A theory about Ali-Frazier 3

I have watched this fight a bunch of times and something about round 14 realy keeps nagging at the back of my head.

Ali wanted his gloves cut at the end of that roud, a round in which he completely oblitirated frazier. I get the feeling that he wanted to quit because he did not want to hurt(kill) Joe.

I would not put it past Ali to do something this crazy (and compassionate).

 

Well, he was asking his corner to cut the gloves. Many people heard this happen.

And what I mean by not putting something past Ali is I just FEEL that behind that fassade, he was a compassionate man, even for his oponents (most of them anyway).

I think the bad blood between joe and ali only ran one way. Ali was just doing his crazy promotional stunts.

 

I know what he said m8, but come on. After the 14th round, with 1 round to go and probably not even 1 round with the shape frazier was in, do you honestly think, do ANYOF YOU HONESTLY THINK that Ali would quit because of exhaustion?

Do any of you think ali is a quitter? I know you dont. and to me it just doesnt add up.

Ali didnt quit when there was no hope and put himself in a position where he could have been killed, but he never quit (ali frazier 1).

But after 14 rounds, where he absolutely mauled frazier in the 14th, suddenly he is on the verge of dying from heat exhaustion?

And what of the reaction when he found out joes corner stopped the fight? Was that the reaction of a exhausted man on the verge of death, where he jumped out of his seat, alert, surprised and relieved?


Let me put it to you guys this way. I think Ali would try and get out of a fight before he killed someone than he would to save his own life.

He is not a quitter.

 

I bring you my first witness as a testament to Ali's courage and compassion.

George Foreman.

Please watch 6:25 to 7:00 of this interview.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JWgD_eXiDU&feature=related


And again :50 to 1:20 of this part of the same interview.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdpeGhI4mAM&feature=related



The facts are this.

Ali asked for his gloves to be cut at the end of round 14 after one of the most brutal beatings you will ever see in boxing... And it was Ali who was giving it the beating.

Ali was also willing to give foreman a rematch had foreman rehired dick saddler in his corner (whom foreman blamed for the loss and I assume Ali felt partialy responsible for) . Doing something good for no other reason than the goodness of it. And when foreman refused, Ali worked with the man.


My argument is simply this.

I do not believe Ali would quit because he felt exhausted. He would simply pass out from exhaustion before quiting. He also did not look exhausted while he was devestating frazier during round 14.

I believe Ali would never have quit that fight or any fight because of exhaustion, pain, lack of will ,threat of death or any other reason.

I believe Ali's compassion possibly drove him to wanting to quit that match when it was all but over with him winning.

 

Do you buy into every promotional gimick? Or his strategy to get into other boxers heads BEFORE the fight to give himself and advantage ?

Or his tactic to get into their heads DURING the fight?

Come m8, think it through.

 

Goddamn theres a big difference between calling a man names , no matter how deragotary, and killing him.