@ Simon Lomax - Moorer was a decent fighter, maybe not great but good enough for it to be seen as a massive achievement at that age to beat him. A lot of fighters would have gone down with some of those shots Moorer landed, the man is underrated and doesn't get enough credit, this is a fight he was on his way to winning pretty easy, his own stubborn attitude cost him.
@@Aristotelezz May had been Moorer 'thought' he had felt the power of Foreman until Round 10. One could hear every punch Foreman landed, and surely Moorer felt these. May had been a matter of Moorer not wanting to go on with another two rounds of this.
foreman beat bums, he ducked Tyson because he was warned by the coward in your profile not to fight him and foreman listened to that mediocre idiot and didn't fight Tyson
The Impossible Dream (The Quest) "To dream the impossible dream To fight the unbeatable foe To bear with unbearable sorrow To run where the brave dare not go To right, the un-rightable wrong To love pure and chaste from afar To try when your arms are too weary To reach the unreachable star This is my quest, to follow that star No matter how hopeless, no matter how far To fight for the right without question or pause To be willing to march into hell for a heavenly cause And I know if I'll only be true to this glorious quest That my heart will lie peaceful and calm When I'm laid to rest And the world will be better for this That one man, strong and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To fight the unbeatable foe To reach the unreachable star"
Thank God this is preserved. I can remember my mother (rest in peace) her and I saw this the night it happened. Mike Tyson is my favorite boxer; George Foreman was hers. One of the greatest moments in sports history.
Great story! The two hardest punchers. One has the record for youngest heavyweight champion, the other has the record for oldest heavyweight champion. ✌️❤
George was a smarter fighter in his second career than his first career. And my God, could he take a punch! It's the one thing that really separates him from Mike Tyson, who had a glass jaw post Kevin Rooney.
@@GOPMAN71 Tyson doesn’t have a glass jaw. That’s wrong. In Tyson’s legit losses, he took a lot of shots against bigger men. These are heavyweights, any heavyweight can be knocked out with basically any shot. Tyson took a lot of shots against Douglas, Holyfield, and Lennox. He went past the 7th with those guys. A glass jaw would a guy getting knocked out earlier in fights. Tyson actually can absorb quite a bit of punishment. I was surprised he lasted as long as he did with Lennox. I can’t stand how everyone wants to act like Tyson wasn’t really a great fighter. I was an actual fighter, believe me there have been precious few heavyweights who had Tyson’s ability. Only a handful of heavyweights in the history of the sport could beat Tyson. Actual fighters will tell you the same thing, actual trainers (aside from Teddy, who has a personal gripe) will tell you that Tyson is an all time great heavyweight.
Legends of boxing in Foreman's corner, Angelo Dundee, Archie Moore. Foreman will not be remembered for losing to Ali, but this historic comeback, boxing legend now is George Foreman.
Exactly. Excellent comment. This occurence can bring tears to a grown man's eyes. (With all due respect to Michael Moorer, who is a champion.) Big George, a wondrous human being.
Who would try to degrade George? But @69Mucci I've watched this a bunch, with different commentaries. You are right, Moorer was always ahead but George was consistently hitting heavy shots. Moorer took too many punches, why didn't he move? No love for Teddy Atlas but he was right. But ❤ Big George!
@@alexhubble Foreman claims he was pulling his right hand for all of the fight to make Moorer think his power had gone. Foreman said if he'd shown his full power early on, Moorer would've boxed a lot more cautiously and given him the run around, so he waited to catch him with it late in the fight. Moorer on the other hand basically said that Foreman "got lucky".
Who is watching this fight in 2020, 25 years later? I loved this fight when I saw it live when I was 11 and I love this fight now at 36. Still gets me every single time I watch it!!!! What a fight, what a win for Big George Foreman!!!!
And it's not like he beat someone who was also "over the hill." He beat a young guy in his prime. And he did it when the guy was winning the entire fight. But George never gave up.
Apparently it was because Lampley was told by Foreman how he was going to win, and yet had not prepared any lines in the case Foreman did pull it off, so those were the only words that came out. "It happened" as Foreman said it would.
Jim & Larry wat do u have to say? Now? Eat ur words u were disrespecting George every step of the way & then this happend a moment of mementum magnitude, It was a fairy tail, I mean what do u say to something like this?? Apart from you can "ACHIEVE ANYTHING" & Would have loved to seen the faces of the doubters on Hbo🤣
yup.. who at the time was 35-0 with 30 knockouts. Moorer was no pushover, he had some serious power during his career as well. Couldn't stand up to that devastating Foreman right hand tho, that hand is the thing of nightmares.
Moorer is so gracious in defeat. Everyone loves that GF won (including me) but it is also the worst moment of Moorer's career and he is so composed, no insults or excuses and just says "the best man won". All class.
As I sit here this Father's Day June 21st 20/20 I am reminded of the first time I saw this live. It was my last year in Middle School I remember sitting there with my dad watching this and both of us rooting for big George to make history and he did. I remember my Dad and I cheering loud throughout the house when he won. So I find myself watching this fight again at 40 years old celebrating fathers day with my two sons. Big George is no longer boxing HBO boxing is no more my dad has passed on to the better life and the world we live in today is so crazy. It's a trip how life is and how time fly's by and how changes occur in an instant. Make as many memories as you can make them count like big George made his opportunity count. Happy Father's Day to all the fathers out there.
In an added bonus, it seems the best gets brought out when you are facing insane circumstances. George would have something else to deal with..... Where his parents live, there was a massive flood. 29:03 is the proof of this which is absolutely insane. He had to help relocate them and it was weighing heavily on his mind in this fight in addition to trying to win this fight, in which of course he did and the rest is history.
imagine being 24 years old, absolutely exhausted after every round, and then you look at your 45 yo opponent and he's standing in his corner. That has to destroy a man's confidence. Foreman wasn't human
I hate to look back in hindsight BUT I remember watching the broadcast and for some reason YOU really thought George had a chance that night. For me it was when running out to Sam Cooke's If I Had A Hammer.....it just felt like this might be his night. I gave up hope by the 5th round but then.....it happened LOL
1:08:51 foreman knew all the tricks in the book. Look at the slowmo how he throws the jab and brings it back and hooks Moorer's left guard and pulls it down in order to enable his right hand punch to go in.
1:09:01 you know - you are right - but not only that - Foreman pulls against Moorer's left wrist with his left Jab glove after throwing the jab - and Moorer reflexively resists Foreman, so he is actually pulling Foreman toward him - while Foreman simultaneously throws his right - which double leverages the force - I never saw it from that perspective before.
I love how George made Gil Clancy eat his words. "George isnt a one punch knockout fighter and he has very little chance of beating Moorer." What does George do? He kos Moorer with one punch👊👍
It's true that Foreman was not a one punch killer like Tyson. Foreman hit very hard, maybe even harder than Tyson, but his punches were slower so they had more concussive force but landed less cleanly. I think Clancy was generally right in saying that Foreman "clubs people to death", but just in this instance Foreman landed so clean that Moorer was obliterated.
Tbf he was kind of right. It was the accumulation of right hands that made moorer susceptible to the KO. If foreman would of went for it in the 3 first rounds moorer would have taken it and went on his bike winning a UD.
George also knocked out Gerry Cooney with one punch.it was a beautiful left upper that put Gerry down and out in sections just like when they use dynamite to blow up and flatten old buildings, first the bottom crumbles,than the top part falls down down onto the top portion, that's exactly how George crumbled Gerry Cooney.
Absolutely one of the most beautiful shots thrown in the hwt division. This fight in so many ways is glorious.Big George with one punch became more than anyone before him, or since, he put himself into a category that is very unlikely to be repeated again. This Foreman is like a tank, one way or another he is going to hurt you, and it's really a joke how several of the announcers were claiming Big George did not have his punching power anymore. HELL at his current age of 69 he can knock down a mule. Big George is a credit to this sport, and I.M.O certainly belongs in the top 5 all greatest hwt champs.
