but barely acknowledged being hit save but only a few times. Truly one of the toughest and greatest fighters of all time.
U just realized that???
Muchas gracias por dar este combate tan famosos por ambos pujiles saludos de vito
And don’t exchange with him…box him….
I wish he would have not got rope a doped. He would have beat Ali in a rematch
George would have lost a rematch with ali he lost to the movers Morrison Jimmy young
What Ali says at the end of this video about him fighting Foreman, every word of it, came true.
Foreman would have won a rematch and Ali knew it
@@geokersey, not he would not have, and you know it. The Ali of the 1975 Manilla fight would have knocked out George all over again. George obviously had tremendous punching power. But he was not the best boxer. Larry Holmes would have out boxed George Foreman. Jimmy Young did out box George, and almost KO'd him.
@@geokersey too bad forman lost to young and quit, or did you not know that?
Every word he said came true. Eerie!
Another reason why Ali was the Greatest!! He beat this monster and beat him with a KO
The guy won back the heavyweight title at 45. That's the oldest champ ever
In heavyweight Hopkins beat him by a year at 46 becoming champ
George Forman looks unbeatable
@@loydklineThey called a lot of Foreman's punches glancing punches in this fight .Well that is because they were not on the receiving end .
That was an impossible feat . I watched that over and over with his fight with Michael Moore .
@michaelclayton6550 I seen the Joe frazier & Ken Norton fight young George Forman looked unbeatable & invincible; older George Forman has said young George Forman didn't train that hard for fights
I once saw a documentary where I saw Frazier say the only thing he did wrong in the Foreman fight is, "sign the contract". 😂 But, all kidding aside, abundant props for Fraziers cajones!
i saw it happen when i was 7 and it's still painful to see frazier get whipped like that. he had humor, humility AND big cajones!
@@marcyfan-tz4wj My least favourite fight by far. Foreman was a completely different animal. Hard to believe after seeing the fight he was a 3-1 favourite. Foreman really hadn't fought anyone of note up to this point despite his record
@@marcyfan-tz4wj Exactamundo. That's why Smokin' Joe will always be remembered. He was a great champion with humility and class. He knew Big George has his number and he didn't make any excuse , unlike today's HW. Joe bludgeoned most Heavyweights he met in the ring including The Greatest. But George was just too powerful for him.
Frazier was asked why he could beat Ali in their first fight but get knocked out easily by Foreman. He didn’t get upset or on his high horse - he just paused and then said “Different kind of guy.” Foreman was the best slugger of that time, before the Rumble in the Jungle.
Frazier said in an interview he don’t know how good Foreman as a fighter, but he punched good, he punched really good
Even Foreman's misses are frightening.
Those big swinging punches look like they could bring buildings down.
Word.Foreman was a monster.
Until he he met the great Ali.
People talk about his jab, which was one of the best ever, but his inside uppercuts were vicious! If Norton had continued any longer than he did, he might’ve been killed. He was done!
Yes foreman jab looked like a bomb too.
"Can't hit me with that stuff - cause I'm a professional." Gotta love that guy.
The "Professional" word in particular not only cracks me up, but I quote that to my mates often. Adore the man
5:57 The man hit Joe so hard, he literally went airborne.
Foreman was the sherman tank with no reverse gear.
Til he met Ali
Foreman walked up to Norton like you want some more? 😂
Big George had a sledgehammer type of shot - with an exclamation point!
Not only that the way big George use his size and strength to move Frazer around to keep him off balance..In those there was no short fighter that could come forward and beat him..And that includes Mike Tyson and Rocky
Did you know that Joe Frazier at that time had one eye blind ?
@@BoxingFanaticNumero1 Did you know that Joe Frazier at that time had one eye blind?
@@S.O.A_Zero Yeah..mugi8643 thumbed him.
@@S.O.A_Zero Frazier could have had both eyes working just fine and the result would have been no different.
"Norton is a positive thinker." The way he was tentative in these 2 rounds, I believe he was positive George was going to hurt him.
Word
Norton was suspect with big punchers, eg Big George, Cooney and Shavers all stopping him quickly. Ali made him look better than he was in their trilogy, because he kept backing off him and allowing him to build up momentum...
@chriscolton6329 taking credit away from Norton there. Yes he was vulnerable against big punchers but against good boxers he was always very tricky which was proven in his fights with Ali, Holmes and Jimmy Young
@@lukebullen705 Not really trying to take credit away from Norton. Just stating what I perceived as fact. Yes, he was very skilled. Even Ali had to think and execute well to prevent George from hurting him, badly. George did cause him body and internal problems, for a time, after their fight, so I have read. Ali just won their fight. Norton just didn't execute well, tentative.
