35) Jurgen Blin KO7: UK Fight Commentary TV -
v Jurgen Blin 26th December 1971 Zurich [r1] ... A right hand punch there: that really shook Blin to his boots ... He’s having a go, Blin ... [r2] ... Left hook ... That Ali magic ... Very strong Ali ... Blin is really going for it ... [r4] ... The dancing master at work now [r5] ... This is brilliant Ali now, this is really back to his best ... He’s really busting the German up ... [r6] ... A slow destruction job ... [r7] ... He’s putting those punches together now ... Full marks to the German but inevitable he walks into the right-hand punch ... The speed of that left hook ... He’s got to stop this ... It’s all over. UK fight commentary
36) Mac Foster Points15:
37) George Chuvalo Points12:
38) Jerry Quarry TKO7:
39) Alvin Lewis TKO11:
40) Floyd Patterson TKO7:
41) Bob Foster KO7:
42) Joe Bugner Points12:
43) Ken Norton I Lost SD Points 12: US Fight Commentary TV -
v Ken Norton I 31 March 1973 California [r1] … Ali with the flicking left … The crowd excited as Ali was pinned in the corner … [r2] … Good left there by Norton … good use of that left … Ali looks sluggish … The right got into Ali and then a left … [r3] … Ali for the first time beginning to dance … [r4] … On the toes … Norton with Ali in the corner … An almost startlingly dull Ali … [r5] … Virtually nothing appears to happen … Nothing like Muhammad Ali … [r6] … Angelo, what is wrong with your fighter? … [r7] … Still no real action … Another tame effort … [r8] … He’s [Ali] holding his mouth … This thing could be a silent movie … [r9] … Norton has controlled Ali … [Ali] taking a risk against the ropes … [r10] … Ali has shown so little … Ali again with the gloves up against the ropes … Norton’s left is getting in there … [r11] … Norton keeps coming at Ali … This round Ali is doing well … [r12] … A tired Muhammad Ali … The aggressor remains Kenny Norton … That right hurt Muhammad Ali … a good right … [5-4 Norton, 6-5 Ali, 7-5 Ali] US fight commentary, Howard Cosell
44) Ken Norton II Points SD12: US Fight Commentary TV -
v Ken Norton II 10 September 1973 California: [r1] … Ali snakes in with a left … up on the toes … The best I’ve seen Ali look since going back before the Joe Frazier fight … [r2] … A little shuffle [Ali] … Stalking [Norton] … on the move … good left hand … [r3] … Uppercut [Ali] … Right-left combination [Norton] … Right hand [Ali] … right uppercut … [r4] … Norton ran into a left hook … It’s the old Ali … Ali scores … [r5] … Good drilling left hand [Norton] … good uppercut … Ali hangs on … Good left hook [Ali] … [r6] … Left hook [Norton] … Left hook [Ali] … he’s hurt Norton … [r7] … Good uppercut [Norton] … Ali is hurt … Ali with a combination … What a fight! … Chopping right hand [Norton] … Ali hanging on … [r8] … Another hook to the jaw of Norton … Good combination [Ali] … A left and a right and that sent Ali to the ropes … [r9] … Left-right by Norton … a slashing right hand … Norton has no fear … Right hand by Ali … Fight of the year … [r10] … Don’t they look tired … Ali in command: look at the movement … Good left hand by Norton … [r11] … Left jab [Norton] … Norton going body-hunting … Two hooks [Ali] … [r12] … Ali’s on his toes again … a beautiful combination … Fantastic display by both men … Another left [Norton] … Ali scoring … [6-5 Ali 6-5 Norton 7-5 Ali] US fight commentary
45) Rudi Lubbers Points12:
46) Joe Frazier II Points12: Rumble in the Jungle TV -
Fight two was an anti-climax. Wary of Frazier’s physical power, Ali was content to contain him, eventually winning on points. The fight lacked the cutting edge of a title decider because neither fighter held the crown. Rumble in the Jungle
47) George Foreman ***** KO8: Daily Telegraph - Muhammad Ali - Ali or Tyson: Who Was Greatest? TV - Ringside: Top Ten Heavyweights TV - Howard Bingham - When We Were Kings 1996 - Harry Carpenter & UK Fight Commentary TV - US Fight Commentary TV -
How the Rumble in the Jungle Saved George Foreman from Himself: The Rumble in the Jungle was, quite simply, the most famous fight of all time. Thirty years ago this week [October 2004], in the early hours of October 30, 1974, Muhammad Ali fought George Foreman, the reigning heavyweight champion of the world, in a football stadium in Kinshasa, Zaire. And history was made.
For seven rounds, Foreman – a one-man demolition derby who had ended his eight previous fights within two rounds – pummelled Ali. To the horrified amazement of an onlooking world, the 32-year-old Ali abandoned the dazzling footwork that had made him a boxing legend. Instead, he leaned back against the ropes, absorbing the punishment meted out by Foreman, the bigger, stronger, younger man.
And then, in the eighth round, a miracle happened. Ali, sensing that Foreman had punched himself out, finally went on the attack with a barrage of left and right hooks, sending Foreman plunging to the floor. Daily Telegraph article October 2004
If you were surprised when Nixon resigned, just watch what happens when I whup Foreman’s behind! Muhammad Ali, cited When We Were Kings 1996
You been hearing about how bad I am since you were a little kid with mess in your pants! Tonight, I’m gonna whip you till you cry like a baby. Muhammad Ali, to George Foreman pre-fight
I’m going to eat raw meat. Muhammad Ali, pre-fight
I told you all, all of my critics. I told you I’m the greatest of all times ... Staying on the ropes is a beautiful thing with a heavyweight when you make him shoot his best shots and you know he’s not hitting you ... I told you: floats like a butterfly, stinks like a bee. His hand can’t hit what his eyes can’t see ... Muhammad Ali, post-fight press conference
He [Ali] was Africa’s greatest hero. For Foreman the event was a nightmare. He was uncomfortable in Africa, and while Ali would walk among the people, Foreman would hire attack dogs to keep people away. Ali or Tyson: Who Was Greatest?
Big George was considered to be the greatest puncher in Heavyweight history ... An older Ali would outbox and occasionally outmuscle the formidable champ – a man who had destroyed Joe Frazier just a year earlier. Ringside: Top 10 Heavyweights
Rumble in the Jungle happened in 1974 with George Foreman. And this was the first time that there was a big Heavyweight title fight like this involving Ali [who] was taken out of the country and went back to Africa. Howard Bingham, friend and photographer
I’m going back home to fight amongst my brothers. When We Were Kings 1996, Muhammad Ali
The world will be stunned. ibid.
The time may have come to say goodbye to Muhammad Ali. ibid. Howard Cosell
This beautiful specimen fighting machine; he was handsome, he was articulate, he was funny, charismatic, he was whooping ass too. ibid. Spike Lee
Larry Holmes was one of his sparring partners. ibid. Thomas Hauser
I don’t like him: he talks too much. ibid. Muhammad
For us he was defending the good cause, for Africans, for the whole world. ibid. fan
Why is everyone so unhappy? ibid. Ali in dressing room
The one punch Foreman is not prepared for is a right hand lead. ibid. Norman Mailer