Friday, February 1, 2019

Friday Night at the Fights

One of the most bizarre events in boxing history took place a mere six months after the Rumble in the Jungle.  George Foreman needed some therapy after Ali embarrassed him in Zaire.  The Tower of Power decided he would fight five boxers in one night.  Each crum bum, I mean boxer, would try to last three rounds with George.  ABC broadcast the event.  Cossell was the announcer.  What could possible go wrong? Did I mention who the thingy commentator was?

Yup, Muhammad Ali.  He donned the yellow ABC coat and proceeded to needle Foreman from the broadcast table at ringside.  It was better theatre than WWF and best of all, it was real. Get ready to laugh your ass off.

Posted below is a short documentary if you want to get a summary.



If you want to watch the entire night, here is the complete video.  Start watching at 10:00.   McMahon couldn't have scripted this one any better.

Posted by Kingfish at 7:49 PM

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Where's the fun part of watching these pitiful critters beat each other's brains into jelly? True, they were morons to start, so they didn't lose that many IQ points. But even pathetically stupid Cassius Clay degenerated into a blob of neuroputty not too many years into his life. And he was a fantastic defensive boxer -- didn't take THAT MANY shots to the head.

I confess to having watched a boxing match in my life but I did a lot of stuff fifty years ago that I am ashamed of. Having time to squander watching Django Unchained tell how pretty he was is some of that stuff.

February 2, 2019 at 8:24 AM
Anonymous said...

Never knew this happened. Thanks for posting.

February 2, 2019 at 9:03 AM
Anonymous said...

Talk about a transformation. He’s a lovable old teddy bear now.

February 2, 2019 at 10:50 AM
Anonymous said...

This is one of the most interesting yet underappreciated stories of real life redemption you will find in modern history. George Foreman spent his young life as a very violent, hateful young man. He beat people up as a kind of revenge on life itself. He was very good at it so he found himself a lucrative outlet as a boxer. But he was not happy. He knew that people would accept him and show him something akin to love if he won. But nobody really loved him, they just feared him. He viewed Ali as the ultimate personality in the world and beating him as the chance to become the most celebrated figure in the world. It was the only way he knew to get people to show a brute like him some love. Ali embarrassed him and brought something out of him that he had not experienced while pummeling other people; fear and doubt of his own ability. He spent the next several months in pitiful efforts like you see here trying to regain what he thought he had lost. He was a desperate and defeated man. After dropping to rock bottom, he finally realized he was looking for a love substitute and not real love and he turned inward and to a faith he didn't know he really had. It was the hate and mean spirit that was really defeating him in life. Not Ali. What you saw in the fight was the old George Foreman. He was beaten. What you see now is the new George Foreman. He's victorious. He can't stop smiling. Check out his story beyond the boxing. It's worth it.

February 2, 2019 at 11:32 AM

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