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30 Oct 14
11:37
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17 seconds left to go in the 8th and Ali (who was 8/1 against for this fight) unleashed an overhand right which rocked George, and that rest is history.
Float like a butterfly
sting like a bee
your hands can't hit
what your eyes can't see
now you see me
now you don't
George thinks he will
but I know he won't
I am The Greatest.
Float like a butterfly
sting like a bee
your hands can't hit
what your eyes can't see
now you see me
now you don't
George thinks he will
but I know he won't
I am The Greatest.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/29796214 forty years , where did they go |
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George took a dive though
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If you were surprised when Nixon resigned, just watch what happens when I whup Foreman's behind
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Couldn't call a boxing promotion rumble in the jungle these days
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George lost the battle but won the war...he was no Carlos Monzon...
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TheChaser • October 30, 2014 11:33 AM GMT
George took a dive though I think that was Sonny Liston George was beaten fair and square, he punched himself out trying to floor Ali, Ali stood there and just took it When George tired in came Ali for the kill I think that was how it went??? |
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A shock result at the time, I thought George would murder Ali
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I liked both men
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i know ebul i was trying to get the old brigade to bite
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I have both of their autographs
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"Is that all you got...? You disappoint me.... They told me you could punch, George."
Muhammad Ali |
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I had my first experience at a car boot sale. It was the Fumble In The Jumble
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Carpenters commentary was tremendous,always liked Harry,apart from when he got caught up with the pantomime stuff with Bruno.
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Got both their autographs too
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The second Liston fight it did look as if Liston took a dive
Ali caught him with a punch on the cheek I think, first punch, Liston lay down for 10 secs It was either a dive Or Sonny may have been caught by surprise, and once down decided not to get up, he knew he could not beat Ali He could not hit Ali......I think they stopped his fee..no way was Sonny knocked out imo He may have been much older than his given age at the time? |
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Ali was Cassius Clay then
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There was speculation about Liston's age.
I don't think he took a dive as such. My view is that he'd had enough and as you say, knew he couldn't win. |
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I thought he changed his name after the first Liston fight?
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could be, he quit in the first fight with a shoulder injury
but he was starting to get beaten up before that, he could not hit Ali, was certainly hitting him strange fight I think Ali himself tried to quit early on, had something in his eye??????? a very big shock, nobody gave Ali much chance before the fight |
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Liston quit in first fight
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Ali was hitting Liston
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There was a caustic substance which somehow got in his eyes
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What about Rocky Marciano
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I am not that old
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I don't think Marciano was that big, heavyweights are much bigger now
but he was indestructible Marciano, he retired undefeated |
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Yeh all remind me of a young
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KANVw9IbgCE |
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What about Tommy Farr?
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You've got me to bite Chaser.
Totally crooked fight. If Ali had laid on the ropes and let Foreman hit him at will, Ali would have had a hole punched through him. These are the words of a sparring partner of Foreman who was hired by Ali in the run up to the fight. Foreman was slapping him [not punching] after only a couple of rounds. |
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They have a rerun of the fight on Radio 5 live tonight at 7.30.
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Crisp77
30 Oct 14 15:31 Joined: 08 Feb 02 | Topic/replies: 36,297 | Blogger: Crisp77's blog What about Rocky Marciano Confused my old man always goes on about him , what about jake la motta thats one man who never took a dive |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbVEeC-WjMU
sugar v la motta , you dont see fight likes those anymore |
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ali , foreman etc wouldnt handle it these days with fighters like tyson fury et al about
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tasCLcSslj4
Rumble in jungle full fight and build up espn classic listen to ali at the start , brilliant |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tasCLcSslj4
Rumble in jungle full fight and build up espn classic listen to ali at the start , brilliant |
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There was once a computer fight between Marciano and Ali. The computer printed out the moves and the two great heavyweights acted them out. Marciano won.
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Why don't you give up ffs
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^^^^ That was to The Chaser after his post
TheChaser 30 Oct 14 16:17 ali , foreman etc wouldnt handle it these days with fighters like tyson fury et al about |