We used to see Ali,s boxing in our childhood. We would enjoy it. We were really proud of him. May his soul rest in peace. Ghulam Muhammad From Pakistan

@mohamedazizrahmouni4240

Жыл бұрын

What makes him appear great is his Islamic spirit

@JuanCarlos-dr9dw

Жыл бұрын

Á

@AJChy-gq9vo

11 ай бұрын

​@@mohamedazizrahmouni4240 no 😅

@anwaraliofficial3586

11 ай бұрын

I also miss 😢

Considering that Folley is in there against Ali at the peak of his skills, this is an admirable job. Lands some big right hands. I counted close to a dozen. Good job of reading, timing, and judging distance early on. But Ali adjusted in round 3, and dominated from there. You could argue it was 29-28 Folley after 3. Ali praised Folley for this performance. Because he knows how sharp he was at the time. Called it his toughest fight before the suspension.

@joshisanonymous

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, he was definitely landing better than Ali's previous opponents up to that point. None of these guys moved their heads, though, and I think that's why Ali had so much success with wearing them down with jabs. Terrell before this tried to cover his face the whole time to deal with the jabs, but then he couldn't see, which is no good when you have to hit a target that moves as much as Ali. This fight with Folley might've gone much further if he had trained to move more, I think.

@rez_nick4408

2 жыл бұрын

I would’ve thought his toughest fight was with Chuvalo.

@bobbywise2313

Жыл бұрын

Foley was the best scientific fighter of all of Ali's 9 title defenses in this reign. Patterson cold be in the discussion but he was undersized and plagued by a bad back. Foley was perhaps a couple years past his prime against Ali but still had tremendous skill. One could argue that he was the best overall fighter in the 9 defenses as well. I won't talk about Liston 2. I already mentioned Patterson. Chuvalo was a durable but slow easy to hit fighter customed made fot Ali. Williams was past prime but was always too slow to be in the ring with Ali. It was target practice for Ali. Brian London was an easy payday. Mildenberger's southpaw stance and durability gave Ali some problems but Ali figured it out pretty quickly and made easy work of the southpaw. Terrell fought a very defensive fight to survive but probably lost 14 or even all 15 rounds in a one sided beating. Again he was too slow. Oh and Cooper was always dangerous but cut too easily. Ali stayed away from the hook in the rematch. But Foley had good speed and boxing skills and really gave Ali some legitimate competition for a few rounds. Once Ali decided to sit down on his punches it was only a matter of time though.

@PhilAndersonOutside

Жыл бұрын

@@bobbywise2313 Excellent assessment. I agree completely. To me the damn shame for both Folley and Williams is that they were avoided by Patterson, as well as Johansson. It's unfortunate for both that they didn't get a title shot until too old. Folley was still quite good at this point, his last really good performance, but Williams was a shell of his former self. I agree that I don't think he ever would have beat Ali, his style didn't match up well against Ali at all, but Williams had a real chance and perhaps could have knocked out both Patterson and Johansson. Folley may have been able to outbox both of them as well.

@bobbywise2313

Жыл бұрын

@@PhilAndersonOutside The two fights Williams had with Liston were great. Williams was almost killed in a mistaken identity shooting by a cop somewhere between his Liston fights and the Ali fight. Some said it was a miracle he could still fight after the shooting. He was a very hard puncher but generally lacked speed or ring cutting ability. He very well may have knocked out Patterson though. A prime Foley vs prime Patterson would have been a great matchup skill wise. It would be hard for me to pick a winner.

NO QUESTION ALI WAS A GREAT SPORTSMAN AND A TRUE GENTLEMEN. THE GREATEST.

My father and I watched this when it first aired. I miss my father.

@4EyedAnimation

Жыл бұрын

Just like Foley missed his cue

@willie-vj4ms

11 ай бұрын

You should. He must have been a good man

@willie-vj4ms

11 ай бұрын

​@@4EyedAnimationI was waiting for the boom. Ali was so fast, it was easy to miss the knockout

@JoseFlorindoMosqueraMosquera

10 ай бұрын

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@LuisJimenez-hl9wh

10 ай бұрын

​@@willie-vj4mskmm

At the time this bout took place, I was a teenager. We had no TV to watch. But I used to read the reports of these great matches in newspapers and I have remembered this Zora Folley, Sonny Liston, Floyd Patterson, Joe Louis and others since. It's only recently that we have been able to see them through the net. However, after 1971 we were able to see Ali-Frazier live, as well as all other bouts with Henry Cooper, Jimmy Ellis,..., Georges Foreman etc...The skills and art of these giants made us dream...(Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Tyson, Ray Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Monzon, Duran etc...). It remains that boxing is a violent sport and I wonder whether people would continue to support it.

@rcthomas6925

Жыл бұрын

From Houston Texas

@gioblankk

Ай бұрын

Boxing will always be supported and loved. It being banned as a sport is what'd I'd call 'future paranoia'

@riyadriyad5911

Ай бұрын

​@@gioblankkBoxing is one of the few sports where you hate the sport but actually love the athletes

@gioblankk

Ай бұрын

@@riyadriyad5911 I've never heard that in my life before 💀

@gioblankk

Ай бұрын

@@riyadriyad5911 You mean WWE ??

I don't mind watching the first three "slow" rounds, just to marvel out how light Ali is on his feet, and how smoothly he circles to his right, almost as pretty as when he circles leftward. And then those two right hands to precisely the same spot (Folley's cheekbone) in the 7th round. There's never been a heavyweight before or since as quick-handed as Ali, or as light-footed as Ali. He was a gift.

