7. He Won The Rumble In The Jungle
After defeating Frazier, Ali was granted a shot at the undefeated World Champion, George Foreman. The fight between The Greatest and The Champion took place in Kinshasa, Zaire, Africa in October of 1974. Once again, boxing journalists were claiming the older and slower Ali had no chance of regaining the title, and once again Ali proved everyone completely wrong when he won by knockout in eight rounds. Ali won the fight by debuting his world famous rope-a-dope tactic of leaning into the ropes and absorbing Foreman’s punches with his arms, or better yet causing Foreman to miss, thus tiring out the younger and stronger champion and allowing Ali time to mount a comeback. With a flurry of punches Ali knocked Foreman down and regained his title in front of 60,000 screaming fans.
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