Ali-Foreman Zaire - Foreman gets up at the count of 9

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Frazier didn`t fight Ali outdoors in the blistering heat of in Zaire and Frazier was far better at landing hooks on Ali compared to Foreman`s predictable punches and Frazier slipped more of Ali`s shots than Foreman could.
     
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  2. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Agreed. I think Joe was a more mature fighter in FOTC than Foreman was when Ali fight him. Foreman hadn't really had a knock down drag out, though Jose certainly tried. If he'd had one or two of those, the outcome may have been different against Ali.

    Think about it: Ali's psych job did pretty much zero to Joe, yet it had a good deal to do with George's fall.

    I could be wrong.
     
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