@PhilAndersonOutside

Жыл бұрын

Agree. Also because Folley was a very experience, skilled fighter. His style didn't match up well for Ali, which challenged Ali, who of course delivered. Masterful boxing.

@user-he2lz1gr1w

Жыл бұрын

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@NormAppleton

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Ali is signalling to Folley to try end it quick. Hey Motherfucker, waiting for you.

@aesethtogoh185

Жыл бұрын

B

@aesethtogoh185

Жыл бұрын

Ĺj

I wonder how this Ali would've done against Frazier in their first fight. Ali's speed and reflexes definitely better here than later in the 70's

@driger888

Жыл бұрын

no laying on the ropes either. it would have been no contest.

@MrMarco855

Жыл бұрын

Spanked.

@terryscott2007

Жыл бұрын

No Heavyweight in history could beat that Ali 😉

@MrMarco855

Жыл бұрын

@@terryscott2007 Sonny Liston would have destroyed Ali in a real fight. Liston was the best HW all-time.

@giuseppetrastulli8622

Жыл бұрын

Questo era il primo, Ali': era velocissimo e potente quanto bastava (potenza derivante dalla sua stessa velocita'). Il successivo Ali' perse queste qualita' (non del tutto ma abbondantemente): tuttavia, Ali' sconfisse quasi tutti i pugili piu' forti con l' astuzia. Per questo Ali' rimane un fuoriclasse: forse non il piu' forte pugile della storia? Puo' essere ma sicuramente e' stato un fuoriclasse unico nella Boxe (come un fuoriclasse unico lo e' stato Tyson con uno stile completamente differente parlando del primo Tyson). Quindi Ali' credo che possa esser inserito tra i piu' forti pugili della storia (io, inserirei anche il primo Tyson, Foreman e Lennox Lewis). Oltre a tutti gli altri precedenti come Linston, Rocky Marciano, ecc .

I liked how Ali lifted the ropes for Joe Louis. This was sadly Ali's last match before his wrongful suspension. I remember watching this bout as a child. Ali was my favorite of course.

@larrywest538

Жыл бұрын

Wrongful suspension….???? Refusing induction in the Armed Forces… You don’t get to make up your own rules…..

@hanajinks1044

Жыл бұрын

Lolll....wrongful suspension...

@trinihammer

Жыл бұрын

@@hanajinks1044 it was a wrongful suspension. THE LAW THE SUPREME COURT SAID IT WAS WRONGFUL.

@frankdalla

Жыл бұрын

@@trinihammer c

The most skilled heavyweight in the history of boxing, and the greatest of them all. Joe Fraizer, the great boxer that he was would have been totally destroyed if he faced Ali in his prime, as would every other heavyweight of that era.

@CFGrandWizard

Жыл бұрын

Totally, they took away those almost four years to match him a little to the rest

@4EyedAnimation

Жыл бұрын

you're a child

@johnnywinston3056

Жыл бұрын

,

@joetrie

10 ай бұрын

60 ties Ali fought nobody of great quality

@4EyedAnimation

10 ай бұрын

@@joetrie what

The Greatest being the Greatest. Toying with Folley all fight long. The challenger got in some good blows. But Ali had more power than perceived. Dropping Folley twice. The Greatest. Floated like a butterfly, stung like a bee. Game over.

@EvenStar303

Жыл бұрын

I am not impressed by Ali's Energizer Bunny routine. He spent 4 rounds doing that without a single punch.

@jstube36

Жыл бұрын

@@EvenStar303 Such is the essence of superior boxing. By moving around, using the ring, throwing jabs to keep the opponent at bay. Muhammed Ali was ahead of his time. By showing time and time again. That intelligence, athletic ability, and skill will win most of the time. Before Ali, the Heavyweights were mostly toe-toe brawlers. They didn't last long. Ali brought a style that does last.

@EvenStar303

Жыл бұрын

@@jstube36 Looks cowardly to me. I am not interested in sitting here watching him hop around like a bunny for 4 rounds. Making it last with no action is useless. Many modern fighters would have knocked Ali out in the first round. And the knock out in this match looks suspicious. There was no power in it yet the guy was knocked out??? I call bullshit on this one. Rigged fights are a common accurance even today.

@jstube36

Жыл бұрын

@@EvenStar303 I used to think that at first. Of course I learned that it is a brilliant tactic. What Ali is doing is daring his opponent to come after him. Then catch his opponent off-balance and counter with jabs and combinations. it is very much like a bull fight. With Ali playing the master matador. The opponent playing the ignorant bull. This not only a standard strategy in Boxing. You'll see this in Martial Arts. Forcing the opponent to make a move. Then move or block and counter. Which Ali displayed in his brilliant career. In his prime. Ali fought many hard punchers. But he was so fast and elusive, they would not lay a glove on him for complete rounds. But Muhammed also showed he had one of the toughest chins ever. Meaning he was not easy to take down. Just watch his famous fight with George Foreman. Ali took everything Foreman had. Then knocked George out later. He was The Greatest of all time for many reasons. But in the ring he did it all.

@MrMarco855

Жыл бұрын

@@EvenStar303 A man that knows what he's watching. They're few and far between. This fight was indeed fixed, as was both Ali/Liston fights. Liston was the best heavyweight ever. He crushed everyone, Ali had no chance against Liston. His management would never have put him in against Liston at that time to begin with. Liston would have ruined Ali's career, set him back a couple years or more.