He has one of the best records for certain and easily top three hardest punchers of all time.No one will ever take twenty years off and come back for the strap either.So yeah your opinion is a fact as far as I'm concerned.
@@markjackson6431 If my memory serves me right, Moore was a lot more bitter and surly about the outcome of this fight. Didn't he say Big George was “lucky?” I don't think Moore appreciated Foreman’s “I had it all planned” attitude afterward.
@@fuchsiaswing8545 moore did say that it was nonsense for Foreman planned to knock him out even though the truth is that exactly what Foreman planned and executed.
@@fuchsiaswing8545Moorer didn't look so lucky on the deck being counted out. Whether George planned it all along or not, it was a perfect one, two combination. Actually George's combination before that had Moorer hurt badly.
I think George Foreman is the only Boxer, in Heavyweight history..that went from Champion, to Preacher, to Boxing analyst, and Commentator, to Return and Regain The Heavyweight Championship...all at the age of 45..
George had this under control from the beginning. He was being smart. Making Moorer believe his punches were not as powerful as everyone thought. Moorer fell for it too. No pun intended. This fight almost reminds me in a way (albeit different) of the Zaire fight with Ali, where Ali outsmarted the younger Foreman and then took over when the time was just right and Foreman was spent. I think Ali taught Foreman a valuable lesson and that is why he was able to make a comeback being in his forties. Wisdom will almost always prevail in any situation if used properly. Lastly, to the people saying the fight was fixed and blah blah... You try taking a Foreman right hand on the point of the chin and even survive. The man has such power he could easily kill someone. That's why he was softening Moorer up early on with 50% shots (if that) to make SURE HE DIDNT GET BACK UP over and over (Frazier). Deep down, George is a soft hearted, spiritual man who knows he can kill or hurt his opponent easily and holds back as to not permanently injure them. So he got into Moorer's head, gave him false confidence, and turned it up to 100% in the 10th and went for the KO. People don't realize how smart and wise Foreman is, especially when he made his comeback..
G Man Absolutely. Foreman is and always will be really good. If even a 45 year old George foreman could come into this time period now and be in the heavyweight division, I think he would beat wilder, Joshua, and maybe Fury but Fury is very awkward as a fighter.
That's what George said after he won. George was struggling to get to that point. He wasn't under control. That was some hype that he created after the fight was over.
With all due respect I call bullshit on the notion that he planned it this way. Of course he was hoping he would be able to KO the slightly chinny, relatively inexperienced southpaw in Moorer, but he most certainly did not have the fight under control. He was getting soundly outboxed. Moorer lost this fight every bit as much as George won it, yes, but not because George went in planning on lulling him into standing in front of him. He stood in front of George because everything he did was working and working well. George just went ahead and took advantage of it. The bottom line is, regardless of anything, Moorer was chinny and that ultimately told the tale. But hey I've been wrong before.
I was 4 years old when this happened. First time I'm seeing this. Just imagine. No one believing in you. Everyone laughing at you for daring to accomplish what everyone deemed impossible. Then you becoming the World Champion. Let alone at the age of 45. Damn I dont tear up alot, but this made me cry a little. This is awesome.
Jeffrey Haefner From what I've heard and read is that George was always worried he would seriously injure his opponents and he frequently pleaded with the ref to stop a lot of his fights.
George is a real Christian. He’s a really good guy. I remember when Oliver McCall had his breakdown against Lennox, the announcers were roasting him but George was full of compassion. He wanted to hug the guy. He started boxing again because the church he pastored needed a new roof and wanted to pay for it. Little did he know what God had in store for him, becoming heavyweight champion again and then the Foreman grill which made him upwards of $200M.
I was 14 and watched this fight live with my pops, I never seen a crowd so pumped for a fighter as Big George. I still get chills when I see this KO. George Foreman is the man!!!
Atlas after the first round said "our sparring partners were better", that's the good news. Atlas should have told Moorer the bad news, your in the ring with the hardest hitting heavyweight that has ever lived.
I was still a one-month-old baby when this fight happened. I am 29 years old now turning 30 and this fight is moving to watch. Always bring me to tears.
It's just amazing how much power Foreman had in his right hand. He was 45, it was towards the end of round 10, and the punch was not a fully-extended wallop to the head, but a sort of half-length punch to the side of his head - and yet it left a pretty well seasoned and strong boxer almost unconscious for a period of time. Who knew that cheeseburgers could be so good for your health?
Man.. the weight of those punches in the 10th was something to behold.. completely different sound on impact then punches earlier in the fight.. Big George was throwing some bricks out there and landing them to great effect.
Harry Carpenter when Ali wins the Rumble In The Jungle: "Oh my God, he's won the title back at the age of thirty-two!" George Foreman: "Hold my holy water!"
@@jasonmoody4219 I think machiel Moore was winning the fight; however Georgie Forman got a lucky ghost punch;; they say body punches are the best in boxing;; I only watch the fight once ; to me it was a boring fight: Mike Tyson fight are more exciting
@@jasonmoody4219 machiel Moore was winning the boxing match ;; then the ghost punch::::then came George Forman 👻ghost punch "" ❤ Mike Tyson fight with Evander hollyfield & Lennox Lewis watch both countries of time ;; age is not a factor they all basically the same age Evander hollyfield is older ;; machiel Moore was winning the fight;; George Forman was in his 40s old ;; muhammad ali told George Forman do not fight Mike Tyson in the 1980s ;;; George Forman lost to Tommy Morrison
What a beautiful impossible dream it was. And that amazing symmetry/asymmetry with George wearing the same trunks as in Zaire, but with Dundee in his corner, a completely different man than he was in 74, but still with that devastating right hand...one of the greatest nights in boxing history.
George’s immediate reaction, and his handlers understanding this and “joining in the celebration “ was amazing. Collected himself in prayer. He made believers out of dreamers.
Seeing this for the 135th time. Watching in Norway - in the middle of the night - then. Still get the goosebumps! Teddy Atlas was like Nostradamus in the corner. Telling Michael what he SHOULD NOT DO! Great coaching. Rotten fulfilling. But - wow! I love George Foreman! And think he should be aside Ali! The two best heavyweights from 1965-1995.
I miss the 80's 90's and the VHS recording days of the past. Never were in great recording quality but was always the intent of capturing a moment in time. Thanks for uploading this fight :)
No disrespect but Foreman's strategy was easy to predict; he was old and slow and wasn't going to match him punch for punch. EVERYONE knew Foreman was eager to fight Moorer because Michael had a paper chin.
My friend the boxing trainer thinks Teddy is over-rated. The problem when you up the velocity against Foreman is that the more you come to him the easier it is for him to hit you.
Everyone who knows boxing and watched Foreman in his comeback knew what he was going to do. The problem is George is a GREAT puncher and a GREAT boxer who has determination that cannot be surpassed. I miss watching big George. Never will be another.
@@l.cruces2223 Damn sure did!👍 Moorer chose to stand toe to toe with Foreman, thinking he could knock him out & instead, he undersetimated Big George. Morrer would never be the same fighter again.
I could watch this 10th round over and over again. That big close-in right hand was an exclamation point, but what Foreman does the entire round is what wins it for him. Just one big thud from those heavy punches George threw after another all round, square to the head. It's a masterpiece two minutes from George, paying off his plan to lure Moorer in the whole fight.
Anytime I’m feeling down or had a bad day, I can always go rewatch this fight for a spirit lifter. Man this is one of the greatest moments of sports history! "It Happened!!, It Happened!!" 💯‼️
Anybody who has stood in front of Foreman...has been either knocked out, physically, mentally and internally damaged, or brain damaged somehow...These is facts. George Foreman a powerful puncher, even at 45 years old. Briggs? disappeared and a non-factor, Morrison completely disappeared from the picture. Even Holifield lost to Bowe a couple of times and got beaten up by a fat middleweight with great skills called James Toney. Ali, brain damaged and Parkinsons but was in decline after, Frazier became a joke by the 2nd fight against Foreman.
