Why did Ali vs Foreman 2 never happen? Was Ali ducking him

Question

what do you think the outcome would have been?

Answer 1

According to George Foreman's great biography "By George", there was definitely suspicion as to why Foreman was being made to wait so long. Instead of receiving a rematch, George was forced to go on a fighting trail longer and tougher than he thought ANY former champion should have to go through to get a rematch! George believed that he would get a shot at the winner of Ali and Frazier's "Thrilla in Manilla" in October of 1975. When that didn't happen George teamed with promoter Jerry Perenchio to try to secure a fight in the spring of 76. That fell through. Then a proposal was made that George could get a shot if he beat the highly dangerous Ron Lyle. George went on to triumph over Lyle in a brutal all out war in which BOTH fighters hit the canvas MULTIPLE TIMES! But George HAD WON the war and was ready for his title rematch. George STILL however was not given a shot! George was not too happy with this. Then Perenchio came back to him and said that he would DEFINITELY get Ali if he beat Joe Frazier again. FRAZIER AGAIN! He thought. George thought that he was being forced to go through an exessive gauntlet just to get a rightful rematch. However the great Joe Louis called George and convinced him that if he fought Joe Frazier again and won that he should get his title shot. So George AGAIN fought the tough as nails Joe Frazier. And George AGAIN won. AGAIN by a knockout. Now George WAS SURE that he would get his rematch. But NO SUCH LUCK! By this time even Sports Illustrated was growing impatiant! Foreman's great performances combined with Ali's unpopular and HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL "win" over Ken Norton prompted Sports Illustrated to say of George Foreman "HE IS THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION"!. Jerry Perenchio abruptly then left Foreman, partially over the anguish of not being able to deliver Ali.  Don King then approached George and promished that HE could deliver a rematch with Ali. King however ALSO failed to deliver. But then King came back and said that he could deliver Ali IF George went on a 3 Fight international Don King promoted tour on ABC! A 3 FIGHT INTERNATIONAL TOUR!!! Oh God! What did George have to do to EVER get his rightful rematch?

George HOWEVER agreed. He fought the first fight in the U.S. and won impressively. He fought the second fight in Pensacola and won that one impressively as well............. Finally, in Puerto Rico, he got upset in the eyes of the judges by the awkward Jimmy Young. George retired Immediately following the bout in what turned out to be a religious experience in his dressing room. He would not return to the sport he loved for more than a decade.

Did Ali duck Foreman's rematch attempts? We don't know for sure. But we do know one thing for sure. 3 seperate promoters in 3 LONG years INCLUDING the great Don King Himself COULD NOT make the fight happen INSPITE of George's great performances and growing public demand.

What would ALSO be a certainty is that IF the fight had in fact took place, it WOULD NOT occur in a biased pro Ali Zaire with villiagers chanting "Ali Kill Him"! The ropes WOULD NOT be subject to being illegaly loosened by Ali camp cohorts and there would be no possibility of rumors circulating that George's food was being drugged by Ali's sidekick Bundini at strange hotels. THAT'S what we do know for sure that Foreman's camp WOULD NOT HAVE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN the second time around!

Answer 2

   I'm speechless! Dollbaby does it again!