George Foreman Says He Was Drugged Before Ali Fight

Could be.
He looked a bit sleepy in there.
Stranger things have happened I'm sure.

Foreman certainly portrays Dick Sadler as a very dubious character. You gotta love them old-timers.

 

I've heard this peculiar excuse brought up for a number of losses in the heavyweight division before now.

Can anyone tell me what particular compound would drastically affect your stamina in such a way without leading to other nasty side effects like vomiting, diarrhea, fainting etc?

 

Knock it off, Pepe'..........:roll:

 

A witch doctor put a whammy on him. This is common knowledge and discussed in every book our documentary about the Rumble in the Jungle.

 

He also blamed it on seeing his friends for cheering for Ali which made him fall for the Rope a Dope. Don't buy it. This is old nonsense.

 

No.

 

Oh please.........this stuff was first dredged up by Foreman himself immediately following the fight, and then he completely reneged on that excuse in the following years, claiming all that was just an excuse and Ali really beat him fair and square and all was good.

Now this? Meh. Even if that quote is true, the story has flip-flopped too many times to have any meaning whatsoever.

 

Yes, that's what is going on here. :roll:

Shall we roll on the George Foreman quotes to just embarrass your faith in his credibility?

I am saying that as a Foreman fan.

 

And I say what I said as a fan of neither, and a hater of all things heavyweight.

 

He was drugged by that short righthand and uppercut.

 

Vy, none of us can say for certain, of course. Liston had funny things going on around his fights, Ali, Foreman, Tyson, Dempsey, Golota, Volo, Bowe, Johnson, Lewis, (Povetkin ). I can think of a lot of heavies that have had some shady things like this either suggested to have happened to them or an opponent. You can't say for certain if they even believe it themselves.

When pride finds excuses, you never know how much you can delude yourself. I have a feeling, mostly because I've heard Foreman go back and forth on this, that he's had days where he's convinced this did happen to him, and days where he thinks he'd just wanted an excuse. I don't think he straight lied, based on what I've seen or heard him say. I just think he's gone back and forth on it himself. Lingering doubt that never went away, maybe. Foreman also says...so much. About so much.

Then again, with all the things I've heard, I'd have to think the odds are at least one or two of these are bound to be true. :shock: And there's certainly a lot on the table that would motivate taking risks to sabotage. And who can trust guys like King and the lot of criminal figures in this business lurking around?

Sal.