Ali was ahead of his time. His white boxing boots, his boxing style, his speed and movement, his skill set and deceptive punching power. Ali was a monster with a pretty face.

@michaelh.117

Жыл бұрын

In the '70s, because of Ali and Billy "White Shoes" Johnson, we all wanted to wear white shoes.

@edwinaponte4395

Жыл бұрын

Att mike tyson

@DGill48

Жыл бұрын

Long time ago....could Ali hold up against the newer, much bigger heavyweights? Klitscho, Lewis, Fury ?? probably not

@truthhitman7473

Жыл бұрын

@@DGill48 100% Yes. Ali is the greatest of all time. His style of fighting is eternal.

@pigslefats

Жыл бұрын

@@DGill48 Oh please-he would make them look like amateurs. No matter how big they are when you get a man 220lbs throwing a scientific punch at speed or with combinations they are going down. I doubt those ponderous punchers would even land a clean punch on his elusive head

This was boxing 9 divisions one champion and real contenders! Ali at this fight was untouchable and the greatest champion in the world!

@dustylover100

Жыл бұрын

God only knows who are the champions are these days.

@lisalovelylpa

Жыл бұрын

@@dustylover100 I not even know who is fighting these days , I been watching all the old fights lol

@manueltapiasreyes2252

Жыл бұрын

7

@LuisAlberto-kf1oi

Жыл бұрын

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Watching Ali in a fight like this with a worthy opponent, a gentleman warrior, and all the other warriors, gentleman or not ... is magic.

Folley said he never fought anyone like Ali. He said that Ali could launch punches from almost any angle, and he could put them together from one improbably angle to another with incredible speed. He said you really did not know where it was coming from next.

@achmatjohnstone2135

Жыл бұрын

2

@4EyedAnimation

Жыл бұрын

Did you just watch this fight? Ali landed 2 punches the whole fight. Zola was on a schedule to get out of here in the 7th. He went down like he was dead then jumped up and flopped around. It was all theater.

@overnightdelivery

Жыл бұрын

@@4EyedAnimation Yeah just like the Liston fights, it looked phony as hell.

@michellauzon4640

Жыл бұрын

@@4EyedAnimation Are you really that stupid?

@michellauzon4640

Жыл бұрын

@@overnightdelivery You are a phony as hell.

For those that question the 'phantom punch' in the rematch with Liston can see Ali had knockout power in a counter right hand without loading up.

@davidgleed5507

Жыл бұрын

That was my thought as well when I saw the punch that dropped Foley. It didn't look like a hard punch, but amazingly fast and clean to the temple.

@MrMarco855

Жыл бұрын

They looked the same, no power at all. Not because Ali had magical power, because both Liston fights and this fight with Foley were all fixed. Those baby tap punches couldn't bust a grape.

@4EyedAnimation

Жыл бұрын

ZF took a dive, they barely fought for 7 rounds. He almost took the easy way out in the 4th, but realized that looked too phony.

@4EyedAnimation

Жыл бұрын

@@MrMarco855 thank you

@MrMarco855

Жыл бұрын

@@4EyedAnimation Thank you.

This version of Ali would have destroyed Tyson Fury!

@jeffriessman9693

Жыл бұрын

I love Ali but Tyson fury has too much weight on him Is 50 pounds heavier. Even though Ali has twice as much speed as he does. It's like a heavyweight finding a lightweight. I mean I bet Ali could gain weight maybe be 230 pounds

@redhairedshanksfanboy5695

Жыл бұрын

@@jeffriessman9693 I dont think tyson fury is touching muhammad ali

@brianl.koonce4142

Жыл бұрын

And Joe Frazier AND Ken Norton. He should have retired after the third Frazier fight. Then he’d just be slow of speech and not have Parkinson’s.

So great to see these fights, youtube workin for me again thx upload

ملاكمه وممتعه وفن محمد علي يبقى اسطوره عبر الزمن رحمه الله

For such big frame he was truly naturally light on his feet

@trinihammer

Жыл бұрын

@S Rod you are clueless a featherweight weighs in at 70 odd kg asshole

@arnoldmagqaza7860

11 ай бұрын

​@@srod2966211 pounds is heavyweight you talking shit

foley was a hell of a fighter

@4EyedAnimation

Жыл бұрын

Hhahhaaaaaa

@aarondigby5054

4 ай бұрын

​@@4EyedAnimationAli had Foley knocked out sleeping flat faced, Foley got up like he didn't know where the he was,"which way did he go, which way did he go George?"

@4EyedAnimation

4 ай бұрын

@@aarondigby5054 Aaron I've thought long and hard about what you said. You're right, I should've considered what you thought, and I apologize. We are lucky to have you on Earth, please don't ever leave.

Zora was a superb stand-up boxer with a good right and plenty of good old ring savvy. Zora was past his prime by several years when this fight with Ali took place and Ali was at his peak. Zora was given this chance by the Champ, if Zora had been 10-years younger, who knows what could have happened. Zora fought all the big name fighters during his career. He met the likes of a young Sonny Liston, Eddie Machen, Ernie Terrell. Oscar Bonavena, Muhammad Ali, and Mac Foster. Zora's first fight with Bonavena is a classic, as he gave the young brawler a boxing lesson. They met a second time when Zora was past his prime and Oscar was at his tip-top. From watching the fight on KZread, I do believe that Zora won that fight by a close margin. Fighting in Argentina, Bonavena's home country and judges. Good fight nonetheless! Zora was a stand-up good guy and excellent boxer.

