So true, he knew nothing. A good interview he does with Duran after the first Duran v Leonard fight he is so biased. You can find it on RUclips it’s actually funny.
Cosell seems to hate Ali. Ali completely dominated Foster, but all Cosell can do is put The Greatest down and get excited when Foster lands one isolated blow. F you, Cosell.
@@dr797-w2b in his last interview cosell was crying talking about ali. And he says he loves Ali. And literally died couple months later and he also died cuz of Parkinson they both die cuz of Parkinson but Howard lost very early to Parkinson and all fought it for about 24 years
This is Ali making his long comeback after being prohibited from fighting for 3.5 years, and then losing to Frazier on March 8th, 1971. Many people don't realize it, but Ali fought fourteen times before he was given a shot at the champion George Foreman. Fighting Norton twice, and Frazier a second time before defeating Foreman with his inspired "Rope-a- Dope," tactic. And of course the obnoxious and relentless critic of Ali, Howard Cossell, who never fails to point out how the second Ali is an inferior fighter to the first Ali, and almost never mentioning the fact that he hadn't fought for over 3&1/2 years, the prime years for any athlete. For Ali to make the comeback he did is nothing short of SuperHuman! Muhammad Ali is the greatest athlete of the 20th Century.
You're pointing out something that everyone on earth is aware of. Also, Howard Cossell is one of the greats in his own right. One of the greatest and most recognized voices in the history of boxing and football. He had a ton of respect for Ali and the causes he fought for, which is why he retired after Larry Holmes punished Tex Cobb for an entire fight that should have been stopped
Cossel was not anti Ali. His admiration of him was unmistakable throughout his commentaries. I think you must have been.listening to broadcasts from a parallel universe.
Uh, what? Watch Ali-Frazier 2. Ali spends the majority of the fight doing probably everything you hate. Crowding, grabbing, wrestling, smothering. Anything but actually fighting clean. Ali fought how he felt was best for each opponent. But make no mistake he had zero issue fighting an ugly spoiling type of fight if he felt that’s what was necessary. And this isn’t a knock on him. He’s THE greatest. Because he (almost) always found a way to win. The closest to a loss in his prime he had was his first fight with Norton. He’d shaken off the ring rust by then - he was still rusty from his exile when he lost to Frazer in their first fight. And know how Norton beat him? Norton noticed a tell on Ali that nobody else had - every time he went to throw a jab against Norton, his left pec would twitch before his arm moved. So Norton spent the entire fight with his eyes fixed on Ali’s left pec, so every time Ali tried to jab, he could interrupt it.
ANd past his prime. I saw this fight and knew it was time for ali to RETIRE. Mike Tyson of 1988 ,the same tyson vs holmes and spinks would KILL this ALi, KIll him.
@@BobBenson-qz8lp kill, no. Knock out? Absolutely. Holmes went 75 fights, only stopped ONCE. By Tyson in his prime. That version of Tyson would be an odds on favorite to take out just about anyone. Maybe ‘67 Ali or ‘00 Lennox Lewis might have a shot, but that’s about it.
@@TechnoLawyer Well, I was being facetious with the kill comment. Even a KO mike Tyson may not get but I would LOVE to see a fight between Mike Tyson of Spinks night vs Ali of cleveland Williams night. Let's see how Ali handles a joe frazier style who has foreman like power!!!!!! ANd perhaps Mike TYson of 1988 was faster than Joe. I watched the ai fight with Karl Mildenberger, brian london, Cooper, These guys are minute steaks for Mike Tyson of 1988, You remember how fucking fast and relentless Tyson was back then. fought every 3 months LIVED in the gym. Had an amazing bobbing and weaving defense, I never saw him really hit ,except Tony Tucker uppercut and that didn't even bother mike..pre 1989,., I see tyson wiping ali out the way he did with larry holmes, same fashion. If Ali ever played rope a dope with Mike tyson of 1988, then the killing of ali might happen in that scenario.
@@TechnoLawyer Have you watched and analyzed ali vs Zora Foley? Foley is a minute steak for iron mike tyson of 1988, He would knock foley out in ONE ROUND. Ali struggled with foley and that KO shot was funky. Put youtube in slower version and look at that shot. It seemed to graze foley's nose or something. And foley acted as if he was slept by that shot, only to bounce right up like nothing happened, and then act all wigly legged. I think it was fixed. WHo was in their primes that ali fought from 64-67? who was also a top tiered guy, even someone equal to a tony tucker, as an example, NONE of them. Cleveland williams was a straight up robot. even Bonecrusher smith, the way smith knocked out tim witherspoon, I would put my money on SMith to beat that Williams ali fought in 66.