Ali was clinical in the ring, he never stopped thinking. The same hands that mercilessly dropped Frazier 5 times, could not find the butterfly, they couldn't crush the bee. The Bee brought down the monster and hard hitting Foreman crushing to the ground like an oak tree. Muhammad came out of that ring stronger and a legend of all time. He was the only one who believed in himself and saw the victory in his favour, while everyone, even his own team was scared for his life. Ali, the Greatest Boxer ever!
W O R D .
It was cheesy how Ali never showed the slightest interest in giving Foreman a rematch from 1975-1977. Very cheesy. Spinks, Frazier and Norton all gave Ali rematches after beating them, Spinks and Norton immediately. But Ali just couldn't find the time or inclination to fight Foreman a second time, after outsmarting him the first.
I agree, Ali wasn´t better then monstrum Foreman, but more clever @@sportshistorybuff319
@@sportshistorybuff319bc Ali knew that foreman would fold his ass in the rematch
No, Young fought Ali in spring of 1976, Foreman and Young fought in 1977.
Big George reminds me of Jason in Halloween he just keeps walking after you. So damned strong.
You mean FRIDAY THE 13TH.
Ali called formen the" Mummy" lol
@@davenstorm7271 He took down 2 strong men, George beat beasts, 2 people who can break someone's jaw, he's the combination of Frazier and Norton, already a combo of 2 monsters, that just proves how dangerous big George is.
@@davenstorm7271 He truly is the big mummy.
What determination and HEART Frazier had. Got back up each and every single time.
A true warrior
@@anthonyrnkn The match should have been stopped a lot sooner
There is a fine line between stupid and ignorant
faaacts
That’s called brain damage 😂😂
Frazier's life was in jeopardy.
100%
You have to watch these fights, to fully appreciate what Ali did to George. How he took 8 rounds of punishment from this man, tracked him and knocked him out. Incredible.
It's amazing seeing George destroy these 2 legends and ragdoll them as if they were nothing, then to see George completely humbled before Ali. It was something of legends. Something George never saw coming, and you can see why. But, you can also see how George was the yester-years Tyson, even if he didn't train and fight like Tyson. George was an absolute beast in the ring.
Tyson's weapon to put you down, was speed, leverage and timing. Foreman just stood there and clobber you. You felt it a year after. Awesome power.
@@tramp2827 Tyson holds a professional boxing record of 50 wins, 6 losses, and 2 no contests. He has been a world champion multiple times, with 44 Knockouts and a 75.86% KO ratio under his name. You can't tell me, Tyson also didn't have raw power of strength like George did.
@@melanisticmandalorian8909 I never said that. Tyson was awesome. What I am saying is they derived their power differently. You need to get a look on one of those old training vids of George destroying his punching bags with his fist. George is probably the heaviest hitter of all time. I saw this man hit Joe, in Jamaica, no windup or leverage, and Joe was bouncing around the ring out on his feet.
Ali was brilliant in the ring and outside the ring...A very smart man, an American Icon.
Ali just outsmarted and outgassed big George Foreman with "Rope-a-Dope". All of them are legend. The old Titan's of Boxing..
George Foreman. My favourite fighter.. Loved him . Still going too... Brilliant
Ali's post fight rant here is absolutely sensational. Me and my pals used to play this endlessly back in the day...❤😂
Watching young George and old George.. especially against Frazier, he was fast..his speed on his left hook was so underrated..his footwork was better than stated. He showed that snap against Rodriguez, and slightly less against Holyfield...but he was 43, not 23 and still did well. That left darn near put Rodriguez thru the ropes..and he was a top 5 and South American champ. George was something else.
He had no defensive skills though, check out his fight against Ron Lyle. He figured he didn't need one when he was younger, he knew that if he was able to connect the opponent would fall
And Holyfield was juiced to the gills. George was a once-young fighter, not on anabolics, doing a hell of a job in his 40s. One of the best ever.
But when he was older he was like the Terminator, mainly due to him being so relaxed I think. He looked like he was impossible to KO.
Absolutely. He was extremely hard to gas out.
He had a good chin
The Cosell call of the first Foreman/Frazier fight was absolutely epic.
Cosell was a big mouth and nothing else... He didn't know shit about boxing.
Did you know that Joe Frazier at that time had one eye blind ?
