Ali's IMPOSSIBLE Victory Explained

We take an in depth look at the story, history and tactics behind Ali's and Foreman's iconic Rumble In The Jungle. Considered by many the greatest boxing match of all time.
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[TheModernMartialArtist]

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[Corina.June.Kennedy]

"I hated every minute of training, but i said, 'Don't quit', suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion." -- Muhammad Ali

[Makkushimu]

I think the whole Ali losing to Frazier, Frazier to Foreman, and Foreman to Ali is a perfect example of "styles make fights".

[Alex-cwrz]

Fun fact George Foreman in those 8 rounds against Ali landed more punches on Ali than Wilder did in all 3 Fury fights combined (30 rounds). Foreman 194 punches landed, Wilder 177. He landed more punches than Usyk did in either AJ fights as well. By the way this is not saying Ali is bad, this shows how amazing Ali was to not go down once. It also shows how much more they threw and the accuracy of these greats, Foreman was not even known for his stamina or punch rate at all back then.

[klaudioabazi]

This is my Favorite Boxing Fight of All Time. The Hype, the buildup, the Fighters, the Showmanship, the stage, David and Goliath, and the unexpected and iconic outcome. It has all the hallmarks of the perfect legendary story. Truly a unique event that will never be repeated. R. I. P. Ali, Go On strong Big George.

[ggggggrrrrrhhhh]

"Very even fight."
"Ali, a sneaky right hand."
"Another sneaky right hand."
"This time he works shoulder-to-shoulder with Foreman... AND A COMBINATION! FOREMAN! IS DOWN!"
*Bob Sheridan and the audience explodes*

[lO_OI]

"When he tried pawing to break his guard, he found out the ex-champion had no guard" is such a raw line

[borood]

Ali trained his mind to be invulnerable to Foreman’s blows. He convinced himself that Foreman could do nothing to hurt him. The mind is very powerful. It worked.

[jamesmarshall]

My favorite comment on this fight came from George Foreman. Foreman said "Ali said 'Is that all you got George?' And I thought "Yup.'"

[sebastiaankrul]

The story leading up to this fight has to be the greatest in boxing

[Alex-cwrz]

19:12 one other thing to mention is how unbelievably accurate Ali is here, every single punch lands exactly where he wants even though foreman is stumbling forward and to the groud, Ali's reaction time is so great he does not throw that last punch as he knows Foreman is going to the ground.

[keep_walking_on_grass]

I was 10 years old and watched the fight live at night on a small black-and-white TV. The quality wasn't nearly as clear as it is here on YT or anywhere else. All I saw was Ali looking really bad, with his back against the ropes, and I was shocked. Then it suddenly happened, and Foreman went to the canvas. I watched that fight 100 times ever since then and this is the fight, I adore Ali for the most.

[tonyfortune]

I've been watching boxing for a long time and I've seen thousands of different boxers but nobody made boxing look as beautiful and graceful as Ali. If i could only watch one person's fights for the rest of my life theres no question it would his.

[kristianjosh]

To the world, it was a boxing match. But these two warriors were employing wrestling/judo and Muay Thai techniques. It was truly a Mixed Martial Arts fight at the heart of it. What an era.

[youtoo]

Truth is very few knew the strength of Ali, much stronger than people realized which is why you see him manhandling George quite a bit

[kencusick]

Ali had one of the greatest chins in heavyweight history and he was impossible to hit in combination. To see Foreman hit him with combinations is incredible. But he took it. Archie Moore said years afterward that he saw Ali was an escape artist of the highest quality.

[jk_]

Ali's speed and accuracy was just on another level! It was on display again for all to see in this fight and even though he spoke to Foreman, took his best shots and talked more, the punches still did proper damage. Foreman looked tired by round 4, his face was starting to swell while Ali was landing more and more clean shots while forman was hitting body or air. He took Foreman to deep waters and drowned him🙈. I know Ali is the self proclaimed greatest but when he was focused on proving a point and did the necessary training, he was just about invincible. He stopped the monster who everyone thought would kill him. It has to count for something! One also has to considering that he wanted to fight anyone and everyone, sometimes multiple times if needed. Legend!

[damienhouse]

Hell yeah! This is the only video I ever wanted you to remaster, and you did it! Good job man.

[limmeh]

Ali’s approach reminds me of some Musashi quotes and duels. Musashi would show up late to duels as he knew it’d frustrate his opponents - Ali took every chance he got to frustrate Foreman via trash talk. Musashi also advised breaking up one’s rhythm and the rhythm of the opponent - another thing Ali did here. Ali also used his own stuff, like taking all those punishing shots on the ropes. Something he trained for, but no doubts that it was another F U to Foreman who was obviously a hard puncher.

It’s also surprising to see the inspiration from other martial arts…Foreman’s pawing from Judo, and those Karate style blocks from Ali. I know from my experience that some Karate blocks aren’t necessarily blocks per se: they are more like redirecting incoming blows.

I could keep gushing…but this was a pretty neat analysis video. Makes me want to see more style/fight analyses.

[incognitobrown]

This is THE MOST legendary fight of all time. For Ali to come back and beat that version of Foreman (he was more fearsome than peak Mike Tyson), and the way he did it, is stuff of fairytales - Unbelievable! Both absolutely great champions . And then for Foreman to come back older than ever and become champion again is probably even more unbelievable!! Both great champions - One & two in my books.