Foster didn't look hurt, just tired. He kept getting up just fine. Back in '72 they wouldn't stop it unless he was getting hurt, which he wasn't. Mills Lane wasn't yet the referee that he would become by the 80's, but he had control of the fight, for the most part. A couple decades later they would make sure the 3 knockdown rule was in effect to keep guys from getting hurt, but it wasn't in place here.
NO ONCE FOSTER BEAT THE CLOCK BUT HONESTLY HE FOUGHT BACK HE DIDNT EVEN RUN AWAY DEEP DOWN HIS HANDS SHOULD HAVE BEEN UP JUST LIKE KEN NORTON FOSTER COULD FIGHT TRUST ME
@@martinhill2583 foster was tired he clearly said After very long time. And plus tall are stupid kids. Guess where that fight happen you would also wanna quit.
@@martinhill2583 And watch how first punch already made foster disoriented even if he didn't hit him the second punch he would already be ko'd wear glasses lil boy.
He's trying to hype up a fight that was clearly one sided. That is why he kept coming back to the cut, and the lack of power in the constant jab. Tryna make mountains out of mole hills😂
ALi proved Mike TYson of rooney trained year 1988, and if Cus D'amato didnt die, would be too fast for Ali after Ali of 1967, Frazier kicked alis butt in 71 and ali had two tough tuneups before frazier. Ali was a little overrated. Ring Magazine in 1974 had ALi number 10 on the list of top heavyweights . It was his KO of foreman that made people believe he was the greatest. Foreman and Liston were beatable even with their godzilla power. Ali lost to fraizer, lost TWICE to norton, I was there, Ali lost the rematch with Norton as well, Norton landed the bigger shots. ALi struggled with Zora Foley and that clipping temple shot he KO'd Foley with, was a grazing shot, I wonder if that fight was fixed. Look at it again. yOU really think it would have bothered holmes lewis or Mike Tyson of 1988??? They would laugh at that shot.,ALi couldn't really do much with robotic slow Ernie Terrell. Even Marciano and Louis kept saying Ali was a member of the BUM of the month club opponents after Liston ,who was approaching 40 by the time he fought Ali. I believe Prime evander Holyfield would beat Sonny Liston prime. He would be too quick for liston.
There was an interview of Bob Foster in RUclips but I believe it's taken down now. But what Bob said in the interview was that he asked Ali if Ali could get him a match with big money if not a tidy sum. That is how this match came to be Not only Bob but Ken Norton said similar thing about Ali Not just a great athlete but a great Human as well 🎉🎉
Bob Foster was a great boxer who seldom got the credit he deserved because he unwisely ventured into the Heavyweight division/ he simply didn't have the size to compete with them !!!
My only knock on Ali is that he rarely or ever punched his opponents to the body. I think if he would have added that to his attack, he would have been even more difficult to deal with.
As usual, Cosell doesn't know what he's watching half the time
So true, he knew nothing. A good interview he does with Duran after the first Duran v Leonard fight he is so biased. You can find it on RUclips it’s actually funny.
Cosell seems to hate Ali. Ali completely dominated Foster, but all Cosell can do is put The Greatest down and get excited when Foster lands one isolated blow. F you, Cosell.
Indubidubly 🙂
@@dr797-w2b in his last interview cosell was crying talking about ali. And he says he loves Ali. And literally died couple months later and he also died cuz of Parkinson they both die cuz of Parkinson but Howard lost very early to Parkinson and all fought it for about 24 years
How did Howard Cosell ever get his job. He was terrible.
This is Ali making his long comeback after being prohibited from fighting for 3.5 years, and then losing to Frazier on March 8th, 1971. Many people don't realize it, but Ali fought fourteen times before he was given a shot at the champion George Foreman. Fighting Norton twice, and Frazier a second time before defeating Foreman with his inspired "Rope-a- Dope," tactic. And of course the obnoxious and relentless critic of Ali, Howard Cossell, who never fails to point out how the second Ali is an inferior fighter to the first Ali, and almost never mentioning the fact that he hadn't fought for over 3&1/2 years, the prime years for any athlete. For Ali to make the comeback he did is nothing short of SuperHuman! Muhammad Ali is the greatest athlete of the 20th Century.
You're pointing out something that everyone on earth is aware of. Also, Howard Cossell is one of the greats in his own right. One of the greatest and most recognized voices in the history of boxing and football. He had a ton of respect for Ali and the causes he fought for, which is why he retired after Larry Holmes punished Tex Cobb for an entire fight that should have been stopped
Ali made the choice not fight.
George Foreman GOAT. 💪💪😎
Cossel was not anti Ali. His admiration of him was unmistakable throughout his commentaries.
