Fight of the last century was the Rumble in the Jungle man.
Foreman was a goddamn monster. He ate people's children for breakfast. He was a completely different person to the smiling George Foreman Grill person he is today. He didn't give a **** back then.
Ali 32, having been stripped of his title for refusing to comply with the draft and off for nearly 4 years of his prime, had lost to Frazier and his defenses had clearly slowed.
So he invented the Rope-A-Dope. Let Zombie Foreman punish him against the ropes and wear himself down. Ali trained specifically to take the kind of vicious beating Foreman dealt out, deflecting punches off his arms and ducking and dodging the hammer-like blows while snapping jabs and scoring to Foreman's grill. And when George finally tired left an opening, Ali pounced like a mother****ing Jaguar with a flurry of blows that left Foreman's chin up and Ali busted a straight right over the top that knocked the monster clear the **** out.
ALI BOMAYE ALI BOMAYE