Blaxem Yanzin He had that one mean left hook. He nearly got killed in that fight with Ray Mercer where the ref had a shocker though. That and that Rocky Balboa street fight couldn't have helped!
The only time I’m standing in front of George is to shake his hand. George: thank you for one the the greatest moments in all of sporting history. Unreal.
1:09:12 The overhead view is really the only angle where you can see the full power of the final punch. It’s more obvious that George is putting his weight behind it and you can also see how his fist goes right through Moorer’s chin - like it isn’t even there.
it's visually impressive... I'm younger, not a major follower or even fan of boxing, but I like to watch some of those classical fights. My father likely watched this one in Brazil, we had many late night broadcasts here, free to air, of those incredible moments. But anyway, it looks like Foreman doesn't even put strenght in those punches. In many angles they look like normal ones, but with sniping precision
That was the case throughout the fight. I think Atlas' problem is that he thought that he had to do all of the thinking for his fighters and the boxers that he had eventually left him because they couldn't function that way.
Not a Teddy Atlas fan, (imo he's the type to know when the camera is on him) but Nostradamus couldn't have given Moorer better instructions than what he gave his fighter..
Atlas saw it coming. Foreman told people behind the scenes how it was going to happen months in advance. Jim Lampley (It happened, It happened) swears that Foreman told him how he was going to win the fight. Everyone except Moorer could see it coming.
This fight is a best example of pride cometh before the fall. Moorer was young and cocky and thought he could show the world that he didn't have to avoid Foreman on top of outboxing him. Foreman is a freak of nature however and Moorer learned of that fact the hard way. The lesson learned here is that you are not a special snowflake and there are people out there who have a special gift you must prepare for and avoid if necessary. You can't always fight the fight you want to fight to prove a point and must account for those strengths. He could have easily outboxed and pointed Foreman for an easy victory but instead chose to show his corner and the world just how tough and great he was and paid the price. Toughness won't save you from your nervous system shutting down from a Foreman right hand, no amount of toughness will. Ali knew this and never got hit cleanly, but if he did, it'd be no difference, that's how powerful Foreman is. Ali was also 32 in his fight with Foreman and knew better from experience from fighting real killers like Liston previously not to take those shots and that he wasn't invincible.
Yeah atlas is sometimes to full of himself. Simple instructions are better in the corner than long winded arguments. A fighter in battle needs clear short bits of advice. If he just said stay away, stay away, you've won the fight, moore would've still been champ.
No one gives Foreman credit for being so crafty in this fight. He fought Moorer but never let out his full punching power. Just good solid shots. Moorer, who was way faster, suddenly thought he could handle George’s power and decided to stand in front and box him. In the 10th, you suddenly see the real power shots from Foreman. And Moorer is knocked out. Foreman had to get Moorer to stand in front of him and fight. And to do that he had to trick him.
I had this on my TV in the background, feeling sorry for Foreman, and turned to watch just as he set up for the knockout. At first I thought the fight was fixed, now I realize Foreman set the whole thing up (like he said in the interviews).
Wearing the same trunks when Ali outsmarted him 20 year previous, Foreman outsmarts an opponent to win. The fact a movie has not been made of this dude is frankly ridiculous. Luckily 2022 should fix that. And I just love the disbelief in the commentators: "it happened?!"
"I think the myth of George's power has been exposed by Michael Moorer," the commentator says. Let's see...highest KO ratio in boxing history and Moorer falls to the mat 10 minutes after that ridiculous statement. Eat your words. Foreman and Liston were the two hardest punchers in history. Any boxing fan knows that.
It's so creepy and cool how both color commentary and Teddy Atlas is telling Moorer exactly what will be the mistakes that get him upset. He worked so hard tonwin the title...got careless, disregarded instruction and ended up flat on his back laid out with blood leaking from his nose.
Nose and mouth, the final punch broke his mouthguard and required 26 stitches (to anybody who thinks that Michael Moorer would "let himself" get punched by the strongest man the sport has ever seen)
I watched this fight as a 10 year old, and I rooted for the old man the whole time! It was great watching Georges comeback! I will always remember that night!
JIM LAMPLEY WITH THE GREATEST CALL IN THE HISTORY OF SPORTS... "IT HAPPENED,IT HAPPENED" BEAUTIFULLY FITTING FOR THE MOMENT.. IN THE END ,BIG GEORGE GAVE GOD ALL THE PRAISE AND GLORY AFTER THE WIN WAS CONFIRMED..AS ANYONE SHOULD
I remember reading something about Foreman's first comeback fight against Steve Zouski where they said "he looked fat and slow but the power was still there." Fast forward 7 years and he's fighting Michael Moorer, he still looks fat and slow but man...that power.
Moorer didn't planned, didn't went defensive or use footwork or complex head movement or some tactic. He made the choice to go for a brawl, thinking he could bear foreman's attacks since they lacked power and stand out as a great fighter. But in truth it was Foreman reserving his strenght for the right moment.
Have some respect please, both of them were great fighters and also remember Foreman is a legend for a reason, we can't all look amazing boxing against the legends.
I suspect the only people who weren't cheering when Moore hit the deck were too overcome with emotion to cheer. This was the first time in my life I wept with joy over the result of a sporting event. It was something special.
Foreman lost his championship 20 years earlier, by having incredible power, but not the greatest ring wits. He even admitted that Ali 'hustled' him. He won this fight, tapping into his incredible punching power, but also had incredible ring wits and also a powerful faith. This fight was awesome. It is interesting, because even Holyfield knew he had to tie Big George up in the last round. Moorer stayed 'in the pocket' with Big George, and Big George eventually caught up with him. He 'hustled' Moorer...:) Amazing fight...
+mikem987 I like the term you use, that he 'hustled' Moorer. Michael Moorer's over confidence was his undoing. He was his own worst enemy on this night. He was not listening to Teddy Atlas, he was not moving laterally, and he simply just did not respect BIG George Foreman's power. Perhaps Michael was 'hustled' to believe that George could not hurt him. He found out that he was wrong.....THE HARD WAY.
jasona9 Very true. He didn't think the 'old man' could get to him. He should have listened to Teddy, who picked up on the fact that George was setting him up. Even Holyfield, with his great chin, respected Foremans power and tied him up the last round. Moorer needed to 'stick and move' the last 3 rounds and he would have coasted to a unanimous decision. It would have been remembered as a very efficient victory for Moorer, rather then a historic victory for Foreman. Foreman, was actually an intelligent fighter in the 70's, knowing how to cut off the ring, but he became very shrewd in his comeback. He learned how to 'hustle' other fighters his second go around.
+mikem987 what a night but this night sadly ended a carrer before it really got started in micheal morrer it ended a career of teddy atlas now he got back to training Timothy Bradley but he might always be a little short of getting that one fighter that could his chance of greatness we will see
I would say that foreman learned from his fight with Ali and took all that punishment just to bide his time and energy for his knock out punch just like Ali did to him during their fight. Most of his punches were not hurting moorer and it was strange to see that from one of the greatest punchers ever until out of nowhere he knock out moorer. He no doubt knew even before the fight that he had to knock out moorer with one solid knock out punch and he made moorer comfortable enough to think he can take foreman's punches(even though thats the most stupidest thing you can even think about doing to foreman) and that made moorer stay right in front of foreman so he can land that nuke right to moorer's chin.
I think you're right in terms of Foreman learning from Ali.. Foreman didn't use a rope-a-dope tactic, but he did patiently bide his time and setup Moorer. Atlas was even telling Moorer that Foreman was setting him up, but Moorer didn't listen. Moorer is known now as not having the greatest chin, but at the time it wasn't as well known. It showed how smart of a fighter Foreman was, that he sensed that the ko was there for the taking if he could just setup Moorer properly. Foreman, even in his younger days, was a smart fighter, who was adept at 'figuring out'' another fighter out and then implementing the plan sort of like a machine. He got even smarter and shrewder the second-time around.
Absolutely. And Ali's fear of the biggest rematch in boxing history, was obvious when he scheduled an old slow white bum chuck Wepner instead. 😆🤣 It's still crystal clear today.