@@BoxingFanaticNumero1 yes we know don’t have to keep repeating it in every post. That’s why his fight with Ali in Manila in 1975 had to be stopped as Frazier’s eyes were both just about shut due to heavy swelling from blows he took and couldn’t see.
@@scottknode898 it stop because the coach of Joe Frazier gave up
@@BoxingFanaticNumero1 yes I know seen the fight it was Frazier’s corner decided to keep Frazier from getting up for 14th round and Ali ended up winning by Technical knockout
Man, that ducking technique of Frazier had him ducking directly into Foreman's blows. Here's my head, bang on it. Not to mention, Frazier is completely blind whenever he ducks, bobbing back up for a nasty surprise each time.
My thoughts, also. If a fighter bent at the waist and bobbed his head, George was going to take him out, soon, and hard. It was the same with Norton.
...but he is measuring for the left hook. He wasn't completely blind. It worked previously, but George was too tall and big.
Yep. This is why I don't get the Tyson comparisons. His peek a boo technique was far more effective than ducking straight down practically in a bowing position
Frasier trying to run away from Big George was a sad moment in sports
It was sad .even on this tape , you can still Dundee and Pacheco screaming “stop the fight”.
Please sir at least spell Joe Frazier's name correctly! And remember Joe did beat loud mouth Clay !
@@stuballs42 Once sure he got beat the rest of the trilogy
Joe Never ran away from any one !
The Joe Frazier fight shows what a devastating fighter George Foreman was.
Pure power hitter.May not of had the best moves,but when you hit as hard as Big George,you don’t need to be agile.
Не знаю почему не люблю Али за его болтовню 'и высмеивание противника, будь мужиком Дерись. Как Джо фрезер 😅😅
Joes still looking for the truck that hit him.
Foreman was a slow hard puncher. Slugger but effective, Ali outclassed him...
As good a fighter as Frazier was, he was not a problem for George, it was a true mismatch and Frazier couldn't get inside because of the natural size, hand speed and style differences between the two men. Forman simply pounded his opponent into submission with accuracy, power and leverage, with each punch causing some damage, especially those body blows, making Frazier open to virtually coma-producing shots to his chin and neck... Forman could literally assassinate a man with his bare hands at that age if he caught the guy flush in the early rounds... I still hold Frazier in high esteem for not ducking the Foreman fight, it really showed what a true pro he was, as improbable it was to win against such a formidable titan as Forman was in that era...🥊💥🥴💫🤔💯
I remember hearing the story from Frazier’s trainer that after the 2nd or 3rd knockdown he started yelling at Frazier’s corner to throw in the towel because he would kill him. That was the most scary of a fighter that ever existed that night in Jamaica.
All this reminds me a lot of apollo creed vs drago and to some extent George was similar to drago in terms of strength and height
That wasn’t Frazier’s trainer. That was Ali’s trainer Angelo Dundee who happened to be ringside scouting both fighters.
I can't believe they let the fight continue after the 3rd knockdown. Clearly a different era
@@HorrorFreak68 Foreman also signalled that the fight should be stopped - you can see it on a different angle of the fight
@@mattclark6482 I agree. Should have stopped it with the fourth, for sure. I kind of understand the refs problem. A lot of times they are cursed if they do and cursed if they don't.
George Foreman was the single most terrifying boxer of all-time. And then the most lovable boxer ever. All in the same career.
Two times I thought Ali would die in the ring .Fighting George Foreman and the great Sonny Liston .
@@michaelclayton6550 Both are good shouts!👌 I would add Ken Norton, who broke Ali's jaw. And the 1st time Ali fought Frazier. Muhammad really fought some absolute killers! During the golden era of Heavyweight boxing.
Sonny Liston was and STILL is the single most terrifying fighter!
@@GodsLonelyMan76- Mike Tyson would beg to differ.
@@davenorth8922 mike tyson a baby compared to the great Sonny Liston
George had about a 6” reach advantage, he’s as strong as an ox, and he was punching down. If Joe tried to come inside, George would just push him back out to the end of his reach where he could strike without really being hit. If you’ve ever seen what George can do to a heavy bag, then you have some appreciation for what it takes to get hit that hard and keep fighting.
It was the great Archie Moore who told Foreman to push Frazier back.Archie was a co-trainer of the young Foreman.But other boxers like Buster Mathis who weighed as much as 300 pounds and weighed a lot more than Foreman could not push Frazier away because Frazier was taught by his trainer how to stop that and keep his head low.This was a rusty Frazier who got kayoed by George ,Frazier was rusty out of shape and forgot all the skills that made him a champion.Frazier was standing up too high and not getting head and chin low like he used to do.Because his head was not low like it was when Frazier kayoed Jimmy Ellis and his head and chin was high and exposed Foreman hit him like target practice.
