Though George, through the years, humbly acknowledged his KO loss to Muhammad Ali, he had also claimed, on several occasions, that his cornermen gave him spiked water in the dressing room that made him very weak during the fight. He also deplored Angelo Dundee's alleged "tactic" of loosening up the ropes of the ring, which aided Ali's rope-a-dope strategy. Considering these circumstances, it's possible that Foreman did actually say those things, probably out of frustration and disgust.
The majority of high profile boxing matches is fixed because it's controlled by the Mafia and Drug cartels. Some fighters will take a dive or the judges will get payed extra to give a fight to a certain fighter. The goal is for everyone to make a substantial amount of money. Boxing will always be a dirty sport because Money and promotion is involved.
Foreman was complaining about the rope a dope.
Months after the fight he kept complaining that you can't ''lean on the ropes to absorb punches''. It was a new technique made famous by Ali. It was also a controversial move which led to a new sanctioning body which banned it. The problem with the technique is that the boxer using it could be getting kayod yet by leaning on the ropes you couldn't tell the difference.
cause he is the kinda guy who would punch a ***** holding a baby
Post con in fight in Zaire. George "Boxing is dirty!" What did he mean by it? Was there something we fans didnt know in the fight? Did Foreman take a dive?
