Why didn't Ali rematch Foreman?

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  1. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    He saw this:

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    Scared. End thread.
     
  2. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    :lol::rofl

    I heard Foreman Hoooooooook got banned for his thread about cute pornstars in the Lounge.
     
  3. MAG1965

    MAG1965 Loyal Member banned

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    same reason Ray Leonard waited 8 years to rematch Hearns. Ali knew he put his all out to win that fight, and a rematch might not go the same way with a more experienced Foreman.
     
  4. TG1

    TG1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ali started a world tour and earned a ton of cash. Foreman never regained the same monsterous form he had pre "Rumble" and then packed it in. Just circumstances!
     
  5. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    And this has been said on numerous occasions , well , just read my post you quoted , I think it's the best i've ever put it.
     
  6. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I have read it again and i understand what your saying but i disagree. Ali was constantly beating him to the punch from pretty early on in the fight before Georges 'fatigue' set in.
     
  7. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    And he was able to do it and wasn't hit too much because ?

    right , it is in my post already
     
  8. Ai-edy2007

    Ai-edy2007 STOCKTON 209 MOTHER****ER Full Member

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    i think muhammed ali was scared of the george foreman's heavy hands.
     
  9. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Because he was the better fighter.It wasnt only on the ropes he was hitting george
     
  10. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    But how cum was he able to avoid so many punches ? and absorb the rest relatively easy ? the visible part of the answer lies in no other place than youtube , the invisible part is in my post that you ignore despite you quoted it previously and claim to have read but disagree with .

    Ali the better fighter ? :-(
    Ask Norton , Frazier and Chuvalo .
    But wait , "the man I beat is the better than the man who beat me " , "I was old/not myself against ____" (fill in the blank)
    But regardless of their (and the so called "experts") answer the real answer is both on boxrec and on youtube.
     
  11. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I heard that too. What a naughty boy...! :lol:
     
  12. Pat$$$

    Pat$$$ Active Member Full Member

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    Foreman didn't want it.:nut
     
  13. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I very much doubt that it was Foreman whom Ali was scared of. It was more the march of time. By the time that Muhammad had defended against Joe Frazier and Ken Norton,he knew that he was ageing,so did n't fancy many more tough ones. He's hardly the only champion ever to have been guilty of that. If George had been up for a rematch in '75,Ali would have taken it up.
    Let's look at the facts here. Ali had no qualms about taking third fights with Frazier and Norton,who were tougher for him than Foreman was. Look at the stats.


    Ali v Frazier

    Frazier beats Ali by decision 8-3-71
    Ali beats Frazier by decision 28-1-74

    Ali rematched Joe 30-9-75


    Ali v Norton

    Norton beats Ali by decision 31-3-73
    Ali beats Norton by decision 10-9-73

    Ali rematched Ken 28-9-76


    Ali v Foreman

    Ali beats Foreman by knockout 31-10-74



    Looking at the above stats,surely Muhammad would have had more to be afraid of in Norton and Frazier ?
     
  14. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Damn right ! Even by the end of the fifth round,Ali was virtually unmarked,while Foreman's face was puffing up.
     
  15. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    u keep repeating some of d facts , while ignoring d rest of d facts i mentioned