@@bradhuskers ali couldn't walk at this point. his parkinsons disease kicked in way before this fight. if it was a 32 year old muhammad ali fighting the 24 year old george with the wisdom george had now, the result would've still been the same. Muhammad ali was a once in a life time fighter. there will never be another one like him. obviously the same is absolutely true with george.
It was actually the right hand right before the knockout which did the damage, Moorer was out on his feet after that until the second one-two put him down.
Nothing gives me goosebumps like this fight, Douglas vs Tyson, and Ali vs Foreman. Foreman managed to be involved in two of the biggest moments in boxing.
I was 11 watching this live. Thank God we had HBO and this wasn’t a PPV. I remember feeling like he had a chance and couldn’t believe he won. Won’t ever forget it.
I remember watching this fight when i was a teenager and thinking that Foreman was so ancient and probably shouldn’ have been fighting anymore. Now that i’m an ancient 45 year old, i’m obsessed with this fight. It’s a redemption and validation of sorts. Watching rounds 3-6, i was scared for the old man’s safety. It seemed like he was getting lit up by Moorer’s faster hands and sharp combinations and it was just a matter of time before he got knocked out or concussed. But then midway through round 7, i got the feeling that big George went into kill mode and could smell the victory - and that Moorer’s punches were mostly just an annoyance to him by that time. I wonder what was going through Foreman’s head round by round. When he fought Ali in 1974, he looked ultra aggressive and almost reckless, but in this fight 20 years later he was like a patient and wise grandmaster with sky-high confidence in his skillset and self belief. I digress… what an inspirational moment in sports history.
I think it was Moorer who said that the right hand before the eventual knockout punch left him virtually out on his feet. By the time George landed the big shot, Moorer was already on his way to the mat.
Moorer’s problem was not listening to his corner. Atlas takes flack, but he knew what he was doing. Forman was pulling his punches and lulled Moorer into thinking Forman had no power.
Many years before, Jim Corbett was leading champion Jim Jefferies by a wide margin and was on the verge of regaining the heavyweight championship. Corbett told his corner he wanted to mix with Jeffries. His corner begged him to stay away from the bigger stronger Jeffries. Corbett was knocked out that next round.
Forearm is an intelligent boxer. He waited out the early rounds as he knew he isn't fast enough and Moorer would easily dodge his punches resulting in a gassed out Foreman in the later rounds. He was saving his energy for when Moorer is tired and not moving quick. Brilliant!!
I remember watching this with my dad and my little brothers. And my dad went through the roof. We also got a new Toshiba VCR the next day. He must of bet the rent money and lucked out :)
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"It happened! It happened!" That call by Jim Lampley still gives me chills all these years later.
I came to watch again. I get teary eyed when I see this KO
I think Moorer must be very proud of this performance, he kicked grandpa's ass for 10 rounds...
Best part is how the crowd cheers when Moorer goes down, then they steadily get crazier and crazier as they realize he's not getting back up.
George Foreman: you just won the world heavyweight championship! What are you going to do next? "Imma go pray!"
i also love buffers announcent " and once again!"
I'm 44 going on 45 years of age and in my opinion THIS is the greatest sports moment in HISTORY!
@ Simon Lomax - Moorer was a decent fighter, maybe not great but good enough for it to be seen as a massive achievement at that age to beat him. A lot of fighters would have gone down with some of those shots Moorer landed, the man is underrated and doesn't get enough credit, this is a fight he was on his way to winning pretty easy, his own stubborn attitude cost him.
Moorer was a great Light Heavyweight champion though
HE WAS WACK AT HEAVY WEIGHT! JS
Wasn't too wack....he beat Holyfield
true..but wasnt a a solid champ..overrated!
This victory of Foreman was one of the happiest moments the sport ever gave me.
Aristotelezz you’re absolutely correct. It’s, in my opinion, in the top 3 of the most incredible things to happen in boxing.
It was definitely like something out of a movie!! Nobody expected that to happen!!
@@afranks8566 Moorer was winning easily and became arrogant and forgot who was in front him.
@Old Ironsides You're kinda funny.... just kinda...
@@Aristotelezz May had been Moorer 'thought' he had felt the power of Foreman until Round 10. One could hear every punch Foreman landed, and surely Moorer felt these. May had been a matter of Moorer not wanting to go on with another two rounds of this.
I’ve never been so happy at the result of ANY boxing match than this one. I was rooting for him his whole comeback.
foreman beat bums, he ducked Tyson because he was warned by the coward in your profile not to fight him and foreman listened to that mediocre idiot and didn't fight Tyson
The Impossible Dream (The Quest)
"To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go
To right, the un-rightable wrong
To love pure and chaste from afar
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star
This is my quest, to follow that star
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far
To fight for the right without question or pause
To be willing to march into hell for a heavenly cause
And I know if I'll only be true to this glorious quest
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm
When I'm laid to rest
And the world will be better for this
That one man, strong and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To fight the unbeatable foe
To reach the unreachable star"
That was one vicious haymaker, would have dropped anyone. Well actually Michael Moore is probably the only heavyweight in history that it would drop.
@@ckobo84 it was more than one punch. Moorer was hurt by the first one two, and finished off by the second.
@@theinformationbomber71021:08:21 you. Knows. Nothing about. Boxing; stupid. Analysis!!!!
Thank God this is preserved. I can remember my mother (rest in peace) her and I saw this the night it happened. Mike Tyson is my favorite boxer; George Foreman was hers. One of the greatest moments in sports history.
RIP to you mum dude.
Great story! The two hardest punchers. One has the record for youngest heavyweight champion, the other has the record for oldest heavyweight champion. ✌️❤
The sixty eighth man, in twenty six years, to have fallen before the professional fury of George Foreman! Truly Amazing!
Not the fury, the POWER.
My favourite line too..
Steve Rakes Too bad it is false. It was his 68th KO, but NOT the 68th man. He KO’d Joe Frazier twice. It was actually the 67th man.
George was a smarter fighter in his second career than his first career. And my God, could he take a punch! It's the one thing that really separates him from Mike Tyson, who had a glass jaw post Kevin Rooney.
@@GOPMAN71 Tyson doesn’t have a glass jaw. That’s wrong. In Tyson’s legit losses, he took a lot of shots against bigger men. These are heavyweights, any heavyweight can be knocked out with basically any shot. Tyson took a lot of shots against Douglas, Holyfield, and Lennox. He went past the 7th with those guys. A glass jaw would a guy getting knocked out earlier in fights. Tyson actually can absorb quite a bit of punishment. I was surprised he lasted as long as he did with Lennox. I can’t stand how everyone wants to act like Tyson wasn’t really a great fighter. I was an actual fighter, believe me there have been precious few heavyweights who had Tyson’s ability. Only a handful of heavyweights in the history of the sport could beat Tyson. Actual fighters will tell you the same thing, actual trainers (aside from Teddy, who has a personal gripe) will tell you that Tyson is an all time great heavyweight.
Legends of boxing in Foreman's corner, Angelo Dundee, Archie Moore. Foreman will not be remembered for losing to Ali, but this historic comeback, boxing legend now is George Foreman.
He'll be remembered for both, it's all part of the story. Why do we fall down? To learn to pick ourselves up.
Exactly. Excellent comment. This occurence can bring tears to a grown man's eyes. (With all due respect to Michael Moorer, who is a champion.) Big George, a wondrous human being.
@John Harlowe Turd.
@@davidmayberry3190 Good point there, other great athletes has done the same.
Foreman is the real Cinderella man
This is the greatest sports accomplishment in history. Unbelievable. Goosebumps everytime.
Foreman at age 45 KOed a 26 year old, in his prime, lineal, undefeated heavyweight champion. There is no way you can degrade this achievement.
And he beat a guy that had been winning on points the entire fight. But all it took was a couple of hard punches by Foreman, and it was lights out.
Who would try to degrade George? But @69Mucci I've watched this a bunch, with different commentaries. You are right, Moorer was always ahead but George was consistently hitting heavy shots. Moorer took too many punches, why didn't he move? No love for Teddy Atlas but he was right.
