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November 11, 2009
Rumble in the Circus: Standing snarling over Sonny Liston? Shadow boxing on the bottom of a swimming pool? Leaning into the ropes as George Foreman pummels his kidneys? Stooping, shaking, to light the Olympic flame? How about Ali flapping about on the canvas while an 18 stone wrestler sits on his face? Who wants to remember Ali that way? There are some things a person should never have to see happen to a man like Ali. This is the story of one of them. [from Andy Bull in today's Guardian - a look back at the 1977 contest between Muhammad Ali and the Japanese wrestler Antonio Inoki]
This is the basis for the Rocky vs Thunderlips (Hulk Hogan) scene in "Rocky III".
posted by grum@work at 06:56 PM on November 11, 2009
In that shot above you've got a guy who can't wrestle for shit.
Oh and the guy on the left can't act.
posted by Drood at 11:31 PM on November 11, 2009
My left or your left?
posted by BornIcon at 08:26 AM on November 12, 2009
In that shot above you've got a guy who can't wrestle for shit.
You better watch what you say, brother, or the 24" pythons are gonna' rain down on you! Watcha' gonna' do then?
posted by THX-1138 at 02:08 PM on November 12, 2009
You better watch what you say, brother, or the 24" pythons are gonna' rain down on you! Watcha' gonna' do then?
Say my prayers, take my vitamins steriods.
posted by tommybiden at 02:20 PM on November 12, 2009
I remember this fight as a kid. Even then I thought that the whole thing was a put-on. Of course way back then there was no way for me to see the "fight' (nobody was going to take me to the closed circuit telecast) and when I heard that Inoki spent the whole match on his back I was glad that I missed it. After getting to see it on the youtubes it looked like an MMA match with the grappler on his back trying to throw up-kicks while the puncher stands over him and waits for him to get back to his feet. Except Inoki had the rules so skewed to his disadvantage that there was no point in getting up.
Interesting article on an Ali fight I was glad to have not seen.