@@elihudcarter9943 Well, Frazier was rusty in the rematch also.
@@texasstadium Nah Frazier was not rusty in the rematch with George.Your mentally rusty because you don't know that the trainer of Frazier who taught him how to be a champion died.Taught him to stay low and not stand straight up.Frazier's new trainer taught him different things that were not the same skills to stay low as Frazier's original trainer taught him.Next time you reply to someone use your brain and read and you will discover that Frazier's original trainer died.Even a little child can read.Your a grown man who can't read.
@@elihudcarter9943Frazier was way too over confident and in my opinion underestimated George Forman. After he beat AlI in 1971 Frazier really didn’t want it anymore. If you don’t believe me, just look at the Daniels and Stander fights. Daniels was smaller and lighter than Joe and still he was able to land some very hard shots to joes face. The Stander fight really showed how poorly conditioned Frazier was in that fight. If Stander was a better boxer and more conditioned he might have beaten Frazier. The Frazier that beat Foster, Ellis and Ali was a gym rat, a guy who put his heart and soul into boxing. The Frazier you saw against Foreman spent more time with his band (The Knockouts) than he did at the gym. Leading up to that fight his own camp was leaking out information that Joe only trained 3 weeks for this fight. But I agree the best Joe Frazier ever would not have beaten George Foreman, maybe a 7 or 8 round fight at best.
@@bgjb-r1499 Nah ! Frazier was not overconfident.He never did fight well in his fight against Foreman because he was way out of shape.Frazier he was overweight and out of shape and his ring skills that enabled him to win the heavyweight championship were gone because Frazier got rich both he and Ali in the first Ali fight and after that Frazier did everything but train his mind was on partying,he formed his own band,bar and club hopping and womanizing.Even Stevie Wonder can see that Frazier was out of shape and his ring skills were gone .Frazier fought low like Rocky Marciano when he won the title but against Foreman he was standing up high his head and chin was up high not low and that made him easy for Foreman to hit.If you see Foreman fight Dwight Qawi Muhammad who was smaller and not as great as a prime Frazier but he stayed low against Foreman .The small Muhammad actually hit Foreman easily until he was finally stopped by Big George . Foreman keeps his head and chin high that is why it was easy for Ali and Ron Lyle and Dwight to hit Foreman all night long.Dwight was too small but he showed that if you keep your chin and head low you can do damage to Big George.Frazier was not doing that but he could do that because he did it against Buster Mathis who was bigger in weight than Big George.Frazier not only had a great left hook but he was a terrific bodypuncher but he threw no bodypunches against Foreman .Because he did not have ring skills anymore because his mind was on partying not to stay sharp and practice in the gym.Boxing is like Basketball if you do not practice on a regular basis your skills and jumpshot is going to get rusty and disappear.
Damn these classic guys has some speed behind them tis beautiful in a way to watch them darting around such total finesse you don't see to many boxers around today that can dance like this
Because of Ali's antics at the end and Foreman's quick dispersals, this whole video was like watching the old WWF, lol.
Gorgeous George was Ali’s inspiration for his “Show”.
Bobby Heenan
One of my favorite fighters of all time: George Foreman. No fighter could beat him by coming straight at him and trading punches. Frazier, Norton, Ron Lyle. No one could out punch him. He also became a very good man later on. Becoming a pastor, and all around good person. Muhammad Ali beat him because he out smarted him, without trading punches. Even George stated he underestimated Ali. Ali fought with his head as much as his fists. Even though George inflicted a lot of punishment on him. Muhammad Ali could take punishment better than anyone.
I don't think Ali traded punches with anyone. He never thought that was smart.
"Where the Lamooma Boys are"😂😂😂😂😂
It's "the Lumumba boys." It's based on a Congolese revolutionary who got assassinated years prior, I doubt it was meant to be funny.
@@ThePanther97 It's Ali. Trust me. It was MEANT to be funny. The Officials in Zaire even admonished him for it.
Joe Frazier would have kept on fighting if they let him. He was the type of fighter that could be on the floor with a compound fracture, saying, "Come on back if you want some more!" These guys were incredible!
R U kidding kept on fighting , George would make him a bouncing basketball and dunk him ala jordan. Its embarrassing ! This fight should have never taken place.
