Was George Foreman cheated in Rumble in the Jungle?

The ropes were actually tightened by Angelo Dundee several hours before the fight.He was concerned about Ali falling out of the ring. I think you can hear the count going to 9

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Yeah that's all horseshite

 

Foreman was actually down for 11 seconds - the commentator just lost track of the count.

 

I wish people would just watch the fight rather than reading mythology regarding it.

Ali UTTERLY outclassed Foreman. He coasted when he wanted, and every single time he opened up he was landing and stunning George. He barely got hit during the fight, slipping and countering and winning the in fights.

Amazing performance. You'd think the heat didn't affect a 32 year old man at least as much as a 24 year old man.

So much nonsense surrounding the fight. For **** sake you can literally hear Angelo Dundee screaming "CAREFUL ALI" repeatedly when he was on the ropes. Aside from that he complained about them during a break between rounds.

I know he's credited with saying that loose ropes were a "strategy", but that is clearly just a guy adding to the romance and legend of the night, as all audible evidence is of him being worried about the situation at the time.

ATG performance by a past prime legend.

I ****ing love it.

 

I always thought the count was kind of iffy, but Ali was totally out-classing George by then and pretty much toying with him so I don't think it would have made any difference.

 

George was done by the time he got stopped. Physically exhausted and mentally ready to capitulate. He didnt even complain about the stoppage. Just kind of walked off.
Ali beat him comprehensively

 

IDK what the count was, but if Foreman was up before 10 he should have been given the chance to continue. You could say he was tired, and that Ali was owning him, or you don't think it would have made a difference, that's all besides the point. He didn't look that hurt to me. Another gift for Ali!

 

A gift. My God some people are just irrational with Ali. I wonder why.

 

Yes. He was.

 

Angelo Dundee was seen paying the referee Zack Clayton money before the fight.

When it was brought up, Dundee said he was just giving money to Clayton to stop it in case Ali was taking a serious beating. (As we saw in subsequent fights, however, Dundee didn't care one way or another if Ali was taking a serious beating. He didn't even stop the Holmes fight until Ali's manager gave him the signal to do so.)

Today, if any fighter's trainer was seen paying a referee, and then the referee gave the opponent a quick count while he was down, can you imagine the firestorm?

Considering Foreman had never been down before, and he got up before the count of 10, and he was the champ, and Ali's trainer paid off the ref before the fight (and was spotted), yeah, Foreman got cheated.

 

You're talking NONCE-SENSE

 

I would like to hear Senor Pepe's thoughts on this matter.