In October 1974, Muhammad Ali defeated a young 25-year-old George Foreman by an 8th round TKO. It was a fight where Ali, then 32, played rope-a-dope by laying against the ropes and letting the powerful Foreman expend energy beating on his body, gloves and head. In the end, Foreman tired out and was taken out by Ali. However, Ali never chose to give Foreman a rematch even though Foreman pursued it hard wanting to gain revenge. It was a logical fight for Ali to take considering he fought Joe Frazier on three separate occasions, winning two of the three. Foreman destroyed Frazier in two rounds in January 1973, taking his WBA and WBC heavyweight titles in the process. Foreman then turned around and proved that his was no fluke by stopping a defensive Frazier in the 5th round in 1976. There was no reason why Ali shouldn’t have fought Foreman again because the boxing public wanted to see the rematch instead of the guys that Ali ended up fighting after the Foreman. Read more: http://www.boxingnews24.com/2011/08...-a-rematch-against-george-foreman/#more-77984