But ❤ Big George!
The Times have switched sides😂😂
Now its a 20 year old vs a 58 year old man😂😂
@@alexhubble Foreman claims he was pulling his right hand for all of the fight to make Moorer think his power had gone. Foreman said if he'd shown his full power early on, Moorer would've boxed a lot more cautiously and given him the run around, so he waited to catch him with it late in the fight.
Moorer on the other hand basically said that Foreman "got lucky".
@@wtfsalommy3250Tyson will win. Everyone calling him a grandad nobody was saying it to George
Larry merchant: he stood in front of you the whole fight
George Foreman: yeah he shouldn't have done that
It's funny Moore keeps saying that George didn't plan that. Like wdym your opponent didn't plan to punch you in a boxing match.
I watched this live when I was a kid and at 35 it still brings tears to my eyes. This couldn't have happened to a better person
❤
Who is watching this fight in 2020, 25 years later? I loved this fight when I saw it live when I was 11 and I love this fight now at 36. Still gets me every single time I watch it!!!! What a fight, what a win for Big George Foreman!!!!
First time I’m watching this ever .
2021👍👊
@@josmclove4426 April 2022. Still as awesome as always. Such a smooth punch.
@@uliwidmaier5192 🍻cheers brother!
8/122 i just watched at 7 am since I watched more 25 years ago
1:10:27 the way Michael Buffer says "BIG" is a sign of how aware he is being a part of heavyweight history
1:10:22 “Once again, Heavyweight Champion of the World!” How satisfying it must have been for George to hear that.
It was the most satisfying thing I have ever heard, I can tell you that!
I know he was truly happy as hell
George Foreman winning The Heavyweight Championship of The World at 45 years old = 1 of the most inspirational moments of all time :)
And it's not like he beat someone who was also "over the hill." He beat a young guy in his prime. And he did it when the guy was winning the entire fight. But George never gave up.
It happened! IT HAPPENED! Never forget that.
yeah
Apparently it was because Lampley was told by Foreman how he was going to win, and yet had not prepared any lines in the case Foreman did pull it off, so those were the only words that came out. "It happened" as Foreman said it would.
@@MrDioXIII thanks for sharing that man, that’s dope.
@@MrDioXIII George had told Lampley that if Moorer stood in front of him, at some point it was going to happen.
Jim & Larry wat do u have to say? Now? Eat ur words u were disrespecting George every step of the way & then this happend a moment of mementum magnitude, It was a fairy tail, I mean what do u say to something like this?? Apart from you can "ACHIEVE ANYTHING" & Would have loved to seen the faces of the doubters on Hbo🤣
Ah the wonderful hiss of VHS Tape
Yeah, never noticed it back in the day really. It holy shir is it obvious now.
that tracking knob
Lol. There are people who are old enough to vote who don’t know what VHS is.
George Foreman is awesome. This record will never be broken. 45 Years old. Knocks out a young powerful power puncher.
yup.. who at the time was 35-0 with 30 knockouts. Moorer was no pushover, he had some serious power during his career as well. Couldn't stand up to that devastating Foreman right hand tho, that hand is the thing of nightmares.
Didn’t Bernard Hopkins become Light Heavyweight Champion at like 46?
@@brandnew9834 he did however i believe he means about heavyweight division
@@brandnew9834 yes but it wasn't a KO
@@millhousemillard2140 True
Moorer is so gracious in defeat. Everyone loves that GF won (including me) but it is also the worst moment of Moorer's career and he is so composed, no insults or excuses and just says "the best man won". All class.
He went to George Foreman for a big payday and he got one
Moorer is anything but gracious in this defeat. I don't know that he's settled with it today.
@@skepchica Right? Moorer is still bitter about this fight.
@@MZ-zu7wkbecause this fight was a bit fluke-ish.
@@blacknetsmednothing flukish about foreman knocking his ass out, moorer was a bit chinny
As I sit here this Father's Day June 21st 20/20 I am reminded of the first time I saw this live. It was my last year in Middle School I remember sitting there with my dad watching this and both of us rooting for big George to make history and he did. I remember my Dad and I cheering loud throughout the house when he won. So I find myself watching this fight again at 40 years old celebrating fathers day with my two sons. Big George is no longer boxing HBO boxing is no more my dad has passed on to the better life and the world we live in today is so crazy. It's a trip how life is and how time fly's by and how changes occur in an instant. Make as many memories as you can make them count like big George made his opportunity count. Happy Father's Day to all the fathers out there.
In an added bonus, it seems the best gets brought out when you are facing insane circumstances. George would have something else to deal with.....
Where his parents live, there was a massive flood. 29:03 is the proof of this which is absolutely insane. He had to help relocate them and it was weighing heavily on his mind in this fight in addition to trying to win this fight, in which of course he did and the rest is history.
imagine being 24 years old, absolutely exhausted after every round, and then you look at your 45 yo opponent and he's standing in his corner. That has to destroy a man's confidence. Foreman wasn't human
lampini Psychological Warfare. Experience & wisdom truly won George this fight.
"Isn't".
Imagine being paid millions to fall over,you'd have to be an idiot to think American boxing wasn't fixed like the wwf
Every word those announcers said about George was incorrect .
You mean Moorer
And George wore his old trunks from the 70's.
I hate to look back in hindsight BUT I remember watching the broadcast and for some reason YOU really thought George had a chance that night. For me it was when running out to Sam Cooke's If I Had A Hammer.....it just felt like this might be his night. I gave up hope by the 5th round but then.....it happened LOL
1:08:51 foreman knew all the tricks in the book. Look at the slowmo how he throws the jab and brings it back and hooks Moorer's left guard and pulls it down in order to enable his right hand punch to go in.
1:09:01 you know - you are right - but not only that - Foreman pulls against Moorer's left wrist with his left Jab glove after throwing the jab - and Moorer reflexively resists Foreman, so he is actually pulling Foreman toward him - while Foreman simultaneously throws his right - which double leverages the force - I never saw it from that perspective before.
@@makahajo yeah I didn't see it the first time
it still fit him? lol
Easily one of the greatest moments in sports history . What this man accomplished is unparallel , underrated
November 5, 1994
I'll NEVER Forget... It Happened !!
I love how George made Gil Clancy eat his words. "George isnt a one punch knockout fighter and he has very little chance of beating Moorer." What does George do? He kos Moorer with one punch👊👍
It's true that Foreman was not a one punch killer like Tyson. Foreman hit very hard, maybe even harder than Tyson, but his punches were slower so they had more concussive force but landed less cleanly. I think Clancy was generally right in saying that Foreman "clubs people to death", but just in this instance Foreman landed so clean that Moorer was obliterated.
@Caleb Hu
He hit Moorer so clean it split Moorer’s mouthpiece.
@@jogman262 He certainly broke his will, Moorer had no appetite to get back up.
Tbf he was kind of right. It was the accumulation of right hands that made moorer susceptible to the KO. If foreman would of went for it in the 3 first rounds moorer would have taken it and went on his bike winning a UD.
George also knocked out Gerry Cooney with one punch.it was a beautiful left upper that put Gerry down and out in sections just like when they use dynamite to blow up and flatten old buildings, first the bottom crumbles,than the top part falls down down onto the top portion, that's exactly how George crumbled Gerry Cooney.
Absolutely one of the most beautiful shots thrown in the hwt division. This fight in so many ways is glorious.Big George with one punch became more than anyone before him, or since, he put himself into a category that is very unlikely to be repeated again. This Foreman is like a tank, one way or another he is going to hurt you, and it's really a joke how several of the announcers were claiming Big George did not have his punching power anymore. HELL at his current age of 69 he can knock down a mule. Big George is a credit to this sport, and I.M.O certainly belongs in the top 5 all greatest hwt champs.
Deagledrumzz his record still stands the oldest hevyweight ever.
What category?
He has one of the best records for certain and easily top three hardest punchers of all time.No one will ever take twenty years off and come back for the strap either.So yeah your opinion is a fact as far as I'm concerned.
