George Foreman: I Was Drugged in Loss to Muhammad Ali
Posted May 21st 2007 5:51PM by Michael David Smith
Does George Foreman realize what a stunning claim he's making in his new autobiography? His loss to Muhammad Ali in 1974 (a fight known as the Rumble in the Jungle) is one of the most significant sports moments of the 20th Century. And now he says he lost because he was drugged:
That's what the ex-heavyweight champ suggests in his new memoir, "God in My Corner," revealing his trainer gave him a weird-tasting cup of water just before the bout. "I almost spit it out . . . Man, I know this water has medicine in it," Foreman said to his trainer, who denied it was spiked. "I climbed into the ring with that medicinal taste still lingering in my mouth . . . After the third round, I was as tired as if I had fought 15 rounds."
Think about this for a second. To believe Foreman is telling the truth, you'd have to believe that he knew he was sabotaged at the time, knew the Rumble in the Jungle was rigged, and waited until his 2007 autobiography to reveal all.
2007-05-21
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