I think you must have been.listening to broadcasts from a parallel universe.
@@maximus1530 Not even in the top 10.
Ali kept his range at all times. He didn't crowd an opponent ever. Total composure. Smart fighter.
Uh, what?
Watch Ali-Frazier 2. Ali spends the majority of the fight doing probably everything you hate. Crowding, grabbing, wrestling, smothering. Anything but actually fighting clean.
Ali fought how he felt was best for each opponent. But make no mistake he had zero issue fighting an ugly spoiling type of fight if he felt that’s what was necessary.
And this isn’t a knock on him. He’s THE greatest. Because he (almost) always found a way to win.
The closest to a loss in his prime he had was his first fight with Norton. He’d shaken off the ring rust by then - he was still rusty from his exile when he lost to Frazer in their first fight. And know how Norton beat him? Norton noticed a tell on Ali that nobody else had - every time he went to throw a jab against Norton, his left pec would twitch before his arm moved. So Norton spent the entire fight with his eyes fixed on Ali’s left pec, so every time Ali tried to jab, he could interrupt it.
ANd past his prime. I saw this fight and knew it was time for ali to RETIRE. Mike Tyson of 1988 ,the same tyson vs holmes and spinks would KILL this ALi, KIll him.
@@BobBenson-qz8lp kill, no. Knock out? Absolutely.
Holmes went 75 fights, only stopped ONCE. By Tyson in his prime. That version of Tyson would be an odds on favorite to take out just about anyone. Maybe ‘67 Ali or ‘00 Lennox Lewis might have a shot, but that’s about it.
@@TechnoLawyer Well, I was being facetious with the kill comment. Even a KO mike Tyson may not get but I would LOVE to see a fight between Mike Tyson of Spinks night vs Ali of cleveland Williams night. Let's see how Ali handles a joe frazier style who has foreman like power!!!!!! ANd perhaps Mike TYson of 1988 was faster than Joe. I watched the ai fight with Karl Mildenberger, brian london, Cooper, These guys are minute steaks for Mike Tyson of 1988, You remember how fucking fast and relentless Tyson was back then. fought every 3 months LIVED in the gym. Had an amazing bobbing and weaving defense, I never saw him really hit ,except Tony Tucker uppercut and that didn't even bother mike..pre 1989,., I see tyson wiping ali out the way he did with larry holmes, same fashion. If Ali ever played rope a dope with Mike tyson of 1988, then the killing of ali might happen in that scenario.
@@TechnoLawyer Have you watched and analyzed ali vs Zora Foley? Foley is a minute steak for iron mike tyson of 1988, He would knock foley out in ONE ROUND. Ali struggled with foley and that KO shot was funky. Put youtube in slower version and look at that shot. It seemed to graze foley's nose or something. And foley acted as if he was slept by that shot, only to bounce right up like nothing happened, and then act all wigly legged. I think it was fixed. WHo was in their primes that ali fought from 64-67? who was also a top tiered guy, even someone equal to a tony tucker, as an example, NONE of them. Cleveland williams was a straight up robot. even Bonecrusher smith, the way smith knocked out tim witherspoon, I would put my money on SMith to beat that Williams ali fought in 66.
Alis left hand was on full display against foster..
Foster was a great light heavy weight but not a heavy weight
Exactly, he got owned by Ali and Frazier, but that isn’t disrespectful to Foster he did earn them fights.
Never like the way Foster fought Ali! Was this fight an exhibition?
One of the very few fights in his career Ali fought to deliberately injure or kill an opponent!!!
I agree.
@moseskpakor7427 ali seemed to barely hit him and he collapsed over out of exhaustion
Foster had a simple problem at heavyweight: he could not carry his punch up to that division, and he could not take a punch from a heavyweight.
Bob Foster looks tiny in comparison to Ali.
Is this guy a heavyweight..he looks soo tiny
@@masibam7752 He was a great Light heavyweight champion who also competed at heavyweight
Ali was still untouched at this time. Sharp as a tac. He was twice as big and twice as fast as Foster.
foster should have added muscle before the fight. Ali looks so much bigger.
If he fought 20 yrs later h could of taken what Holyfield took
Not easy when you're mainly a LHW naturally.
Ref should have called it off earlier
Foster didn't look hurt, just tired. He kept getting up just fine. Back in '72 they wouldn't stop it unless he was getting hurt, which he wasn't. Mills Lane wasn't yet the referee that he would become by the 80's, but he had control of the fight, for the most part. A couple decades later they would make sure the 3 knockdown rule was in effect to keep guys from getting hurt, but it wasn't in place here.
