Hearing the name George Foreman, the first thing that was immediately imagined by the boxing enthusiasts of the world was the "Rumble in the Jungle" match against Muhammad Ali. Foreman is seen as always under the shadow of a boxer with Cassius Clay's real name. However, Foreman is a true example for all athletes.
Foreman makes boxing as the handle of life. The man born in Texas, January 10, 1949 was actively involved in boxing until he succeeded in scoring the reputation of his country the United States by winning a gold medal in the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico.
On June 23, 1969, Foreman's career became more familiar to the public, he defeated Don Knockheim with a technical knock-out (TKO) in a heavyweight battle at Madison Square Garden, New York, USA.
Since then, the boxer with the nickname "Big George" managed to beat 38 games without defeat until he won his first heavyweight world title version of the World Boxing Association (WBA) and the World Boxing Council (WBC) on January 22, 1973, after defeating Joe Frazier in National Stadium Kingston, Jamaica.
Foreman was able to defend his title twice from Jose Roman and Ken Norton, until he finally met Muhammad Ali at the Rumble in the Jungle match at Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly still called Zaire), on October 30, 1974.
In the historic battle that has become the world spotlight, Foreman, who is just 25 years old or seven years younger than Ali and is predicted to be able to defend the title for the third time, must accept the fact of losing knock-out (KO) in the 8th round. Foreman failed to hold off Ali's blow which left him instantly lying and the referee stopped the match.
However, in a documentary entitled "Facing Ali", Foreman said that Ali's best blow to the match was not a blow that made him fall. Ali's best blow, for Foreman, in the match was a blow that was never released to him when he was helpless before being declared defeated.
For Foreman, Ali's ability to refrain from humiliating his opponent in helplessness was Ali's best blow of all time.
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