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A right-hand lead, where you throw
your right without countering,
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you throw it first, like a jab.
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That has to travel that extra
distance across the shoulders.
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'Professionals rarely use this
because it's so dangerous to throw
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'since you are open to a left hook.
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'Since fighters work in milliseconds
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'they can see a right coming
much faster than a jab.'
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Nobody had thrown a right-hand lead
at Foreman in two years,
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and none of his sparring partners,
for $50 a day,
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was going to start
throwing right-hand leads at him
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because it's a great insult
to a top professional.
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'It suggests he's slow enough
that you can hit him with it.'
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'Instead Ali figured out Foreman's
not expecting a right-hand lead.
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'"I'm gonna hit him with a right hand
and knock him out."
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'Ali threw 12 right hand leads, he
hadn't told anybody he was going to.'
1:02:56
He may have debated whether to
up until the last moment.
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But he didn't knock Foreman down
or knock him out.
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Instead, Foreman went crazy.
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(Commentator) That punch
did no damage. That one did!
1:03:09
Two wild right hands
taken on the head of Ali!
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A real strong right hand
just underneath the heart.
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Ali is taking some punishment now!
1:03:18
Eight seconds left in the round.
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Bell rang.
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Ali went back to the corner...
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Finally the nightmare
he'd been awaiting in the ring
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had finally come to visit him.
1:03:32
'He was in the ring
with a man he could not dominate,
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'who was stronger than him,
who was not afraid of him,
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'who'd try to knock him out,
and who punched harder than Ali,
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'and this man was determined
and unstoppable.
1:03:47
'Ali had a look on his face
that I'll never forget.
1:03:49
'It was the only time
I ever saw fear in Ali's eyes.'
1:03:52
Ali looked as if
he looked into himself and said,
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"All right, this is the moment.
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"This is what
you've been waiting for.