@jeffriessman9693

Жыл бұрын

Zora, Ali was the best and fastest Heavyweight he'd ever seen. A lot of his opponents thought that.

@PhilAndersonOutside

Жыл бұрын

Good post. Foley wasn't washed up, but this was his last good fight, even though he lost. Like Williams, Foley was a fighter who should have gotten a shot years before.

@jamesstreet228

Жыл бұрын

Amazingly, I had never heard of him

@ammonbakarri-o5524

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesstreet228 he got knocked out years before by Liston 3 rds no

@MrMarco855

Жыл бұрын

Zora Foley was also involved in one fixed fight. This fight.

I argue this was Ali at his absolute prime, not the Williams fight. Even Ali said Williams was a shell of the fighter he once was. Foley however was a skilled fighter, just past his prime, but savvy. His defensive, counterpunching style also was one that gave Ali problems. He also made Ali adjust more than any fighter up to this point. But Ali responded, and well. From about the 4th round on, he started to get out of his comfort zone, stood flat footed more, came forward, and put Zora away, without ever really getting hit. A somewhat dull, but very impressive performance.

@trinihammer

Жыл бұрын

foley at that time was considered the best counter puncher in the world.

@miraclemeditations3919

Жыл бұрын

It wasn't dull if you were watching it at the time it occurred and not just on KZread 55 years later. The drama that surrounded Muhammad Ali in those days is impossible to explain to someone who wasn't around to experience it. Young people today have never experienced anything to compare it to. Great fighter and an even greater person!

This is Ali at his peak at 212 lbs, but only going half speed. Can you imagine if he was allowed to continue, and fought Joe Frazier, say, 6 months later? With his elusiveness and speed, this Ali would have crushed Smokin' Joe, maybe even pitching a 15-0 shutout.

@mrjamesgrimes

10 ай бұрын

Stop it

@madpriest7822

10 ай бұрын

@@mrjamesgrimes why

@mrjamesgrimes

10 ай бұрын

@@madpriest7822 because six months later would have been September 1967 after Frazier just TKOd Chuvalo in four rounds . Ali had already fought Chuvalo in March of that year and it went to decision. Ali fought Frazier 3 times and it was always close. I don’t want to hear about prime this or that…Ali is only very slightly less than two years older than Joe. I’m not saying Ali wouldn’t have beaten him in 1967 but “crushed” or “15-0 shut out” is just stupid. So yes Ali is great but so was Smokin’ Joe…so f’n stop it.

@bikefixer

10 ай бұрын

@@mrjamesgrimes Yes, looking back at my comment, somewhat of an exaggeration (15-0). But I've always been of the opinion the judges in the 1971 fight were biased against Ali (one judge ridiculously scoring it 11-4). I felt Joe won Rounds 11 and 15 (the knockdown round), maybe one or two more. Ali peppered Joe most of the night, Frazier's face at the end, being the best evidence. In 1967, I don't think there would have been a Round 11 or 15 (meaning 2 point rounds for Frazier). The Ali of 67 didn't fatigue the way the later Ali did. In his 1966 fight with Cleveland Williams, Ali claimed he was "shook bad," but he managed to avoid any more damage with his speed and agility. And Williams, a much bigger man, probably tagged Ali harder than Frazier. 15-0? No, but I don't think it would have been very close. On the flip side, I've always felt that Ken Norton was Ali's true poison. What would have happened in a 1967-68 fight between those two?

Ali holding the rope up for Joe Louis ❤ RESPECT!

Muhammad Ali: O melhor de todos os tempos, o rei dos espetáculos.

@user-yf6sy2ze9s

Жыл бұрын

👍

A country that showed its true colors,of one who stands up for what he believes in

@EarthSurferUSA

Жыл бұрын

Yep, that is the propaganda talking. communism is tricky,---and you are going to fall for it.

@aarondigby5054

4 ай бұрын

​@@EarthSurferUSAIRS took all of Joe Louis' money even after Joe gave all his purses to military relief charities for families of fallen soldiers, USA propagandist imperialist capitalist dawgs

@aarondigby5054

4 ай бұрын

@15:50 that's one of Ali's funniest kos, Foley woke up and snapped his head around like he was in another deminsion somewhere, rflmao everytime

Ali's last fight before he resisted the draft, was stripped of the title, and went through the courts before he could fight again. No fights from 1967 to 1970.

@MrMarco855

Жыл бұрын

That's why it was fixed.

@trinihammer

Жыл бұрын

@@MrMarco855 FIXED MY REAR END

@tt.60fps59

Жыл бұрын

yeah super sad he was in his prime era aswell and once he came back 3 and a half years later he wasnt the same he was slower and older such a shame i wish it never happened technically we havent seen prime Muhammid Ali cause he wasnt even allowed to box at the time

@lincolnpearson9302

Жыл бұрын

@@tt.60fps59 Beating Foreman at his peek made Ali the greatest figher ever !! Watch the 1994 film When we were kings .

@MrMarco855

Жыл бұрын

@@trinihammer What currently is wrong with your rear end?

zora was a great man and fighter...but went out to a friends house and was found dead in a pool with suspicious head injuries..and that was the end of the wonderful man named zora folley.

@richardtaylor2430

Жыл бұрын

Cccxx

@fabiocanestrari1313

Жыл бұрын

A great man, I don't know him! A great fighter It don't seems on that match!

@slouchpotato

Жыл бұрын

@@fabiocanestrari1313 he did pretty darn good against a young Muhammad Ali...

@scottcody3026

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your information. Very cheerful. I’m about to go to bed. Hardly bed time reading is it.

