“When Foreman was throwing punches, the audience was screaming,” Mamba, now a boxing referee, remembered. “But Ali had ...

Solving the unsolvable and withstanding the might of Foreman’s destructive power punches for more than seven rounds, Ali executed the rope-a-dope by letting Foreman punch himself out before ...

“When Foreman was throwing punches, the audience was screaming,” Mamba, now a boxing referee, remembered. "But Ali had surprised everyone with his hook technique. And how he was boxing on the rope ...

Fifty years after Muhammad Ali fought George Foreman in Zaire, the fight still has lasting legacy in the country now known as Congo KINSHASA, Congo — Alfred Mamba remembers the frenzy that ...

it was Ali who came out on top, knocking out a tired Foreman in the eighth round after wearing his opponent's energy down by using his new "rope a dope" technique to absorb or avoid heavy punches.

Still, Ali-Foreman has remained a source of inspiration ... Lewis had not yet thrown a punch in anger, but he would learn about what happened in Zaire in time. “Oh yeah, even hearing all the ...

"When Foreman was throwing punches, the audience was screaming," Mamba, now a boxing referee, remembered. "But Ali had surprised everyone with his hook technique. And how he was boxing on the ropes.

With each punch he chanted ... doubts that plagued the then-troubled heavyweight champion. Ali even altered genetics, turning Foreman into a white man by carefully explaining to the spectators ...