If Foreman really had been poisoned in Zaire, how would it affect your ATG rankings?

The same.

Foreman lost six fights later, badly, to Jimmy Young.

Ali was, well. Ali. After Foreman he went through the motions until the 80’s but was never the same man.

 

All fighters that lose always make excuses. I do not believe in conspiracy theories, I took care of a lot of patients in a Mental Health Unit who tried to sell their conspiracies to us for their actions. It is best to accept defeat, move on, be better prepared next time. Muhammad Ali was the better man that night, fairy tales are for night time story telling for the little ones.

 

Max Schmeling once said in an interview, that it always worked well for him to accept things which cannot be changed, then just look ahead and move on.
It sounds quite simple, but it's a problem for many people.

 

I know, had many conversations with my patients while I was conducting Group Therapy Sessions. Denial is a barrier just like excuses.

 

Ha Ha, I will come out of retirement to have you attend one of my Group Therapy Sessions, Lol.

 

Rewatch the Young fight without sound and you will see that George won.

 

He shaved his head, got rid of his mean snarling dogs, got chubby and became a nice man selling grills on television commercials, later to be seen on HBO, as a commentator admiring Oscar De La Hoya with Jim Lampley.