@trinihammer

Жыл бұрын

they proved his death wasnt suspicious. foley was drunk and dived into a pool with no water in it and broke his neck. the only suspicious thing about his death was he was at the pool with his mistress not his wife thats why the tongues started to wag.

RIP Muhammad Ali 👑

Nunca jamais aparecerá outro, Muhammad Ali.

supreme athlete.

This Referee gave more action than Anthony Joshua.

Ali el mejor de todo los tiempos

Muhammad Ali proved to us that insects could be the most dangerous of living creatures. By floating like a butterfly and not like a shark,and stinging like a bee,and not like a cobra,he became the monument of boxing of which everyone referred to. Tyson was a raging bulldozer, having no time to waste ; business is business ! Ali gave his opponents time to bring out the best in them,Tyson didn't want your best because he knew only victory is the best !

Mohammed ali was a best boxer of the century ❤

After Terrell fight Ali always would have kept saying every fight “Oh not Terrill style! What free money!”

@MrMarco855

Жыл бұрын

He didn't even beat Terrell. Would have lost if he didn't damage Terrell's eye rubbing it along the top rope. Ali threw a lot of punches that hit Terrell's gloves. He landed very few punches overall.

Али остаётся на века это дар природы человек мира культуры чести и достоинства

Young Ali carries the fight, he was told by promotors not to knock these bumps out too soon in the fight.

@trinihammer

Жыл бұрын

Ali didnt knock Foley out early because he liked Foley. Foley was the first opponent who called him by his muslim name muhammed ali. Foley said thats the name he wants to be known as then thats what i am going to call him. Ali liked Foley for that.

@goinbananas1054

Жыл бұрын

There was a lot of money to be made in boxing if you were willing to fix fights and your people go out and bet low odds bets like ko in the 7th. That's how you turn ok money into a lot of money.

@trinihammer

Жыл бұрын

@@goinbananas1054 none of ali fights were fixed simply because back in the 1960s 70% of white people hated ali they would have rather paid someone to sleep with their wife than pay someone to let that uppity N.......R win. if you cant see that then you know nothing about the times of the 1950s to 1960s.

@goinbananas1054

Жыл бұрын

@dale stuart match fixing is the act of playing or officiating a match with the intention of achieving a pre-determined result, you're not supposed to know If a

It's almost like Ali was just playing for the first 6 rounds to give the crowd their moneys worth. When he stood there & just swapped blows he easily won.

@Treebot1

7 жыл бұрын

Sir Bobby I think you're right and I think in addition to that he spent the entire last round just waiting for the right angle to end it with one punch. you can see he had his right cocked several times and held back until he had just the right spot. it's almost as if he'd bet Angelo Dundee he could end it with one punch

@Bobby-fj8mk

7 жыл бұрын

Ali didn't seem to hit him that hard - as you say - he just got the right spot.

@loyaldude10

5 жыл бұрын

Folley was pretty old at this point, and well past his prime though

@loyaldude10

4 жыл бұрын

its every fighter's dream to fight for title. don't think he ever got a shot when younger, so why not go for it?

@brucescott4261

4 жыл бұрын

Bobby ...Ali made the sport entertaining and respectable.

Ali este combate aún era insuperable si no suspenden por no ir ala guerra no hubiera perdido el título nunca

@vhhg4658

Жыл бұрын

I think Ali would have Made a great president, he would have been great to keep world piece, other countries leaders respected him and knew he was a man that kept his word.

@geneevans2600

Жыл бұрын

​@@vhhg4658 Really?

Zora was knocked unconscious in the 4th he really didn't know where he was

@trinihammer

Жыл бұрын

you can say that again.

@MrMarco855

Жыл бұрын

He knew he was in a fixed fight.

@trinihammer

Жыл бұрын

@@MrMarco855 foley knew he had been outclassed by the master.

@Guns359

2 ай бұрын

​@@MrMarco855 buffoon spotted ....

Zora Foley would have been champion 10 years earlier but was ducked by Floyd Patterson who was champion then. Zora was number one contender in 1958! Ali was the greatest fighter in the world on this fight! He could beat anyone and he did. Before the u.s government stole his title with a pen and paper!!!

@PhilAndersonOutside

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Like Cleveland Williams, neither Floyd Patterson, or Ingmar Johansson for that matter, wanted to fight Foley. Floyd was a great person, an honorable man, especially in retirement, but in many ways he was a hallow champion. Ducked Williams, ducked Foley, and ducked Liston until he simply no longer could.

@tonysalaski

Жыл бұрын

Eddie Machen also in 1957 when Eddie was undefeated . Before fighting ingemar Johansson in 1958

@dustylover100

Жыл бұрын

@@PhilAndersonOutside, Patterson could not duck Ali either.

@dustylover100

Жыл бұрын

He beat them, too.

@dustylover100

Жыл бұрын

The US government, that is.

Im 7 years old of the time that this two face for bout, its amazing that all of the fight of Ali are preserved.

This is the WHAT IF Ali was not exiled. No one would have never beaten him. Not one person would have beaten Ali. He would have retired Undefeated

@malikali2685

4 жыл бұрын

Peter Chavez YOU ARE RIGHT!

@hasanx4637

4 жыл бұрын

imagine Ali vs. Frazier in 1968-69 without the layoff. would the fight have had the same result?

