1:03:00
But he didn't knock Foreman down
or knock him out.
1:03:03
Instead, Foreman went crazy.
1:03:05
(Commentator) That punch
did no damage. That one did!
1:03:09
Two wild right hands
taken on the head of Ali!
1:03:12
A real strong right hand
just underneath the heart.
1:03:16
Ali is taking some punishment now!
1:03:18
Eight seconds left in the round.
1:03:20
Bell rang.
1:03:23
Ali went back to the corner...
1:03:25
Finally the nightmare
he'd been awaiting in the ring
1:03:30
had finally come to visit him.
1:03:32
'He was in the ring
with a man he could not dominate,
1:03:35
'who was stronger than him,
who was not afraid of him,
1:03:39
'who'd try to knock him out,
and who punched harder than Ali,
1:03:43
'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,
1:03:56
"All right, this is the moment.
1:03:58
"This is what
you've been waiting for.
1:04:01
"This is...that hour.
1:04:04
"Do you have the guts?"
And he kind of nodded,
1:04:07
like, "Really got
to get it together, boy.
1:04:10
"You are gonna get it together...
you WILL get it together."
1:04:14
He nodded some more, as if he were
looking into the eyes of his maker,
1:04:19
and then turned to the crowd
and went "Ali, boma ye!"
1:04:23
and 100,000 people
all yelled back "Ali, boma ye!"
1:04:27
And this huge reverberation
of the crowd came back into the ring.
1:04:31
'Ali picked it up as if
"these are my people,
1:04:35
'"this is what I'm here for.
1:04:37
'"The time has come, I'm gonna find
a way to master this man."'
1:04:41
(Commentator) Ali tries
to tie him up.
1:04:43
No real damage done in that exchange.
1:04:46
(Mailer) 'Foreman, like everyone,
had assumed that Ali would dance,
1:04:51
'and so Ali now went to the ropes
and went into the Rope-a-Dope.
1:04:56
'And a lot of people thought
that moment the fight was over.