[EmpireWF]

From ESPN.com

Was Muhammad Ali's "rope-a-dope' strategy the only dope involved in the "Rumble in the Jungle?"

George Foreman isn't so sure.

In his recently-published memoirs, "God in My Corner," Foreman says he was drugged just before the Oct. 30, 1974 title fight in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo -- then known as Zaire.

Foreman, then the world heavyweight champion, was a heavy favorite to beat Ali, the former champion. But Ali deflected or absorbed Foreman's punches as he leaned against the ropes, allowing Foreman to tire himself out in the tropical heat. He knocked Foreman out in the eighth round for the title.

But Foreman, now 58, says something else tired him. In his memoirs he says before the fight, his trainer gave him something to drink that tasted like medicine

"I almost spit it out ... [I told my trainer] 'Man, I know this water has medicine in it,'" Foreman wrote. "I climbed into the ring with that medicinal taste still lingering in my mouth."

"After the third round, I was as tired as if I had fought 15 rounds. What's going on here? Did someone slip a drug in my water?" he wrote.

Pretty substantial stuff, but why is he first coming out with this now, over 30 years later?

Still doesn't take away from the amazing Ali victory though.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by EmpireWF

From ESPN.com



Pretty substantial stuff, but why is he first coming out with this now, over 30 years later?

Still doesn't take away from the amazing Ali victory though.

Hogwash...I like George...but it was a terribly hot day in Zaire and he came out swings for rounds at a time...the ropes played in Ali's favor and he punched himself out in record time...another time, another place...different outcome...but in Zaire in 1974, Ali got the best of him, to say it any different is classless...

[legend]

I have heard this before from Foreman so it's not new. He has a book to sell guys, and this will help. And as crooked as boxing was then and still is, is it beyond the realm of possibility? if we can believe everything we are told about steroids as gospel, why not this?

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by legend

I have heard this before from Foreman so it's not new. He has a book to sell guys, and this will help. And as crooked as boxing was then and still is, is it beyond the realm of possibility? if we can believe everything we are told about steroids as gospel, why not this?

Because Foreman who held a grudge and hated Ali for a few years afterwards (though not now) would have taken issue with it

[bluballs]

Ya George is 100% salesman

[MJHMarc]

What now? It's a bit late.

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Is this his way of admitting to steroids ???