@faridhermansyah3024 Nope, Im totally not kidding, and Im not taking anything away from big Feorge Foreman. Yes of course big George would have continued to dominate Joe. Im just saying Joe Frazier had no quit in him, and you about had to kill him to beat him. The man was fearless. George himself later said in an interview that he couldn't believe how tough Joe Frazier was. Match shouldnt have ever taken place? Really. Who was George supposed to professionally compete against, robots? Joe Frazier was no slouch. He once beat Muhammad Ali, who you may remember knocked Foreman out and took his heavy weight world title. Ali was later quoted as saying if he was ever in a holy war, he would want Joe Frazier by his side. Remember, Joe Frazier was also a world heavy weight champion himself, not a boxin novice, and he was tougher than a two dollar steak! Im a huge fan of Foreman but I also loved Joe Frazier. It was an amazing era in boxing.
Can’t believe he got up on that 2nd knock down
@@kaylamarie8309 Frazier was over weight over confident and undertrained going into this fight and the two opponents he had fought in the interim did not provide the opposition necessary to prepare a world champion facing such a powerful man as Foreman. If he prepared as he did for the fight in 1971 he would have put up a better performance.
@jameshogan6142 I would agree that Joe was not properly prepared to fight George and was destined to lose against him. Big George was a beast on a whole different level. Anybody doubting that should watch his fight against Ron Lyle, what a WAR!! I was just giving Joe Frazier his due. The man was incredibly tough and really just a decent guy.
I think that anyone watching these two fights will understand why George was viewed as being unbeatable.
Boy when George had him in the corner hammering away and Joe runs away and when he glanced back to see where George is at, George nails him with a right punch to the head and Joe immediately goes down, that shit had me in tears I was laughing so hard.
😂
Yea, when a fighter tunrs his back to his opponent, you know he's hurt. it's a reflex to run away from something that is hurting you.
Is cool how these major fights used to take place all over the world
"And if you come over there [meaning the Congo] talking like that, we'll cook you." Ali's sense of humor was something else.
i was looking for this comment. thought i was the only 1 who heard it 🤣🤣
Ali wits were always on point! As sharp as a well oil razor!
That uppercut had to be Foreman's trademark punch.
Foreman walking and standing in front of Norton before the fight was stopped. 🥶
That was the greatest way to describe Foreman, "not a great boxer, he's a great puncher". And in boxing you need to punch.
Classic Ali, “we’ll cook ya!” 😂😂😂😂
Foreman could generate such massive power with so little 'wind up'
Norton had a lot of power as well (didn’t he break Ali’s jaw in one of their fights?) - but he had a penchant for over-training. Still, he looks like a BB gun going up against a bazooka!
Foreman is a beast my god he punches so damn hard.
He just stood there and hit you. Lights out. Scary!
Just raw power. Thats why it annoys me when people say Tyson hit harder when he relied more on explosiveness, still hit very hard of course but not Foreman could generate such great power with very little momentum which is what separates them
@@lukebullen705 This version of Foreman would plough through Tyson like a freight train..the quicker you rush at Foreman like that, the quicker he knocks you down, the man was a Bull elephant
Ali's wit and humor was incredible. But he also was ahead of his time and predicted what would happen. As for George, he was a complete monster and his power was out of this world scary.
He had the blueprint, but only he could implement it.
George beat Ali to death
@SuperDave44Mag in which universe? George couldn't effectively use his long guard tactics against Ali. The fight is famous for the "rope a dope", but Ali actually took very little damage while on those ropes.
@@joshuawyatt4737 Rather interesting that Ali never gave Foreman a rematch. Because Ali knew better. Ali lost to Frazier - and Ali got his rematch. Ali lost to Norton - and Ali got his rematch. Ali lost to Leon Spinks - and Ali got his rematch. But no rematch for Foreman from Ali. Ali knew there was too much of a chance that he'd get hurt. No more element of surprise in tactics. And if you think Ali didn't take punishment in that fight you're wrong. Foreman hit so hard that even his punches which didn't land flush were damaging. Even Angelo Dundee said he was worried that Ali was taking too much punishment before he finally dropped the rope-a-dope and turned on the offense.
@IvanLendl87 foreman didn't fight for a year after his loss to Ali. He was mentally and emotionally fractured by that fight. the rematch was already scheduled with Ali when foreman lost a decision to Jimmy Young and retired from boxing for 10 years. It is probably good that that rematch didn't happen, though. 35 year old Ali was not nearly the physical specimen that 32 year old Ali was.
0:00 Foreman had an absolute death stare
Frazier looked like he was hynotized in that stare down.
At the time, George Foreman was trying to pattern himself as the next Sonny Liston.
Not like Liston .
