That was a very awesome, phenomenal victory for Muhammad Ali, especially during that time. Down through the years, hell decades now, I've asked myself why didn't Ali use this same tactic on Joe Frazier?
I was 5 years old at the time and won a painting contest for painting a picture of the fight....only saying, it had sausage arms and legs, I remember it well 🧐😊
Honestly Foreman was the better boxer in this fight, but Ali was the smarter one. He played it smart by grabbing to tire out Foreman and to prevent punches being thrown, and backing into the ropes to absorb the blows. All the love and respect to the great Muhammad Ali, but he made this fight kinda boring... At one point I was thinking this was a Greco Roman wrestling match
Was interesting how Ali was running a lot in round 4-5. Apparently Listons trainers rub linement oil on his gloves to blind opponents. So Ali could barely see for some of middle rounds. Then got sight back and went hard
Ali's footwork was fabulous, and his punching incredible. I remember listening to this on the radio at age 11, but this is the first time I saw the fight. Ali was a brilliant boxer.
Ali is nothing. He ran the whole game. leaned against the pre-set ropes and called this fraud tactics. Each time Foreman started beating, either the referee intervened or Ali hugged him. The referee did not give a warning to Ali once. Foreman's trainers were also purchased. Despite seeing all this, they wanted Foreman to get tired. After this match, Foreman parted ways with his coach. but Ali had fame. In short, Ali was the chicken that laid the golden egg and no one wanted to cut it.
This fight was fixed. Liston was employed by the Mafia and they told him to throw the fight. The betting odds were hugely in his favour to win, so the Mafia cleaned up. If you look at Liston’s earlier fights, you can tell that he just didn’t even try to fight on this occasion.
