Boxing tribute Ali Foreman quality

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by almsn, Oct 16, 2010.


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  1. almsn

    almsn Guest

    I watched this last night and was buzzing .Watched when we were kings as well .Good I didn't think it was that good
    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNTdUfByIhY&feature=player_embedded[/ame]
     
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  2. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    "Scared of what? Scared of what?". Ali trying to convince himself as much as the press.

    Thanks for sharing!!
     
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  3. almsn

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    Sound mate it's a good vid
     
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  4. antcull

    antcull Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That was a top tribute, cheers for posting :good

    That fight is def on my 'to rewatch soon' list, great performance and event.
     
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  5. almsn

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    Watch this .When we were kings .Ali sparring .Used to let his sparring partners beat him against the ropes so he could absorve punishment .Now I can see where that punch came from against Foreman , f----g quality .In against the ropes .
    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5t0x3nIBLE[/ame]
     
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  6. kosaros

    kosaros Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    About 7 minutes into this vid is my fave part of When We Were Kings:

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH9b-ADkKpo[/ame]
     
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  7. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    That sparring partner is Larry Holmes.
     
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  8. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    What surprises me everytime is how relatively in control Ali was of that fight, just watching the highlights and docs you would think otherwise.
     
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  9. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    IMHO thats because Ali's one chance of winning was thought to be jab and move, when he didn't do that and lay on the ropes people "saw" Foreman being able to fight the fight he needed to to win.
     
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  10. almsn

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    My favourite part of the first video is about 1.17 .Down goes Frazier Down goes Frazier .
     
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  11. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    Yep, i'm sure that's how it must've looked at the time. But if someone today watches the documentaries and reads the books then sees the full fight, they would get a differing pictorial.
     
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  12. Primadonna Kool

    Primadonna Kool Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I can remember the advert for this, when...."When we where king" was coming out on VHS, all them years ago.

    I was just a kid, looking in aur at the TV......

    I got it for Christmas that year, must of been well over a decade ago.

    1997/1998..???

    I like the mystery of Muhammad Ali's tatics, he told nobody that he was going to throw over 15 right hand leads in the opening round..!!! over 15 right hand leads, and try and knock Foreman out..!!!
     
    Primadonna Kool, Oct 16, 2010
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  13. almsn

    almsn Guest

    No mate I remember it from before that 96 it was .
     
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  15. armhard

    armhard Member Full Member

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    I went to the Hilton to see this fight,took the ex wife,had a great Chinese meal at MR CHOW.....from the very beginning i thought Foreman was made for Ali,thought i was going to see this on big screen.....it turned out to be just a little bigger than my T.V....GREAT NIGHT THOUGH
     
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