@@patprr1756 The Liston Stare will have you shit in your pants.
So did Joe.
Ali was hilarious 😂😂😂😂
A real showman. And great fighter.
Did you know that Joe Frazier at that time had one eye blind ?
@@BoxingFanaticNumero1 No..I didn't know that..the only time I heard that Frazier had an eye problem was the "Thrilla in Manila "..Frazier 's trainer said that he stopped the fight because Joe couldn't see Ali's punches..his eye was swollen shut
George Foreman knocked them dudes into the next century !!! 😂
Ali said if you come over there talking like that, we"ll cook you. 😂😂😂
Big George did not only hit hard but new how to use his size and strength to move a fighter around the ring to keep him off balance.The way he did Frazer..There is no short fighter that stood a chance.And that includes Mike Tyson or Rocky..
He was a lump of a man with amazing strength.. Ali knew he had to do something different to beat him. Lyle gave him problem because he was a lump too and just as strong and fearless.. Lyle could clinch him and wrestle with Foreman.. Foreman wasn't use to that.
Did you know that Joe Frazier at that time had one eye blind ?
Precisely
@@petergreen5337 Did you know that Joe Frazier at that time had one eye blind ?
Keep in mind Tyson was faster than Joe, more explosive, and had extraordinary punching power, George would have been in danger I'm sure
To think that Ali beat this monster at the age of 32 is beyond belief
And was never right in the head again. Big George is 74 and can still carry on a conversation.
@@GregZentTrumpetManTHAT'S WHY ALI IS THE GREATEST and big George is...well, big George.
Ali....what a great man..and so so funny...that line at the end..world class.
Young Foreman and Old Foreman are both very dangerous...
Fr though.
Can not even imagine what Joe or Ken thought when big George started hitting with those sledge hammers.
Awesome fight by 2 of the best 👌
Big George was a monster in the ring back in the day
Ali watched Foreman destroy Norton, and all it did was make him more eager to fight him. That's the heart of a champion.
Uh, no, he said if foreman beat Norton he would have to fight him in Zaire Africa. The fight was already in the mix
Ali's defeat of Foreman transformed the sport. He moved heavyweight boxing from a slugfest to an art form. Ali's brain mattered more than his brawn, and it left Foreman, for a while, a broken man,. But as we see so often in sports, a defeated champion can come back the better for being beaten. Certainly as a man, Foreman was changed, and all for the better. My feeling for Smokin Joe is, wrong place, wrong time. That's another thing you see all the time in sports.
Imagine Floyd doing that 😂
That’s right and if you come over there talking like that, will cook you😂
@@perspectiveoutlook1540 I'll explain this slowly so you can understand. Before the fight, Ali announced that IF Foreman won, which Ali didn't think he would, they would fight in Zaire. After the first round, Ali said that Norton was fighting much better against Foreman than Frazier had, because Norton was a great fighter. "Any man who goes 24 rounds with me has gotta be great. Ain't no George Foreman who is still a good amateur gonna destroy Kenny Norton, because I couldn't do it." Then Foreman comes out and destroys Kenny Norton in the second round. A normal person seeing Foreman annihilate Norton might reconsider his opinion of Foreman's ability. He might even be intimidated about fighting him in Zaire. Instead, Ali was eager to fight Foreman, and said he woud retire him. "I'll whoop him." That's the attitude of a champion. Hope that helps.
That was a monstrous battering that Frazier took. Another 2 minutes he would have been knocked out of the ring altogether. This is where one realizes the skill & greatness of Ali. He took an equal battering from Foreman but never once fell down. And he outclassed & brought down George with his class. Greats are endowed differently. I wonder what would have happened to Frazier if he had fought Shavers, Lyle and Norton? By avoiding them he avoided body decimation. Unlike Ali , Frazier never fought tough boxers, he had an easy life.
He fought Foreman twice.
Bullshit on you comment about Joe had all easy fights ,look up Frazier against Jerry Quarry ,then you may change your mind ! What a stupid statement ,but of course its your opinion!
He fought Ali three times and Foreman twice. And where did you get the idea that Frazier had an "easy life"?
Norton was one o Frazier's sparring partners and wanted no part of a real fight, as for Shavers and Lyle they would both have to win early especially Shavers and with his style and physical dimensions nothing was easy in the ring he was often shorter, lighter and had less reach than his opponent.
Basically my key point is that Frazier could not take big hitters and survive like Ali did. He was lucky he didn't get to fight real monster boxers other than Foreman.
