I was about 12 years old when the "rumble in the jungle" took place, it wasn't just a war in the ring it was 6 months of trash talking crazy stuff! I remember being totally amazed at these to fools and the back and forth smackdowns. At first Foreman didn't even want to fight him because if he won he was afraid they would just say he "beat up an old guy", if he lost it would be "he couldn't beat an old guy". That all changed with the $5 million purse though.
I actually thought Foreman would kick his arse after destroying his last 10-15 opponents including Frazier and Norton. As usual I and probably many other fight fans were again proved wrong by the freak of nature Ali.