Don’t forget Golota’s punch to Bowe’s nutz.
@ Gerald Friend
George retired at 17 and came back at 37???
That’s crazy he had all those pro fights before even being an adulrb
This was Foreman's night but man, Michael Moorer was a class act. No excuses, no bullshit. "The better man won". Sportsmanship at it's finest.
you should HBO Legendary Nights about this fight
@@markjackson6431 If my memory serves me right, Moore was a lot more bitter and surly about the outcome of this fight. Didn't he say Big George was “lucky?” I don't think Moore appreciated Foreman’s “I had it all planned” attitude afterward.
@@fuchsiaswing8545 moore did say that it was nonsense for Foreman planned to knock him out even though the truth is that exactly what Foreman planned and executed.
@@fuchsiaswing8545Moorer didn't look so lucky on the deck being counted out. Whether George planned it all along or not, it was a perfect one, two combination. Actually George's combination before that had Moorer hurt badly.
I think George Foreman is the only Boxer, in Heavyweight history..that went from Champion, to Preacher, to Boxing analyst, and Commentator, to Return and Regain The Heavyweight Championship...all at the age of 45..
Even at 45 still have power that could kill someone if he wanted
Amazing fighter and man. He is truly special.
George had this under control from the beginning. He was being smart. Making Moorer believe his punches were not as powerful as everyone thought. Moorer fell for it too. No pun intended. This fight almost reminds me in a way (albeit different) of the Zaire fight with Ali, where Ali outsmarted the younger Foreman and then took over when the time was just right and Foreman was spent. I think Ali taught Foreman a valuable lesson and that is why he was able to make a comeback being in his forties. Wisdom will almost always prevail in any situation if used properly. Lastly, to the people saying the fight was fixed and blah blah... You try taking a Foreman right hand on the point of the chin and even survive. The man has such power he could easily kill someone. That's why he was softening Moorer up early on with 50% shots (if that) to make SURE HE DIDNT GET BACK UP over and over (Frazier). Deep down, George is a soft hearted, spiritual man who knows he can kill or hurt his opponent easily and holds back as to not permanently injure them. So he got into Moorer's head, gave him false confidence, and turned it up to 100% in the 10th and went for the KO. People don't realize how smart and wise Foreman is, especially when he made his comeback..
G Man Absolutely. Foreman is and always will be really good. If even a 45 year old George foreman could come into this time period now and be in the heavyweight division, I think he would beat wilder, Joshua, and maybe Fury but Fury is very awkward as a fighter.
That's what George said after he won. George was struggling to get to that point. He wasn't under control. That was some hype that he created after the fight was over.
With all due respect I call bullshit on the notion that he planned it this way. Of course he was hoping he would be able to KO the slightly chinny, relatively inexperienced southpaw in Moorer, but he most certainly did not have the fight under control. He was getting soundly outboxed. Moorer lost this fight every bit as much as George won it, yes, but not because George went in planning on lulling him into standing in front of him. He stood in front of George because everything he did was working and working well. George just went ahead and took advantage of it. The bottom line is, regardless of anything, Moorer was chinny and that ultimately told the tale. But hey I've been wrong before.
Common Man profound
Angelo told George pretty much that you have to put him down. Good coaching
Who is still watching this October 30, 2018? George is one of the biggest punchers in heavyweight history!!!! I love this fight!!!!
Read my comment brother, wake up.
Just watched in 2021
Jan 14. 2022
Greatest comeback in sports history. It took 20 years and the Red Sox and patriots comebacks were great but no one was punching them in the face.
I was 4 years old when this happened. First time I'm seeing this. Just imagine. No one believing in you. Everyone laughing at you for daring to accomplish what everyone deemed impossible. Then you becoming the World Champion. Let alone at the age of 45. Damn I dont tear up alot, but this made me cry a little. This is awesome.
What a great comment. 😊👍
George must be one of the nicest people on the planet. He was genuinely worried about beating up Michael Mooer.
Jeffrey Haefner From what I've heard and read is that George was always worried he would seriously injure his opponents and he frequently pleaded with the ref to stop a lot of his fights.
George is a real Christian. He’s a really good guy. I remember when Oliver McCall had his breakdown against Lennox, the announcers were roasting him but George was full of compassion. He wanted to hug the guy. He started boxing again because the church he pastored needed a new roof and wanted to pay for it. Little did he know what God had in store for him, becoming heavyweight champion again and then the Foreman grill which made him upwards of $200M.
I was 14 and watched this fight live with my pops, I never seen a crowd so pumped for a fighter as Big George. I still get chills when I see this KO. George Foreman is the man!!!
Atlas after the first round said "our sparring partners were better", that's the good news. Atlas should have told Moorer the bad news, your in the ring with the hardest hitting heavyweight that has ever lived.
I was still a one-month-old baby when this fight happened. I am 29 years old now turning 30 and this fight is moving to watch. Always bring me to tears.
It's just amazing how much power Foreman had in his right hand. He was 45, it was towards the end of round 10, and the punch was not a fully-extended wallop to the head, but a sort of half-length punch to the side of his head - and yet it left a pretty well seasoned and strong boxer almost unconscious for a period of time. Who knew that cheeseburgers could be so good for your health?
Man.. the weight of those punches in the 10th was something to behold.. completely different sound on impact then punches earlier in the fight.. Big George was throwing some bricks out there and landing them to great effect.
Harry Carpenter when Ali wins the Rumble In The Jungle: "Oh my God, he's won the title back at the age of thirty-two!"
George Foreman: "Hold my holy water!"
"The myth of George's Power" .....lol that is no myth sir it is legend!
Foreman winning the HW belt at 45 is the greatest comeback in sports history!
It was a water down heavyweight championship boxing belt; ❤George Forman;;; I would not call it the greatest
@@lloydkline1518 what was better?
@@jasonmoody4219 I think machiel Moore was winning the fight; however Georgie Forman got a lucky ghost punch;; they say body punches are the best in boxing;; I only watch the fight once ; to me it was a boring fight: Mike Tyson fight are more exciting
@@lloydkline1518 Mike Tyson fights are brief and mostly non-competitive. But that doesn't answer my question
@@jasonmoody4219 machiel Moore was winning the boxing match ;; then the ghost punch::::then came George Forman 👻ghost punch "" ❤ Mike Tyson fight with Evander hollyfield & Lennox Lewis watch both countries of time ;; age is not a factor they all basically the same age Evander hollyfield is older ;; machiel Moore was winning the fight;; George Forman was in his 40s old ;; muhammad ali told George Forman do not fight Mike Tyson in the 1980s ;;; George Forman lost to Tommy Morrison
28 years ago on November 5th 1994 HISTORY WAS MADE!!!! This fight NEVER gets old.
It´s so funny how all the guys in this program talk about a 45year old guy as if he was 78years old LOL
Abnsdllnnlosnfd in boxing, a 45 year old man is views as a 75 year old man.
He himself even called it with the nursing home remark.
1:05:00 "Don't stay there because he's looking to set you up with one shot. And then he'll open up a combination and he'll knock your stupid ass out."
He just did not listen did he
George didn't have to worry about those combinations.
teddy knew his shit
Well spotted. Also in the early rounds Michael continued to move to his left after being admonished.
1:07:15 And then it happens, just like Teddy Atlas told him it would.
The best era in boxing history. Watching this brings back so many memories. Almost makes me want to cry. I love these guys.
What a beautiful impossible dream it was. And that amazing symmetry/asymmetry with George wearing the same trunks as in Zaire, but with Dundee in his corner, a completely different man than he was in 74, but still with that devastating right hand...one of the greatest nights in boxing history.
George’s immediate reaction, and his handlers understanding this and “joining in the celebration “ was amazing. Collected himself in prayer. He made believers out of dreamers.
beautiful words by george foreman in the intro
Foreman got his redemption from the low of 73 to the unthinkable high in 94
You should change that 73 to 74 but you're right nevertheless.
You mean 74
Seeing this for the 135th time.
Watching in Norway - in the middle of the night - then.
