Last week the news told that George Foreman died. Not that I miss him much or that I'm a fan of boxing, but this news reminded me of how often I used to watch such events on TV with my father. As always, he woke me up in the middle of the night so we could watch these fights together. I will never forget his fight against Muhammad Ali in 1974 in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo).
Ali looked passive in the early rounds, dropping to the ropes and fending off Foreman's punches. Foreman wore himself out for several rounds until Ali changed tactics in the eighth round and became more active himself, landing a combination of left uppercuts and right straights to knock Foreman out.
One-hit wonder Johnny Wakelin paid tribute to this fight in 1976.
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