16 Jan 2024 07:39:06
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Sporting Fairytales Part 4: The Rumble In The Jungle

1.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 08:11:09
Enjoyed reading that a lot Ed001, thanks.

{Ed001's Note - thank you mate.}

2.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 09:47:46
Great read Ed. Thank you. Brought back some lovely memories.

{Ed001's Note - cheers Fizz, it was before my time and I had never actually seen the fight before I started my research so it was nice to finally get to see something I had heard so much about. You are lucky to have lived at the time. They claim that something like a quarter of the world's population at the time watched it live.}

3.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 15:24:27
I'm not a fan of boxing particularly but I do remember watching 'enry Cooper putting Ali on the floor. He might well have beaten him had it not been for the cut eye. Does that date me?

4.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 16:03:47
Great read, can't wait for part 5.

5.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 18:28:06
He did beat him, only for Angelo Dundee to split Ali’s glove and give him a few minutes recovery time. Of course Henry’s cut eye cost him in the 5th.

6.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 19:50:42
Patrick I dropped straight to the bottom of the post to comment on the split glove incident that took minutes to sort and gave Ali and his team time to get back in the fight (that has now faded into history) - but you got there first.
I'm 76 now, but at the time was an active amateur boxer and watched this fight in a pub up in the Lake District. Henry was toe to toe until the cut. Great scrap.
Shawthing you might have dated yourself but so have I, in spades!

7.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 19:46:25
Ed
Good read, I am one of those who watched that fight at the time. Thanks

Was it Harry Carpenter doing the commentary? I was a big fan of Ali, so was my family, greatest for me.

{Ed001's Note - I don't know who did the commentary, sorry.}

8.) 16 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024 20:09:55
Red Man, I think it was always Harry Carpenter commentating, he had a great relationship with Henry and Ali.

9.) 17 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024 09:35:07
The documentary ''When we were Kings'' is outstanding if you like Ali, Boxing or want to know a bit more about the Ali hype.

10.) 19 Jan 2024
19 Jan 2024 02:44:36
Thanks Ed001, finally got chance to read ?.

{Ed001's Note - glad you enjoyed mate.}