Best stare down in history - never seen that intensity from both men
I mean, we know the outcome, but you can see Foremans trademark stare misses it's mark against Frazier. Frazier was going full Liston and you could see Foreman was very unsure about him
@@chriswelcome8102 Yes, Frazier was the toughest HW of all time, next to Ali
@@soleknight3212 He looks like a bit#h against Foreman
Should check out the staredown between Foreman and Lyle
@@lukebullen705 Just checked it. Yeh. nose to nose! It's close, but still not as good as this one IMO, although the Lyle fight was much better, one of the best HW fights of all time.
LOL. Ali was a character. I think he alone made the 60's entertaining, outside of all of the killing.
Big Daddy GEORGE 77 year's old and still in his Prime 😂😂😂😂
lol ali was something else. he literally strolls up to the camera and tells everyone how to beat him, then he did it. lol
It's crazy how Ali said he would retire Foreman, and he made him retire for 10 years sheesh
Did you know that Joe Frazier at that time had one eye blind ?
That was actually Jimmy Young who made Foreman retire not Ali.
@@BoxingFanaticNumero1 and?
He beat them but neither were scared to fight him, admirable 🎉
George was so intimidating.... i thinking after the fight was over that Foreman was going to dap up & check on norton but he was just staring at him like he wanted to hit him some more !
That second knock down with the uppercut in the corner looked similar to when Mike Tyson put away Joe Frazier's son Marvis.
Ali put his foot in his mouth with that Ken Norton take, LOL.
Straight up tossing him around, damn George!
These are 2 of the Heavyweight Kings of All time
George foreman was not only a great fighter in the ring but a good business man after his boxing career He still had all his senses and was in good physical condition in retirement a real champ
8 oz gloves in a heavyweight fight - that is INSANE...and barely talked about.
The Ali interview after the Norton fight was fantastic
When Ali saw Norton tossed aside by Foreman, I know his heart was racing. Ali, for whatever reason, was rooting for Norton in this fight, even predicted Norton would win, and was yelling instructions to him from ring side, as announcer stated.
HE WANTED AN REMATCH. WHO WOULD YOU PICK?
@@onegenius6390 Forman, again, Forman just had a different mindset, he fought like a brick wall. It's like he punched through his opponents, not at them.
The reason of Ali rooting for Norton, is because Ali always feel guilty for mistreating him and say to him nasty thing publicly only for instigated the title bout
Tô vendo agora..George Foreman era monstro..
Foreman is like a tank, no matter who he boxed with, he always attacked the opponent, always went forward, no matter what. That's how he won the sympathy of hundreds of millions. He was the biggest giant in boxing. And as a person he is very likable. Bravo, Maestro. Your old fan from Uzbekistan. I hope you won't be offended if I say that my idol is the great Ali, who, among other things, admitted that you are physically stronger than him.
Ali roped a dope
Foreman liked Ali too.
@@jessejordache1869 Eventually everyone liked - or loved - Ali
@@robertmudrow8034 He was on Donahue in 1977, and there were all these shy Long Island housewives who would open their questions with "...hi champ." And it was so funny thinking just six years ago the whole audience would have been rooting for Joe Frazier to take his head off. We were talking about boxers, and what you say is true, but for the general public (at least among white people) attitudes towards Ali followed people's disaproval of the Vietnam War.
@@jessejordache1869 The Vietcong from northern Vietnam wanted to spread communism down towards southern Vietnam. Had southern Vietnam did their part in the fighting by aiding the American military , they would of been a free country still. While Southern Korea did that previously and are still free.
One of the miracles in sports history was Ali beat Forman. It was deemed nearly impossible
In the rematch George Foreman with Ali, George Foreman wins.
What’s the date?
@@oobrocks In the hypothetical rematch.
As I thought
@@mechaaronit happened
13:20 - Foreman walks up to Norton, says nothing and delivers one hell of a stare
Yup. His stare says, “I’m just warming up Kenny, I’d call it a night if I were you.”
He didn’t need to say anything or trash talk his opponents to intimidate. He knew he could let his strength do the talking, and it wasn’t until Zaire that someone finally worked out how to engage him (Ali)
those are some wicked prefight stare downs.
Man I grew up with Muhammad Ali, Evel Kneivel, and the cold war.....Damn, what a time!
You know you are fighting a hard hitter when your knees buckle like Frazer's did after that devastating punch at 3:22.
Frazier staggering around the ring after each knockdown made him look like a little kid fighting a grown man!
Yes it was incredible. There was only a difference of 3lbs in their weights but Frazier looks like a pygmy facing a giant.
