If Muhammad Ali and George Foreman had an immediate rematch, who would have won?

[Bushidō]

Do you guys think Foreman would have came out with a different strategy and maybe paced himself a little better? Or perhaps Ali just had the style that would beat him every time. Lets hear it

[right_hand_lead]

Ali was all wrong for Foreman and would have beat him no matter what.

A lot of people just think Ali "got lucky" with the rope-a-dope tactic, but Ali was out boxing and landing shots the whole fight. Foreman could barely touch him with a clean shot.

Styles make fights.

[1SILVA]

Ali was too inside George's head

[D-MiZe]

Foreman.

The only reason he won the first one is because Foreman gassed so early on when Ali used rope-a-dope. If Foreman had realised this he wouldn't of been so aggressive.

[RockyB]

i think Foreman would have won, correct me if im wrong but wasnt he the favourite going in to the fight? and people claimed Ali was old?

nevertheless, Foreman is withouth a doubt one of the hardest hitting boxers of all time, and i just think he would have focused more on accuracy than the aggresive style he used against Ali.

[BigMacFoster]

While I don't agree that "Ali was too inside foremans head".foreman showed asolutely nothing post-zaire that he had improved mentally as a fighter,Ali ****d foremans aura that night in africa.He bent that big bastard over and he royally screwed the aura right out of him

I've said before that I'm not big on these hypothetical matchups and all we can do is speculate.

but had Ali fought foreman in a rematch I could see that fight following a pattern to of that of forrest-Mosley 2,Where there was alot of clinching and hitting on the reak and one opponent fighting scared to death of that right hand.

It was a rather pleasant suprise to see foreman jump back into the ring and actually fight a ranked contender in Ron Lyle.


Ken Norton was owed his title shot no doubt and after that fight Ali should have just pissed off out of sight instead of getting damn near killed by Earnie Shavers and losing to jokers like Leon Spinks

[boxingbuff]

Foreman was a "head case" for atleast a year after getting KO'd by Ali.

He was in shock and denial.He was depressed and in despair.He couldn't believe or accept that he not only got beat,but got KNOCKED OUT.That blew his mind.

He was making every excuse known to man kind.The ropes were to loose.The heat got to him.He got a fast count.He was drugged etc. etc. He was in no shape to fight Ali mentally or physcially right after there 1st fight.

Ali would have beaten George even worse if they would have fought right away after the 1st fight.George was fat and out of shape,and not training.But MENTALLY he was even worse.

[MANGLER]

Can't picture George beatin Ali.

[mrboxer]

foreman would of one easily,foreman had the first fight won and then he got careless,if foreman fought ali the way foreman fought in his comeback years he would win by 15 decision,ali had a good chin and would of been hard to knockout

[right_hand_lead]

foreman would of one easily,foreman had the first fight won and then he got careless,if foreman fought ali the way foreman fought in his comeback years he would win by 15 decision,ali had a good chin and would of been hard to knockout

No offense, but did you even watch the fight?

Ali won almost every single round with ease and was clearly winning the fight. It was a boxing lesson.

Ali was landing clear, hard shots and Foreman was barely connecting with anything.