@lxnxr1256

2 жыл бұрын

@@hasanx4637 imo ali would have definetely won

@darac2930

Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised he was even able to come back after nearly 4 years out of the ring

@nelsontrofer7904

Жыл бұрын

P 5 Yuliya g8i9olokkkjh&vcvcfyuu fr

الله يرحمه و يغفرله و يسكنه الفردوس الاعلى

Ali was just too Great for this journey man boxer 🏆🥊🥊

@fireballxl-5748

Жыл бұрын

Zora was no "journey man" boxer. Read the comments above.

@masterj4777

Жыл бұрын

@@fireballxl-5748 I've read them and I tried not to laugh! People can't except facts he was a journeyman like a lot of others that only got saying because of Ali's name!! Goodbye 👋👋👋👋

That knockout punch looked just like the punch that knocked out George Foreman.

@MrMarco855

Жыл бұрын

Except the Foreman punch landed.

@4EyedAnimation

Жыл бұрын

@@MrMarco855 hahahahha

@vgr112261

11 ай бұрын

@@MrMarco855the Foley ko punch didn’t land?

@riyadriyad5911

Ай бұрын

​@@MrMarco855bro's neck got twisted for a moment and you're saying it did not land man you haters are foul 😭

I can't remember his name but..... one of Zora Foley's nephews or something came to Hartford, CT. to train for little while. Of course.. they write him up. And the Boxer came to F. Mac Buckley's Nelson-Anderson Memorial Gym at the former Projects location. Marlon Starling part of Mac Stable. Troy and Dale Wortham attended.. Tyrone Booze, Luigi Camputaro, Marcus Starks, Bob Roy fit in. Classic Felix Nance. I see Muhammad Shabazz there at times. Big HVYwt. Harold Rice. (Lost a Decision to James Broad April 2, 1982 & Mitch Green stopped him in 1980)."Will Kill" Williams attended. And me and Alan Hunt. I am 156 Al 165. Hunt a former Marine Boxer. Remember one day myself, Foley and Marl. Starling shared dressing quarters. Of course.. it was Starling who went on to be 'star'. Booze too wins world (190lb). Troy lost Decison 10 r. Vs Mark Breland pre Starling-Breland. And Troy later rose to No-8 world contender at 154lbs. The nephew of Zora didn't do a lot with his career must of stopped pressing it. But being even related to Zora Foley with his "whole career" it brought the man into the spotlight.

I wish these were not shot in digital at the time but on film so we can see the 8k Quality today.

Legend ali is a beautiful boxer ❤and entertainer❤

the foley guy took a dive

@vgr112261

11 ай бұрын

What would his motivation have been to “take a dive” when fighting for the title?

@rorybrewster292

7 ай бұрын

Nonsense 😮😮

This was vintage Ali,at his best-the young,lean,quick Ali,and he wasnt even in his prime yet...That was robbed from him shortly after this fight,those precious years,from 1967-70 S1a1

Ali always mentioned Foley as respected top tier fighter 💯

Ali.....still not at the peak of his powers here....those years were taken from him......

Lo mejor que existió en el boxeo mujame Ali casius Marcelo. Clay

The biggest danger ALi had was tripping over that Cameraman who was well inside the ring. How was that allowed?

@EarthSurferUSA

Жыл бұрын

Nobody complained, until you 55 years later. :)

@Sidiqi

Жыл бұрын

@@EarthSurferUSA ahead of my time, I presume 😎

Zora Folley was waaaaaaay past his best when he got his title shot. This is 4 years AFTER Doug Jones knocked him out. Folley was tailor-made for Ali: Stationary, shorter, shorter reach, 35 years old. He’d also been KO’d 5 times previously. Ali was the Jim Brown of boxing: A physical freak ahead of his time.

@chequeestrada7830

Жыл бұрын

Up

All the speed and style that the draft nonsense took away from him.

Everybody got up for ali but ali didnt get up for everybody

Ali retain the crown as HWC of the World, great the best boxer, congrats....

Io ero presente all’incontro ed ho filmato tre bobine super 8 mm sono sicuro che l’incontro è terminato alla 6-sesta ripresa non alla settimana come nel servizio,poi sono salito sul ring,ed ho filmato ALI mentre era intervistato dalla TV Svizzera del Canton Ticino.Conservo ancora le immagini trasferite dalla pellicola Super 8 mm su CD anche se un po’ deteriorate dal processo di trasferimento.Ripresa effettuata da Pier Luigi Catani tecnico del condizionamento della T/N MICHELANGELO in sosta quel giorno al PIER 90 sul fiume Hudson nel porto di NEW YORK distante circa due Km dal vecchio Madison .Cordialmente P.L.Catani

محمد علي بطل شرف الأمة الاسلامية جمعاء .رحمه الله وأسكنه فسيح جنانه .الله أكبر على هذا البطل .

What honor!! Mr Joe Louis !!👏👏👏👏👏👏

What happened to Folley eventually happened to Ali. It's inevitable. Youth will be served.

Love u Mohammed ali

Ali,the greatest fought everyone around back then.Folley,Patterson,Cleveland Williams were way past prime.Liston of 58,59,in prime years would have gave Ali much tougher fight.

We did not detemine if this fight lasted for how many round but, folley missed the canvas for round 4 unbelievable still young to have that a free shot.

ALÍ ERA LO MAXIMO INTELIGENTE Y ASTUTO EL MEJOR QUÉ HE VISTO. EDDIE LA GUAIRA, VZLA.

It's pretty hard to beat a guy who's not only way faster and more skilled than you are, but also considerably bigger.

@MrMarco855

Жыл бұрын

Particularly when the fight is fixed.