Lol
I watched that fight happen, back before anyone cared about concussions. I thought for sure Frazier would be dead within a day by the end of that match.
I like how Ali asked that guy why Africa had to be his home base. At least Ali realized it was an insult.
George Foreman as strong as he ever was. Here in his prime....like a very fit agricultural worker scything hay. Legs spread to widen his power base, loving the physicality of the encounter. Totally immense...and yet...his greatest asset was also his greatest weakness. His reliance on his physical strength was his ultimate downfall. A foe that uses your own strengths against you is a very clever foe indeed. And so enters Mohammed Ali....
Well written.
One of the things Angelo Dundee said about Ali, was that he was much stronger physically than people realized. He wasn't that much smaller, and didn't get pushed around on the inside. He also punished Foreman with Left jabs and right hands and came at him early in the fight.
@@Tanmag11 Well, he was right. You know Ali NEVER did weight training? Just jogging, calisthenics, working the bag, and sparring. His core muscles were what let him move guys around the ring like he did; Harry Cooper after their second fight said the biggest difference was that he couldn't mess with Ali in the clinch. Not to sound like Mr. Yoga, what with "core muscles", but you know what I mean. Ali was stronger than people who think "strength = arms" thought.
@@jessejordache1869 proof that boxing isn't a bodybuilding contest.
@@Tanmag11 Truth.
I remember that. Ali backed up all the jive talk. Me nor anyone back then thought he could do it. What he did to Joe Frazier who had given Ali tough fights one win. Then Ken Norton who broke Alis Jaw. But he did it. I remember waking up to the news.
Foreman’s greatness solidified Ali’s greatness by beating an invincible George Foreman.
I have seen this fight replayed several times with delight . I love how Frazier does a little hop just before he goes down each time😊😊😊
And yet Frazier knocked Clay on his ass in their fight !
Man big George couldn't get away with all that pushing in todays fight game 😂😂😂😂😂
Poor Joe ...... to be humiliated like that after his win over Ali had to be painful for this great champion . God rest his soul.....
It wasn't a humiliation foreman had way more reach than Frazier plus Frazier did what George couldn't do that's bear Ali
@@williamunderwood1755yeah George nearly done a Apollo creed on his ass though 😂
@@morarahman5954 and ali almost did an Apollo creed on Foreman's ass as well because he could hurt him without taking punches, Frazier couldn't do that so what's the point of your comment?
@@williamunderwood1755 Ali didn’t almost kill Forman ?
Crazy how the three boxers , Ali, Foreman, and Frazier panned out
Ali was just amazing. He practically lived by this golden law of life, "If you think it, believe it, say it, you will do it" 🐐
It was worth watching that entire video just to hear the greatest speak
Ali at the end😂
I left that on purposely, Ali was a true entertainer. I do have him as the greatest sports man of all time.
Did you know that Joe Frazier at that time had one eye blind ?
George Foreman one best of the boxers ever!
Tough to watch George was a wrecking ball destroying joe an all time great ,One of the best performances of all time
I remember watching a documentary about this heavyweight era. Foreman said he was scared to death going into this fight and he made sure to hild the stare down with Frazier because he was afraid that if Frazier looked down, he'd see Foreman's legs shaking.
Because he was Joe Frazier.
Somehow, Ali always managed to steal the show.
Did you know that Joe Frazier at that time had one eye blind ?
@cliff none of the four boxers mentioned are overrated (especially not ali) but the frazier match is unbelievably painful to watch because he could've beat foreman with another strategy. norton vs holmes or norton vs ali three times is all you have to watch to know that he wasn't a flash in the pan.
@@marcyfan-tz4wj With his build what other strategy could he have employed? Foreman ate shorter crouching pressure fighters for breakfast ,lunch, dinner and anything before after or in between. Tyson would have been tailor made for Foreman.
@@marcyfan-tz4wj Did you know mugi quit school after the sixth grade? 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Ropes were too big in Zaire. Look it up. Ali could lean back and avoid the uppercut and let the heat tire out Foreman. There was a reason Ali never allowed a rematch in an indoor regulation ring. He was a blowhard racist pussy who Foreman would have smoked in a real ring. The way he called Frazier a monkey and an uncle tom made me hate Ali. Love watching the Frazier Ali first fight and watching that piece of shit take a beating. Also, that piece of shit pretended to love the teachings of Allah yet fathered children by multiple women. When Malcolm x turned on Elijah Mohammed for the same type of behavior, Ali could have used his celebrity to save X from Elijah's mob. He didn't, and that makes him a huge piece of shit in my book.