The widespread myth of Ali vs Foreman says otherwise. It insists Ali lost almost every minute of the fight as he stood there and absorbed Foreman’s power shots before the champion finally succumbed to exhaustion. But the truth is Ali won perhaps six of the completed seven rounds as he put...
Profiles former heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman, a native of Houston, and discusses his comeback attempt, his controversial 1974 title fight with Muhammed Ali, which many observers feel was fixed. His religious salvation and his retirement from boxing, to devote time to preaching and ...
Neil Leifer photographed Muhammad Ali on over 50 different occasions between 1963 (as Cassius Clay) and 2012, including title fights, in studio, and at home. He captured iconic moments from his title fights against Sonny Liston, “The Fight of the Centur
Neil Leifer photographed Muhammad Ali on over 50 different occasions between 1963 (as Cassius Clay) and 2012, including title fights, in studio, and at home. He captured iconic moments from his title fights against Sonny Liston, “The Fight of the Centur
Neil Leifer photographed Muhammad Ali on over 50 different occasions between 1963 (as Cassius Clay) and 2012, including title fights, in studio, and at home. He captured iconic moments from his title fights against Sonny Liston, “The Fight of the Centur
Neil Leifer photographed Muhammad Ali on over 50 different occasions between 1963 (as Cassius Clay) and 2012, including title fights, in studio, and at home. He captured iconic moments from his title fights against Sonny Liston, “The Fight of the Centur
Neil Leifer photographed Muhammad Ali on over 50 different occasions between 1963 (as Cassius Clay) and 2012, including title fights, in studio, and at home. He captured iconic moments from his title fights against Sonny Liston, “The Fight of the Centur
Like other great athletic feats of derring-do, the Ali-Foreman fight in Zaire inspired other prodigies, the foremost among them being the celebrated lead McIlvanney wrote for The Observer following his interview: "We should have known that Muhammad Ali would not settle for any ordinary old res...
Foreman,Shaversand Holmes. Ali was knocked down only four times in his career, by Sonny Banks, Henry Cooper,Joe Frazierand Chuck Wepner. And it should be noted the Wepner knockdown was the result of “The Bayonne Bleeder” stepping on Ali’s foot at the moment he lande...
Not all were happy with this fight being made. Ali was the reigning heavyweight champion and had Ken Norton, who held a 1-1 record with Ali at the time, was looming waiting to take the trilogy that he would never do. Two years earlier, Ali had beat George Foreman and had one of the...