Lenox WHO?; you had a better chance in Vietnam with a bb gun than against Ali

Ali, the greatest for many reasons, one is after the fight is over.

ALI PAID FOR HIS FUNERAL ....HE LOVED THIS GUY

Ali's last fight for 1,314 days, when his stupid country robbed him of his physical and professional prime. The fights he missed; the fights we fans were deprived of. Shameful. Unforgivable.

@dukeford8893

9 ай бұрын

He was his own worst enemy. Breaking the law is usually not a great idea. They never would have sent him to Vietnam anyway; he would have served his two year enlistment handing out basketballs at the post gym.

Ali with the fast right hand.

Joe Luis fue un gran admirador de Mohamed Ali hasta que su salud se lo permitio, siempre estuvo a su lado en sus grandes peleas.

Foley looked like a real smooth boxer

A fixed fight if ever I saw one.

@goinbananas1054

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I thought the same thing, no one tried anything and Zora went down too easily, acted like he was out cold then jumps up lol, but Ali certainly didn't do anything and barely had to do anything to end it

@MrMarco855

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for knowing what you're watching. Most don't.

@Guns359

2 ай бұрын

Buffoon spotted.....

Stylistically this is very similar to how Ali vs Joe Louis would’ve looked

Not just the most skilled ,but the only skilled

a lot of 'fans' say this version of Ali would have mopped the floor with Frazier......Frazier would have walked right through this version. Even Ali said that he wasn't strong enough here to deal with Joe.

@arnoldmagqaza7860

11 ай бұрын

He would stick and move better than he did. The reason he lost the first fight is because he tried to do alot of things he couldn't do because of the exile.

@arnoldmagqaza7860

11 ай бұрын

The exile effected his timing and stamina that would of been there in in 1968 should he of fought Fraizer.

@blite13

11 ай бұрын

@@arnoldmagqaza7860 ALI SAID IT HIMSELF......

@arnoldmagqaza7860

11 ай бұрын

@blite13 He still would of won based on the second fight when he got his rhythm back.

@blite13

11 ай бұрын

@@arnoldmagqaza7860 Nahhhh, LIKE ALI SAID, Joe would have walked through him. Joe wasn't the same fighter in their 2nd fight, he had been thrashed by Foreman and a very tough fight with Bugner. If you can't see the difference between both fighters after their 1st fight....both were never the same. Joe, in their 1st fight, would have probably beaten every HW in history, except for George. Ali was interviewed the next day and he was asked if he would have beaten Joe when he was younger....Ali said no, he said he didn't have the strength back then to handle Joe....so....dream on.

I have only watched modern day Heavyweights. Why do these guys look in such good condition? And how did they manage to throw so many punches?

@donaldbartholomew209

Жыл бұрын

Watch the fight between Ali and Cleveland Big Cat Williams if you want to see superhuman speed and super human reflexes

@chrisjenkinson7059

Жыл бұрын

@@donaldbartholomew209 I will thanks. I am still reeling from Hrgovic v that old Chinese fellow a few months back. I shudder to think what Mr. Ali would have done to these two.

@miraclemeditations3919

Жыл бұрын

The seventies were the Golden Era of Heavyweight boxing. This here is 1967; if Ali hadn't lost almost four years, the seventies wouldn't have been so great as Ali would have just beat Frazier and Foreman easily. Today's big, plodding heavyweights are a bore to watch.

All of Ali opponents were good or great but Ali was the greatest player ever

It's a deceptive fight in that Ali knew that Folley was past his peak and that he would beat him. Zora should have had his title shot about 8 years earlier but Floyd ducked him. Getting back to Ali, how many title defences would he have had, had he not been banned for 3 and a half years ?

Muhamad Ali 👍👍

To me, it looked to me like Foley was telegraphing some of his punches.

@MrMarco855

Жыл бұрын

It was fixed.

@captain007x

Жыл бұрын

@@MrMarco855 Ali didn't need fights to be fixed. His record stands alone.

@MrMarco855

Жыл бұрын

@@captain007x As silly a statement as I've ever heard. If the mob intervened and fixed a fight, Ali would have nothing to say about it. The mob doesn't care if Ali was a good fighter, they want guaranteed money. Ali would have been knocked out by Liston early if the fight was real. He was still a green kid, he had no chance against Liston. Ali's managers wouldn't put him in with Eddie Machen at that time in his career, if you notice he never fought Machen. They feared that Machen was too strong and too experienced, yet they had no fear of putting Ali in with Liston? They only put him in the same ring with Liston because it was fixed. It would have been irresponsible to put 22 year old Ali in the Liston, it could have, and would have messed up his career. Shed your man-crush on Ali and see things for what they are.

@miraclemeditations3919

Жыл бұрын

@@MrMarco855 This comment is just as ignorant as your last. You're blind if you can't see that Muhammad Ali is the greatest fighter that ever lived. I bet you voted for Trump twice! I won't comment anymore; good riddance.

Foley was a courageous & powerful puncher; very stable. Ali's footwork was most impressive. Those punches that downed Foley twice were the first real evidence for me that Ali packs power behind what appears as fancy punches🎉😂

@RS-kz3gj

4 ай бұрын

Ali knows wer the sweet spot is.Thats how he got foreman..He fought a very intelligent fight in this fight.the other guy had a dangerous rt hand put after he got tired he became a setting duck

LOL So many do not appreciate the power Ali could put into his fast short punches. It was the diminishment of that speed that three years in prison cost Ali, which put him in range of other fighters in his later career.

@dukeford8893

9 ай бұрын

Ali never went to prison.

