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'Every interview
in that period he'd say
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'"How is Foreman going to get
near to me? I'm going to dance!
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'"I'm going to dance and dance! He'll
look foolish trying to find me.'
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"And as he gropes his way forward
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"in this storm of blindness
at the speed of my dancing
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"I will strike him with my jab!
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"Poo! Poo! Poo!"
he would go and so forth.
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We heard this over and over
and Foreman heard it too.
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'Foreman was working now on
what's called cutting off the ring.
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'This essentially just means
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'cornering your opponent
against the ropes or in a corner.
:35:39
'It's an art, a balletic art,
you have to have very good footwork.
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'Foreman's footwork,
he was a big man,
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'but his footwork was better
than anyone had expected.
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'He worked with very fast fighters,
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'smaller than himself,
who certainly could dance
:35:53
'and he worked on cornering them.
:35:55
'And the combination
of watching the heavy bag
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'and watching Foreman
cut off the ring
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'made most fight writers,
myself included,
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'pessimistic about Ali's chances.'
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The guy threw up his elbows
to protect himself from Foreman
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and Foreman walked into his elbow.
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That's how he got cut in the eye?
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What else can happen?