Ali’s jab was measured with an omegascope. Ali’s jab could smash a balsa board 16.5 inches away in 19/100 of a second. It actually covered the distance in 4/100 of a second, which is the blink of an eye. - Sports Illustrated

Ali's greatest win was overturning the court verdict that banned him for more than 3yrs. He was the greatest sportsman that ever lived...RIP champ

His win over George was pure genius. No one gave him a chance in hell of winning. His own corner thought he would be seriously injured. But Ali had other plans. Great plan followed by brilliant execution. He suckered everyone in with his constant talk that he would dance and George wouldn't be able to lay a glove on him. George fell for it, literally.

Ali's wink at Foreman during break showed me what kind of man Ali is. During this hellish fight, Ali still had the class and humour to laugh and wink

20:08 Imagine the level of sportsmanship Ali showed when George is falling down and he didn't hit him...

Greatness doesn’t come from being undefeated. But when you win when people doubted you, that’s greatness

This fight took place live in Msia probably around 10am. I was a 16 yr old in form 4 then. I somehow managed to leave the classroom walked back home like a kilometer away to watch the fight. Surprisingly dad and my brothers didn’t even mind me being there away from school. I remember my brothers who were butchers working in the market telling us the town was nearly empty because of the fight. We knew back then Ali will have a hard time against Foreman but everyone wanted Ali to win and win he did. Probably one of the greatest fight ever!!!

Ali’s opponents were all in their prime  
Ali is best heavyweight of all time

16:56 Ali whispered into George's ear, "is that all you got?"

Whilst Ali is an icon. We gotta give George credit too for being scary enough for making Ali rise to the occasion. Every dancer needs a partner

14:04 "But the man's in trouble!
Imma show you, how great I am!"

Oh how right he was... love those lines. Getting goosebumps from his speeches. What an admirable man, a truly unique specimen he was. With his willpower and determination alone, as well as his good deeds, he moved and inspired millions around the world. Rest in peace champ, we miss you.

"George Foreman fought Norton the way Michael Myers slain teenagers"...Damn, haha 😄

People act like Ali was weak because of the prissy dancing. He was actually a very hard man. Punching him was like punching granite. He is also one of the best grapplers in boxing. Forever the GOAT.

I heard somewhere that during the instructions by the referee that Ali told Foreman something like "You've heard about me since you were young. You heard about me all your life. Now it's time to meet me your MASTER!"

And the Hero's Funeral Had Been Called Off! Brilliant!

Most people still don`t understand how tough and powerfull Big George was. Most of the guys like: Oh, prime Tyson would whip him bad. But no, he would destroy almost any man in the ring. In my opinion, only Ali, Jimmy Young, Holmes, Vitali Klichko, Lennox Lewis and Sonny Lston could endure his fearsome power and counter it somehow with their incredible skills.

He got never got hurt in the ring as he said, just experianced 5 knockdowns, got up from all these like they are nothing, had willpower a few man can posses in the ring, heart of a lion, conditioning, pretty good athleticism for his size, extraordinary punching power.

To me his body and chin made from a different material that is not discovered yet by mankind but impossible to do damage. Man was unbreakable in the ring. His only real weakness was his slowness but not that much, which I believe god had to nerf him to make him beatable

Especially go watch his fight with one of the hardest punchers in the history, Ron Lyle. You will understand what am I try to explain. He had underrated skills also, good timing, vicious left jab, guard manipulating, making oppenents of balance with pushing movements...

This obviously makes Ali`s win even more great. But this fight is not the reason Ali was the greatest. Ali is the greatest because of his willpower, speed, ring IQ, combinations, endurance, chin, durablity, pain tolerance and ability to making strategy while fighting. Even only his boxing skills was enough to make him The Greatest, but he had even more, like Mike Tyson said: ``Sometimes, god make individuals like Ali, you can`t be like him``

I was privileged enough to attend middle school and part of high school at a boarding military academy with Joe Frazier’s son when I was younger. Over the years many of us got to know Joe fairly well during times he’d visit. It took a while to get used to understanding what he was saying, he was old and all the head injury and stuff had SERIOUSLY affected his speech, and at first it was borderline impossible to decipher. And I mean unintelligible. But after a while we’d all learn his cadence and such and it got a bit easier to tell how quick, witty, and intelligent he well and truly still very much was. Not to mention him being one of the kindest, most genuine, hilarious dudes you could ever imagine. But he would wrestle/horse around with some of us quite a bit and you know damn well he beat the shit out of all of us Lmao even as old as he was. He’d let us cadets try to fight him while he stood completely still and had one arm behind his back. Or he’d stand the same way and let us try to push him over which was physically impossible. He was immovable lol I stg. He also had fiiiiire suits lol and one day let me wear his black gator skin cowboy hat around campus for the day lol. RIP Joe, he really was truly an amazing guy. And Derek, if you see this, I hope you’re doing well.

"Like a pontiac, rapped around an oak tree!" 😝😂

Foreman was undefeated and won, iirc, 37 KOs before he fought Ali, and Ali was his 41th fight, which means he had more than 90% or even 95% knockout rate at the time. This record was why people back then were mostly betting on Foreman, and almost no one bet on Ali because they believe Ali would just be another victim of Foreman, and most likely by Knockout.

And boy, how Ali proved them spectacularly wrong. Not only Ali survived a fight against Foreman, Ali even knocked him out. Sure, not the knockout as in heavy punch to the head, but knockout by exhaustion. It was still, however, so damn impressive.

Rip both Muhammad Ali & George Foreman 🙏