Still get the goosebumps!
Teddy Atlas was like Nostradamus in the corner.
Telling Michael what he SHOULD NOT DO!
Great coaching.
Rotten fulfilling.
But - wow!
I love George Foreman!
And think he should be aside Ali!
The two best heavyweights from 1965-1995.
Teddy Atlas told him...
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I miss the 80's 90's and the VHS recording days of the past. Never were in great recording quality but was always the intent of capturing a moment in time. Thanks for uploading this fight :)
Teddy Atlas really is one of the best trainers ever. He literally called Foreman's gameplan out from the break after the very first round...
No disrespect but Foreman's strategy was easy to predict; he was old and slow and wasn't going to match him punch for punch. EVERYONE knew Foreman was eager to fight Moorer because Michael had a paper chin.
He even called out what would happen in the last round. He said that Foreman would make a rally at some point.
My friend the boxing trainer thinks Teddy is over-rated. The problem when you up the velocity against Foreman is that the more you come to him the easier it is for him to hit you.
Everyone who knows boxing and watched Foreman in his comeback knew what he was going to do. The problem is George is a GREAT puncher and a GREAT boxer who has determination that cannot be surpassed. I miss watching big George. Never will be another.
@@l.cruces2223 Damn sure did!👍 Moorer chose to stand toe to toe with Foreman, thinking he could knock him out & instead, he undersetimated Big George. Morrer would never be the same fighter again.
I could watch this 10th round over and over again. That big close-in right hand was an exclamation point, but what Foreman does the entire round is what wins it for him. Just one big thud from those heavy punches George threw after another all round, square to the head. It's a masterpiece two minutes from George, paying off his plan to lure Moorer in the whole fight.
The roar of the crowd when Foreman lands that final right hand is something to remember!
25 years ago tonight. I'll never forget this for all of my life. Luv ya George.
The professional fury of George Foreman .... Sometimes Lampley really nails it
Anytime I’m feeling down or had a bad day, I can always go rewatch this fight for a spirit lifter.
Man this is one of the greatest moments of sports history! "It Happened!!, It Happened!!" 💯‼️
George gave us forty something's, something to be proud of.
The right hand just before actually hurt Moorer, he was a sitting duck for the second after being blinded by the jab.
Anybody who has stood in front of Foreman...has been either knocked out, physically, mentally and internally damaged, or brain damaged somehow...These is facts. George Foreman a powerful puncher, even at 45 years old. Briggs? disappeared and a non-factor, Morrison completely disappeared from the picture. Even Holifield lost to Bowe a couple of times and got beaten up by a fat middleweight with great skills called James Toney. Ali, brain damaged and Parkinsons but was in decline after, Frazier became a joke by the 2nd fight against Foreman.
mcentepede Thanks for informing me of stuff i already know.
Blaxem Yanzin He had that one mean left hook. He nearly got killed in that fight with Ray Mercer where the ref had a shocker though. That and that Rocky Balboa street fight couldn't have helped!
Yup, after that first right, Moorer stopped. You knew he was hurt 😆
I want to be the next Foreman
Greatest and most Glorious sports moment in HISTORY!
The only time I’m standing in front of George is to shake his hand. George: thank you for one the the greatest moments in all of sporting history. Unreal.
1:09:12 The overhead view is really the only angle where you can see the full power of the final punch. It’s more obvious that George is putting his weight behind it and you can also see how his fist goes right through Moorer’s chin - like it isn’t even there.
it's visually impressive... I'm younger, not a major follower or even fan of boxing, but I like to watch some of those classical fights. My father likely watched this one in Brazil, we had many late night broadcasts here, free to air, of those incredible moments.
But anyway, it looks like Foreman doesn't even put strenght in those punches. In many angles they look like normal ones, but with sniping precision
Moorers Trainer said between round 9 and 10 what to do but Moorer didn't listen xD
That was the case throughout the fight. I think Atlas' problem is that he thought that he had to do all of the thinking for his fighters and the boxers that he had eventually left him because they couldn't function that way.
Atlas told him at the end of round 1 as well. It's not rocket science to stay out of George Foreman's range
This never gets old. No pun ntended.
Not a Teddy Atlas fan, (imo he's the type to know when the camera is on him) but Nostradamus couldn't have given Moorer better instructions than what he gave his fighter..
Atlas saw it coming.
Foreman told people behind the scenes how it was going to happen months in advance.
Jim Lampley (It happened, It happened) swears that Foreman told him how he was going to win the fight.
Everyone except Moorer could see it coming.
@LiveOkie Calm down
This fight is a best example of pride cometh before the fall. Moorer was young and cocky and thought he could show the world that he didn't have to avoid Foreman on top of outboxing him. Foreman is a freak of nature however and Moorer learned of that fact the hard way. The lesson learned here is that you are not a special snowflake and there are people out there who have a special gift you must prepare for and avoid if necessary. You can't always fight the fight you want to fight to prove a point and must account for those strengths. He could have easily outboxed and pointed Foreman for an easy victory but instead chose to show his corner and the world just how tough and great he was and paid the price. Toughness won't save you from your nervous system shutting down from a Foreman right hand, no amount of toughness will. Ali knew this and never got hit cleanly, but if he did, it'd be no difference, that's how powerful Foreman is. Ali was also 32 in his fight with Foreman and knew better from experience from fighting real killers like Liston previously not to take those shots and that he wasn't invincible.
Yeah atlas is sometimes to full of himself. Simple instructions are better in the corner than long winded arguments. A fighter in battle needs clear short bits of advice. If he just said stay away, stay away, you've won the fight, moore would've still been champ.
Moorer should never have been champ. He was a paper champ. No way he beat Holyfield. Evander got shafted.
I know it's coming. I've seen the clip before. Still. Goosebumps. Everytime.
Same!
Love the Jones JR V Toney preview at the end. you get a real sense of the times
No one gives Foreman credit for being so crafty in this fight. He fought Moorer but never let out his full punching power. Just good solid shots. Moorer, who was way faster, suddenly thought he could handle George’s power and decided to stand in front and box him.
In the 10th, you suddenly see the real power shots from Foreman. And Moorer is knocked out. Foreman had to get Moorer to stand in front of him and fight. And to do that he had to trick him.
I had this on my TV in the background, feeling sorry for Foreman, and turned to watch just as he set up for the knockout. At first I thought the fight was fixed, now I realize Foreman set the whole thing up (like he said in the interviews).
Wearing the same trunks when Ali outsmarted him 20 year previous, Foreman outsmarts an opponent to win. The fact a movie has not been made of this dude is frankly ridiculous. Luckily 2022 should fix that. And I just love the disbelief in the commentators: "it happened?!"
"I think the myth of George's power has been exposed by Michael Moorer," the commentator says. Let's see...highest KO ratio in boxing history and Moorer falls to the mat 10 minutes after that ridiculous statement. Eat your words. Foreman and Liston were the two hardest punchers in history. Any boxing fan knows that.
***** ernie shavers ?
mike tyson ?
They're both up there too.
believe it or nor ray mercer has power
Love Big George! Check him out in my animated film Dawgtown. He plays one of the characters. facebook.com/DawgtownTheMovie
It's so creepy and cool how both color commentary and Teddy Atlas is telling Moorer exactly what will be the mistakes that get him upset. He worked so hard tonwin the title...got careless, disregarded instruction and ended up flat on his back laid out with blood leaking from his nose.
Nose and mouth, the final punch broke his mouthguard and required 26 stitches (to anybody who thinks that Michael Moorer would "let himself" get punched by the strongest man the sport has ever seen)
I watched this fight as a 10 year old, and I rooted for the old man the whole time! It was great watching Georges comeback! I will always remember that night!
I Echo everything what you just said.... 👏👏👏👏
Moorer said in that Legendary Nights that Foreman got lucky and didn’t plan it but Atlas called it in the corner before it happened.
JIM LAMPLEY WITH THE GREATEST CALL IN THE HISTORY OF SPORTS...
