@tenouttatendo: MUHAMMAD ALI vs GEORGE FOREMAN - Tales Of The Tape SEASON 2 EPISODE 15 . On this day in 1974, the undefeated world heavyweight champion George Foreman defended his title against the former champion Muhammad Ali in Kinshasa, Zaire (now known as DR Congo) in what has since been called the greatest sporting event of the 20th century as it was watched by an estimated record television audience of 1 billion viewers - 50 million of which watched via pay per view/closed-circuit TV. Of course, this fight came into fruition after Ali’s forced exile from the sport following his refusal to participate in the Vietnam War and after his decision loss to Joe Frazier in ‘The Fight of the Century’, which led to the former undisputed champ and self proclaimed ’Greatest Of All Times’ being the clear underdog when matched up against the heavy hitting Foreman. George Foreman had defeated the champion Joe Frazier as well as Ken Norton (who - at the time - was the only other man to defeat Ali besides Frazier) with ease in just two rounds. As for the fight itself, the tropical climate of the African nation quickly became apparent as a defining factor in the fight. Ali was expected to dance around Foreman for the duration of the fight before eventually being caught by the seemingly unbeatable Foreman and being knocked out and initially, this seemed to be the case. Ali was landing lead right hands up close that weren’t affecting Foreman whereas Foreman was landing more and more as he only had to make small adjustments to cut off the ring - Ali had to use every bit of his speed just to get away from ‘Big George’. [CONTINUED IN COMMENTS] . LIKE & FOLLOW for more boxing content! . #rumbleinthejungle #muhammadali #georgeforeman #alivsforeman #boxing

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