In total, including closed-circuit and free television, the fight was reported to have been watched by a record estimated television audience of one billion viewers worldwide, [6] [28] about a quarter of the world's four billion population in 1974, [29] as the world's most-watched live television broadcast at the time. Ali did not hurry to set up a rematch, making title defenses against unheralded opponents such as Jean Pierre Coopman and Richard Dunn.

However, he repeatedly stated that his rematch with Foreman was one of the major fights he wanted to get to before retiring.

He went on to say that the water he was given in between rounds made him dizzy and droopy throughout the fight, a claim that was lost to time and ultimately never confirmed. The ball keeps on rolling, tipping the rickety bridge, and then on over the into the elephant’s trunk ready to be scooped up again on another player’s turn. Cranking the wheel again sets off more mayhem that will stop others in their tracks and send them back to the start as well. Greatly feared for his punching power, size, and sheer physical dominance, Foreman was nonetheless underestimated by Frazier and his promoters, and knocked the champion down six times in two rounds before the bout was stopped. Ali made use of the right-hand lead punch (striking with the right hand without setting up the left) in a further effort to disorient Foreman.

When Ali arrived in Zaire, now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, he was greeted with adoration. He constantly taunted Foreman in these clinches, telling him to throw more punches, and an enraged Foreman responded by doing just that.Ali/Foreman: le combat du siècle à Kinshasa, 29-30 octobre 1974: introduit par une étude sur la République du Zaïre (in French). However, while this aggressive tactic may have surprised Foreman and allowed Ali to punch him several times in the head, it failed to significantly hurt him. Boys' Club audience sees two boxing champions fall by Bill Mahan, The Berkshire Eagle, October 30, 1974, p. The players have to try to get to the middle of the board to release the golden monkey while avoiding the traps.