"IT HAPPENED,IT HAPPENED"
BEAUTIFULLY FITTING FOR THE MOMENT..
IN THE END ,BIG GEORGE GAVE GOD ALL THE PRAISE AND GLORY AFTER THE WIN WAS CONFIRMED..AS ANYONE SHOULD
Wow. Listen what Teddy says after round 1, he could tell right from the start.
Nice Upload, the other versions of the full broadcast were in horrible quality
Shut down all doubters and critics. Legend.
I remember reading something about Foreman's first comeback fight against Steve Zouski where they said "he looked fat and slow but the power was still there." Fast forward 7 years and he's fighting Michael Moorer, he still looks fat and slow but man...that power.
Moorer's strategy of blocking Foreman's punches with his face clearly didn't work..
Lol 😂😂😂
That looked more Foreman's strategy, to be honest.
tlig it actually worked for foreman though 🤷🏾♂️
Moorer didn't planned, didn't went defensive or use footwork or complex head movement or some tactic. He made the choice to go for a brawl, thinking he could bear foreman's attacks since they lacked power and stand out as a great fighter. But in truth it was Foreman reserving his strenght for the right moment.
Have some respect please, both of them were great fighters and also remember Foreman is a legend for a reason, we can't all look amazing boxing against the legends.
George coming out to Sam Cooke singing "If I had a Hammer" is to me the best part of this fight. He did have one.
I suspect the only people who weren't cheering when Moore hit the deck were too overcome with emotion to cheer. This was the first time in my life I wept with joy over the result of a sporting event. It was something special.
Foreman lost his championship 20 years earlier, by having incredible power, but not the greatest ring wits. He even admitted that Ali 'hustled' him. He won this fight, tapping into his incredible punching power, but also had incredible ring wits and also a powerful faith. This fight was awesome. It is interesting, because even Holyfield knew he had to tie Big George up in the last round. Moorer stayed 'in the pocket' with Big George, and Big George eventually caught up with him. He 'hustled' Moorer...:) Amazing fight...
+mikem987 I like the term you use, that he 'hustled' Moorer. Michael Moorer's over confidence was his undoing. He was his own worst enemy on this night. He was not listening to Teddy Atlas, he was not moving laterally, and he simply just did not respect BIG George Foreman's power. Perhaps Michael was 'hustled' to believe that George could not hurt him. He found out that he was wrong.....THE HARD WAY.
jasona9 Very true. He didn't think the 'old man' could get to him. He should have listened to Teddy, who picked up on the fact that George was setting him up. Even Holyfield, with his great chin, respected Foremans power and tied him up the last round. Moorer needed to 'stick and move' the last 3 rounds and he would have coasted to a unanimous decision. It would have been remembered as a very efficient victory for Moorer, rather then a historic victory for Foreman. Foreman, was actually an intelligent fighter in the 70's, knowing how to cut off the ring, but he became very shrewd in his comeback. He learned how to 'hustle' other fighters his second go around.
+mikem987 what a night but this night sadly ended a carrer before it really got started in micheal morrer it ended a career of teddy atlas now he got back to training Timothy Bradley but he might always be a little short of getting that one fighter that could his chance of greatness we will see
I would say that foreman learned from his fight with Ali and took all that punishment just to bide his time and energy for his knock out punch just like Ali did to him during their fight. Most of his punches were not hurting moorer and it was strange to see that from one of the greatest punchers ever until out of nowhere he knock out moorer. He no doubt knew even before the fight that he had to knock out moorer with one solid knock out punch and he made moorer comfortable enough to think he can take foreman's punches(even though thats the most stupidest thing you can even think about doing to foreman) and that made moorer stay right in front of foreman so he can land that nuke right to moorer's chin.
I think you're right in terms of Foreman learning from Ali.. Foreman didn't use a rope-a-dope tactic, but he did patiently bide his time and setup Moorer. Atlas was even telling Moorer that Foreman was setting him up, but Moorer didn't listen. Moorer is known now as not having the greatest chin, but at the time it wasn't as well known. It showed how smart of a fighter Foreman was, that he sensed that the ko was there for the taking if he could just setup Moorer properly. Foreman, even in his younger days, was a smart fighter, who was adept at 'figuring out'' another fighter out and then implementing the plan sort of like a machine. He got even smarter and shrewder the second-time around.
Wow, Georgie threw about twenty jackhammer rights in that last round. Props to Moorer for taking the previous nineteen.
Foreman gives Moorer credit for his power.
What modern fighters would do that. Class act all around 👍
Lampley: "You see the blood welling up behind Moorers lips, as he momentarily...went to sleep." LOL hahahah
how poetic that he regained the title with
1) the shorts that he lost it in
2) with the cutman who trained the boxer to beat him
It's absolutely beautiful. 👍💯🥊
Absolutely.
And Ali's fear of the biggest rematch in boxing history, was obvious when he scheduled an old slow white bum chuck Wepner instead. 😆🤣
It's still crystal clear today.
@@bradhuskers ali couldn't walk at this point. his parkinsons disease kicked in way before this fight. if it was a 32 year old muhammad ali fighting the 24 year old george with the wisdom george had now, the result would've still been the same. Muhammad ali was a once in a life time fighter. there will never be another one like him. obviously the same is absolutely true with george.
@@MehrdadParthian you know NOTHING about boxing.
Had foreman fought smarter, he'd have killed Ali. Facts
@MehrdadParthian
You have a low IQ. You don't live in a reality based world
It was actually the right hand right before the knockout which did the damage, Moorer was out on his feet after that until the second one-two put him down.
Nothing gives me goosebumps like this fight, Douglas vs Tyson, and Ali vs Foreman. Foreman managed to be involved in two of the biggest moments in boxing.
god bless you for the entire HBO uploads
Thank you for posting this so we can relive it as it happened in real time of that era. This is so much better than just the end of the fight.
Thank you so much for this. I used to watch this VHS all the time as a kid. This takes me back
I was 11 watching this live. Thank God we had HBO and this wasn’t a PPV. I remember feeling like he had a chance and couldn’t believe he won. Won’t ever forget it.
I remember watching this fight when i was a teenager and thinking that Foreman was so ancient and probably shouldn’ have been fighting anymore. Now that i’m an ancient 45 year old, i’m obsessed with this fight. It’s a redemption and validation of sorts.
Watching rounds 3-6, i was scared for the old man’s safety. It seemed like he was getting lit up by Moorer’s faster hands and sharp combinations and it was just a matter of time before he got knocked out or concussed. But then midway through round 7, i got the feeling that big George went into kill mode and could smell the victory - and that Moorer’s punches were mostly just an annoyance to him by that time. I wonder what was going through Foreman’s head round by round.
When he fought Ali in 1974, he looked ultra aggressive and almost reckless, but in this fight 20 years later he was like a patient and wise grandmaster with sky-high confidence in his skillset and self belief.
I digress… what an inspirational moment in sports history.
What an gladiator Forman is.
I think it was Moorer who said that the right hand before the eventual knockout punch left him virtually out on his feet. By the time George landed the big shot, Moorer was already on his way to the mat.
Moorer’s problem was not listening to his corner. Atlas takes flack, but he knew what he was doing. Forman was pulling his punches and lulled Moorer into thinking Forman had no power.
Many years before, Jim Corbett was leading champion Jim Jefferies by a wide margin and was on the verge of regaining the heavyweight championship. Corbett told his corner he wanted to mix with Jeffries. His corner begged him to stay away from the bigger stronger Jeffries. Corbett was knocked out that next round.
"But he was standing in front of you and fighting you the whole fight..."
"Yeah, he should never have done that!"
How could you possibly not like George Foreman? Just a great human being.
Forearm is an intelligent boxer. He waited out the early rounds as he knew he isn't fast enough and Moorer would easily dodge his punches resulting in a gassed out Foreman in the later rounds.
He was saving his energy for when Moorer is tired and not moving quick.
Brilliant!!
I remember watching this with my dad and my little brothers. And my dad went through the roof. We also got a new Toshiba VCR the next day. He must of bet the rent money and lucked out :)