Poker For Dummies

by Richard D. Harroch

On his road to a fight with Muhammad Ali, Foreman destroyed Ken Norton and Smokin’ Joe Frazier — two fighters who gave Ali a very tough time. Foreman was so strong and his punching power so punishing that he literally walked through the best his opponents could offer and annihilated them with his stinging jab and devastating right hand. Foreman hit Joe Frazier so hard with a right hand to the body that Smokin’ Joe was lifted about four inches off the ground. When he landed, Ali’s toughest opponent collapsed like a sack of potatoes in the center of the ring. That was enough for Ali, who realized that if Norton and Frazier couldn’t stand up to Foreman, neither could he. He needed a new strategy, and to devise one he hand to think outside the box. When the Rumble in the Jungle, as the fight was called, finally got under way in Zaire, it began as the pundits predicted. Big George Foreman was relentless, throwing punch after punch at full force in the direction of Ali, who covered up while leaning back against the ropes. Ali offered little resistance. Outside of a few seemingly futile jabs, he looked as if he wasn’t even trying to fight back. But that was Ali’s strategy. After a few rounds, the heavily muscled Foreman grew tired. He had punched himself out and was spent. Ali, by comparison, was fresh. He was also unhurt. Ali then began a counterattack. He came off the ropes and danced in the center of the ring. Ali, who was faster, peppered Foreman with jabs and stinging overha...