The Rumble In The Jungle Explained - Ali vs Foreman | Fight Breakdown |

the rumble in the jungle is one of the most iconic and exciting fights of all time and it ended with arguably the greatest knockout ever captured on film after eight brutal rounds all he came off the ropes and hit Foreman with a lightning-fast combination that sent him tumbling towards the ground instead of throwing follow-up punches all he stared form and down as he seemed to fall in slow motion towards the floor no one at the time had given all me much of a chance despite all of his talent and experience this was mostly because of Foreman's immense power big George had walked through almost every competitor he had ever faced with his longest fight being an epic slugfest with Ron Lyle that lasted just five rounds only knew he couldn't mount muscle for him if he wanted to win he had to outsmart him Foreman's style was built upon controlling his opponents arms to set up his punches he would hold his hands far out and pawed his competitors guard who was looking to smother them knock them off balance and pull down their hands and head but from the opening bell all he had a way to turn all Foreman's best tricks against him when Foreman extended his hands to Paulo Dali he created an opening in his guard all he was able to time form it and throw a quick straight punch in between the narrow space when Foreman tried to pull down and trap one of Ali's hands all he simply pulled his hand back he could depend on his incredible head movement to keep him safe while Foreman barely ever moved his head at all without trapping Ali's hand Foreman had only succeeded in opening himself up for attack one of the most effective techniques Foreman used in his many fights was to set up his punches by pushing his upon his head or shoulder this would knock his competitors off balance and give Foreman time to load up on a powerful blow but all he had made a career out of slipping his head past his upon his jab and throwing a cross over their shoulder when Foreman left his arm extended to push it Olli it was the easiest thing in the world for him to treated like a slow jab and throw his right hand over it while oli strategy to use Foreman's wrestling against him was working incredibly well it soon became clear that he had underestimated Foreman's skill of cutting off the ring Foreman was able to repeatedly corner Ollie and land powerful blows at first all he tried his best to get off the ropes with mixed results but then you did something that nobody expected he leaned back on the ropes and began to taunt Foreman daring him to punch harder that he's covering up because he's hurt and boy I went to finish him I threw everything I had one round two round three round he'd cover up again hit me and cover up again and after about the six round I hit him with some good shot he failed on me really and I thought he was giving up and he said George then all you got George showed me something and I realize all those punches were basically a waste all he wasn't just taking punishment she was deflecting blows off of his forearms and elbows using the lacs ropes to slip punches and wrestling Foreman to tire him out almost every time Foreman went to the body Ollie would pull his head down to take away his stability no stability no power still only was taking more damage with each passing round and after about the sixth round I hit him with some good shot he failed on me really but after a brutal rounds all he's planned and paid off Foreman was on unstable footing plotting forward on willpower alone but barely any energy left right now the most time I've ever been in my life I don't understand that fight was gonna go on for another five rounds and so I didn't I don't know if I would have made it anyway let's take a look at the last exchange Foreman opens up his guard to PAH desperate to control all these hands to set up a fight ending punch with a little energy he has left Ollie fires have quick one-two in between his hand foreman has managed to get a hand on all his shoulder but all he pushes for him in a way and jabs to get some distance Foreman probes with his lead hand to try to control all his head but all he slips and pulls form his hand over his shoulder taking a hold of the back of Foreman's head and turning him Foreman is now in a terrible position unable to attack defend or even see his opponent all he hits him with a hard right Foreman throws an uppercut that deflects off of Ali's elbow and again extends his hand to try to gain some control Ali repeats the same sequence used a second ago this time turning Foreman all the way onto the ropes dazed and desperate Foreman again opens his guard to try to clinch and all he dances away attacking was short tight punches all these circles around as he punches keeping Foreman off-balance he connects with an angled whipping hook loaded up from behind his back at this point Foreman has done all he finishes the job with the cross and watches the man the world told him cannot be beat fall to the floor it's one of the greatest knock downs from one of the most epic fights between two of the most skilled fighters to ever enter the ring let us know in the comment section what fights you'd like to see broken down from boxing kickboxing or MMA I'm happy to say I've got two pretty big announcements the first is that I've opened a sub on reddit where you can post and share videos articles and personal posts about techniques and training the sub is simply called fight right and I've left a link below the second announcement is that I'm finishing up a book on how the pros generate power and striking it's advanced techniques boiled down into simple principles and easy to use drills it comes with links to exclusive breakdown videos on the world's greatest knockout artists to help explain each section you can pre-order now and get half off with the link below for the modern martial artist this has been David Christian wishing you happy training you

Channel: The Modern Martial Artist

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Keywords: rumble in the jungle, ali vs foreman, ali knocks out foreman, muhammad ali, george foreman, technique, breakdown, boxing, power in punching, power in striking, modern martial artist, greatest knockout

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Length: 6min 38sec (398 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 11 2017

Reddit Comments

[u/[deleted]]

I think Ali punched him. Not sure though.

[u/Xmeister01]

Just a few minor corrections that don't impede on the value of the content at all, but the Lyle fight was after Ali and iirc Foreman went the 10rd distance with Argentinian boxer Gregorio Peralta, so to say the longest fight Foreman has been in was a 5rd fight with Lyle is wrong.

Once again, it didn't impede the videos main content, but it did raise my eyebrows a few times.

[u/verbsnounsandshit]

That was really interesting. Thanks for posting.

[u/MAGA_MAN1237]

This is one of those fights that I will never be able to wrap my head around, we all saw the absolute beatings foreman took in his return and the insane punishment he took from Holyfield and never went down yet Ali put him down with a couple of pretty average powered punches, the only explanation is he must have been almost dead from exhaustion.. just makes no damn sense, even if he was tired he should have been able to take way more punishment from a relatively pillow handed heavyweight.