@slik00silk84

9 ай бұрын

@@dukeford8893You are right.....my mistake. It was another example of the crap that was a result of the Vietnam war bullshit.

Who just lays there like he's sleeping 😅

Ali was and is the greatest ever

Aliiii era invencible es su mejor epoca el mas rapido i guapo el mas grandeeeee

he took a dive

@trinihammer

Жыл бұрын

take a dive for only 80,000 dollars ? you got to be kidding me. all folley got was 80 grand while Ali picked up 250,000 dollars. that was no fixed fight.

@charlesbright8061

Жыл бұрын

He sure did.

@trinihammer

Жыл бұрын

@@charlesbright8061 no chance. them white boys would rather you have sex with their wife than pay anyone to take a dive so as to make Ali look good. in 1960s USA 80% of white people hated Ali he was seen as a traitor and a coward for not going to viet nam plus they thought he was too boastful and arrogant for a N.......R. it was more the other way around they wanted to pay Ali to take a dive so as not to let a draft dodger be heavyweight champion of the world.

@truthhitman7473

Жыл бұрын

​@@charlesbright8061 RUBBISH 😆 Muhammad Ali was too good for everyone. Get it right.

@charlesbright8061

Жыл бұрын

@Truth Hitman Alis accomplishments speak for themselves. The fight game is dirty. A dive means the guy goes down when he is supposed to. It had nothing to do with Alis performance or ability. If you can't see or understand this then that's your problem or not.

I very like Ali.

I see Don Dunphy put lots of work in throughout the years!!

Funny...I've never seen this fight. Boxing historians and Ali biographers often frame this fight as Ali at the peak of his powers just before he was stripped of his title. To me, Ali doesn't look all that impressive here. Folley was able to hit him pretty easily and if it weren't for Zora being knocked loopy twice from 2 pretty benign looking straight right hands, it might have been a very interesting fight had it gone longer. From the descriptions I've read, I expected to see an Ali who was blisteringly fast, powerful and unhittable. He doesn't look anything like that here against this 34 year old trial horse. Legends grow with time...fortunately there's a film where we can judge for ourselves. Larry Holmes has always said "Ali is a great man...but as a boxer he's overrated". Maybe he has a point.

@jamesbarbour8400

Жыл бұрын

You make a good point, I was thinking pretty much the same. This fight was a lot different to the one he had against Cleveland' big cat 'Williams the previous year - that's when I think he gave his best performance ever. It was however a complete travesty how they treated him because of his refusal to go to Vietnam - absolutely disgusting !

@jamesbarbour8400

Жыл бұрын

Well Larry Holmes would say that - he only got involved with him in the latter part of his career. Before he actually got in the ring with Ali for a proper fight, he was previously a sparring partner for him. I'd like Holmes to make the same remarks to Alis' face in his prime !

@nixon9346

Жыл бұрын

Holmes beat up a guy with parkinson

@armplanet7524

Жыл бұрын

@@nixon9346 yeah we know

@MrCrystalcranium

Жыл бұрын

@@nixon9346 Holmes did not state his evaluation of Ali's boxing skills based on their 1980 fight. He knew as well as anyone that fight should not have been made. The third Norton fight in Yankee Stadium was the beginning of the third phase of Ali's career. The great Ali, who had amazingly regained the title from Foreman, who outlasted Frazier when he wanted to quit in the suffocating heat and humidity of Manila, was gone. The unrivaled speed, pinpoint punching and newly found power, a byproduct of his slowing movement, was nowhere to be found that strange night in New York. Ali's mind knew what to do but, for the first time, his body betrayed him. His greatness was gone and would never return. From then on, he won with smoke and mirrors, and the power and persuasion of his reputation conning judges and his opponents with ineffective flurries during the final seconds of a round as his most prevalent tactic. When he retired in 1978 after regaining his title for the third time, he was completely shot. Anyone could see that. The comeback against Holmes was a travesty but as the fight approached, the PR machine rolling spinning stories about his sub 220 pound weight and his regained youthful appearance, (courtesy of some hair dye), even Sports Illustrated writer William Nack began to believe Ali might just do it. His piece a week before the fight was titled "Better Not Sell the Old Man Short". Of course, he was destroyed by Holmes in a fight that was so painful to watch. Still, his mythic status got him one last fight with Berbick in the Caribbean. That more than anything else should tell you how powerful his reputation was. The great boxer had been gone for 5 years and he still could get a fight sanctioned, albeit not in the US.

Why did the announcer say from Houston tx when announcing Ali?

So Far By Round 4, I Find Foley With The Courage Of A Raging Lion. 🦁'He's GOT What It Takes, But Just Not Enough To Take Ali Out For The Count!🌠

Amazing Ali 🥊

Un jour George Foreman on lui a posé cette question sur le noble art ( la boxe) alors il a répondu ya Mohamed Ali le noble art et puis la boxe par classement.

Legend

@briancollins1579

8 жыл бұрын

+Ibraar Ali like the Beatles..somewhat hyped up and overrated...rather bland fight...

@austinoldfield5251

4 жыл бұрын

Brian Collins you probably don’t even no how to wrap your own hands

@annmarieclarke9107

4 жыл бұрын

@@briancollins1579 still bitter to the gut after all these years.

@danielsalinas6683

4 жыл бұрын

Folley was past his prime here. Ten years earlier, he wouldve fucked Clay up.

@danielsalinas6683

4 жыл бұрын

@@annmarieclarke9107 Fuck Cassius Clay

I like these speakers, they say Ali or challenger.