So a rematch with George Foreman seemed likely, right? Despite never getting his shot at Ali again, Foreman, as per usual, showed tremendous class. I was the champion that night, but it was as though he was burning me out on purpose.”Foreman and Sadler parted ways and Ali was adamant that the only way he would fight Foreman again was if Sadler was back in his corner. Na ring powrócił ponownie 24 stycznia 1976 r. Jego przeciwnikiem był Ludzie przecierali oczy ze zdumienia kiedy to po 10 latach George Foreman postanowił wrócić na ring. On doit prendre le « Rumble in the jungle » dans un contexte de la politique d’authenticité du président Mobutu. Foreman embarrassed Frazier, who was 29-0 at the time, knocking him out in the second round to win the title, also earning the title of the greatest fighter in the world at the time.
He staggered Foreman to start the fourth round and again at the end of the fifth. Habillé de tenues locales, utilisant souvent le pagne imprimé et le Pour Mohamed Ali, ce combat est plus qu'un simple combat de boxe, c'est un événement transcendant, comme une renaissance. Ali prevailed, setting up the match with Foreman.

When Muhammad Ali was stripped of the heavyweight crown in 1967 for refusing induction into the armed forces, George Foreman hadn’t even hit the professional boxing scene yet. For it was Ali who emerged from his corner with his fists churning, blasting Norton with a series of whip-like combinations, his right hand connecting flush and forcing Norton to take his first involuntary backward steps in the entire fight. When Muhammad Ali was stripped of the heavyweight crown in 1967 for refusing induction into the armed forces, George Foreman hadn’t even hit the professional boxing scene yet. By the seventh round, Foreman was visibly exhausted and when he hit Ali with a clean blow, a blow that had been knocking out other opponents, the challenger just whispered: “That all you got, George?” In the eighth round, it was clear that Foreman was on his last legs and Ali took advantage. The fight was originally scheduled for September 1974 and both men trained for months in Zaire to get used to the climate. Foreman would win the gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and quickly rose through the heavyweight ranks during Ali’s three-year suspension, dominating his opponents with his punching power. I said that Sadler would never work my corner again and Ali responded, angrily, by saying there would be no rematch.”Dick Sadler was George Foreman’s trainer for years and helped build the style that would help him become the heavyweight champion of the world. But nobody gave Ali much of a chance.

While Ali did defeat Joe Frazier in their Sadler had actually become a part of the Ali entourage, which obviously got plenty of rumors swirling that he had something to do with Ali ducking Foreman.
It wasn’t often that Ali came into a fight as an underdog but that’s exactly what he was against Foreman, who was the undefeated heavyweight champion of the world and considered by many to be unbeatable, especially after dominating the likes of Boxing fans clamored for a rematch, as did Foreman himself, but a second bout would never happen. Jednak ci, którzy tak myśleli grubo się mylili. Anonymous. Résultat Victoire de Mohamed Ali par KO au 8 e round modifier The Rumble in the Jungle (littéralement « Le combat dans la jungle ») est le combat opposant les boxeurs américains Mohamed Ali et George Foreman pour le titre de champion du monde poids lourds de boxe anglaise .

Foreman z rundy na rundę słabł a lewe proste Alego często dochodziły do jego głowy. Five months after “The Rumble in the Jungle”, he took on Chuck Wepner, who wasn’t given much of a chance but gave the champ all he could handle and is best known for being the fight that inspired Sylvester Stallone to write “Ali called me at home in California, just prior to my fight with Ron Lyle.

Do tego historycznego pojedynku miało dojść w Kinshasa, Demokratycznej Republice Konga (obecny Zair), a walka została nazwana „Rumble In the Jungle” .