Purple Television
[March 17 2014] : Television
Ari Marcopuolos’ purple Television Takeover Day 3 / George Foreman vs Muhammad Ali (1974) by Classic Fight
“This is the complete fight between George Foreman and Muhammed Ali. This is an amazing fight to watch. The best would be to read Norman Mailer’s book The Fight before watching this. I read the book in 2 days and then decided to watch the fight again. There are amazing documentaries of this fight too, I particularly like the one done by photographer William Klein. But the straight up TV footage is a great dramatic watch.” Ari Marcopoulos
In this fight George Foreman defends the Heavyweight Championship of the World for the third time against former Champion, Muhammad Ali. Ali at 32, had been given little chance against the fearsome fighter who had knocked out both Frazier and Norton, whom both had beaten Ali in the past, in 2 rounds. The fight took place in Kinshasa, Zaïre (todays Congo), and was put together by promotor Don King. This is considered by many as the most significent fight of Muhammad Ali’s career.