NO ONCE FOSTER BEAT THE CLOCK BUT HONESTLY HE FOUGHT BACK HE DIDNT EVEN RUN AWAY DEEP DOWN HIS HANDS SHOULD HAVE BEEN UP JUST LIKE KEN NORTON FOSTER COULD FIGHT TRUST ME
The last right hand punch by Ali didn't even land & Foster went down. Looks like he's weary & didn't want to continue any more.
No contact & he fell yea
@@MikeJaye-su3jl I agree totally. A slow motion view would have exposed "the phantom" punch
@@martinhill2583 foster was tired he clearly said After very long time. And plus tall are stupid kids. Guess where that fight happen you would also wanna quit.
@@martinhill2583 And watch how first punch already made foster disoriented even if he didn't hit him the second punch he would already be ko'd wear glasses lil boy.
@@martinhill2583 woho guess what slow down the part where Ali hits him with the phantom punch you'll see it
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Maçın hakemi Tysonın Holyfieldın kulağını ısırdığı maçtaki Mills Lane 😮
around 6:42 its a right cross that sends Bob, to the canvass, not what followed, that 1/2 paused left to the chest - get it straight Howard ,
Weak play by play by Cosell. Young Mills Lane. No talk of foster's swollen face. Now days fight would be stopped.
He's trying to hype up a fight that was clearly one sided. That is why he kept coming back to the cut, and the lack of power in the constant jab. Tryna make mountains out of mole hills😂
Wasn't it customary to clinch back then? Muhammad Ali is just kidding...
Bod Foster was a 175 pound Light Heavyweight, Ali was a 220 pound Heavyweight.
Same Usyk and Fury different between them was more than 40 pound, but still Usyk smashed Fury.
ALi proved Mike TYson of rooney trained year 1988, and if Cus D'amato didnt die, would be too fast for Ali after Ali of 1967, Frazier kicked alis butt in 71 and ali had two tough tuneups before frazier. Ali was a little overrated. Ring Magazine in 1974 had ALi number 10 on the list of top heavyweights . It was his KO of foreman that made people believe he was the greatest. Foreman and Liston were beatable even with their godzilla power. Ali lost to fraizer, lost TWICE to norton, I was there, Ali lost the rematch with Norton as well, Norton landed the bigger shots. ALi struggled with Zora Foley and that clipping temple shot he KO'd Foley with, was a grazing shot, I wonder if that fight was fixed. Look at it again. yOU really think it would have bothered holmes lewis or Mike Tyson of 1988??? They would laugh at that shot.,ALi couldn't really do much with robotic slow Ernie Terrell. Even Marciano and Louis kept saying Ali was a member of the BUM of the month club opponents after Liston ,who was approaching 40 by the time he fought Ali. I believe Prime evander Holyfield would beat Sonny Liston prime. He would be too quick for liston.
The older Mills Lane would've stopped the fight rather than let him get knocked down 16 times. But that was boxing then.
The last punch was another "phantom punch" from Ali, missed by a mile 😂
Foster was half Ali's weight for Christ sake
Legend! RIP!❤
Never ever seen Ali cut before.
The only time
That last punch didnt even land😂
Foster really tired and he down so that is why
There was an interview of Bob Foster in RUclips but I believe it's taken down now. But what Bob said in the interview was that he asked Ali if Ali could get him a match with big money if not a tidy sum. That is how this match came to be
Not only Bob but Ken Norton said similar thing about Ali
Not just a great athlete but a great Human as well 🎉🎉
Look,the last punch didn't have to land,foster anticipated it would so he just prepared to fall😮
He got clipped
*21.11.1972*
....e FOSTER,non era facile da affrontare....
Come on Ali😮😮, you pretend to be better than Marciano and Jack Dempsey, and you’re fighting light weights may God bless your soul anyway
Bob Foster was a great boxer who seldom got the credit he deserved because he unwisely ventured into the Heavyweight division/ he simply didn't have the size to compete with them !!!
Where did they find such a goon, Foster? Today he would be shallow even for a light heavyweight.
Heavyweght Ali vs. Light Heavyweight Foster, Ali has advantage, a mismatch to me.
My only knock on Ali is that he rarely or ever punched his opponents to the body. I think if he would have added that to his attack, he would have been even more difficult to deal with.
Ail Bomaye ☝️Ail Bomaye 💪
Somehow you spelled Ali wrong
Foster landed the same amount of punches he was knocked out
Some corner. Let their man get knocked down eight times.
I doubt the other dude was a heavy weigh boxer....
ali pretending to stumble is so damn funny.
Foster era muy pequeño para peso completo
So many pounds of difference. As if a welterweight fights a middleweight, null and void.
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Muhammed Ali is a champion
Voice like Liberace... ^^
Foster the sheriff