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'About an hour after the fight finished we had such a torrential downpour. Then, suddenly, the sun came up - one of those big African sunrises - and we all jumped on a bus and went back to the military compound where all the journalists were staying. 'Three of us went to look for Ali and found him staring out at the river. Just staring. For once, three sportswriters had the good sense and brains not to open their damn mouths. We let him drink it in. 'Eventually he turned around, walked towards us, raised his arms in the air and said: 'You fellas will never know how much this means to me.'

At that moment, he truly was the king of the world.' 'I just couldn't believe I'd lost the world title. This was supposed to be an easy boxing match but it was the most embarrassing moment of my life. It went from pride to pity. That's devastating. 'I'd be ashamed to be alone with girls in a room. I'd think: 'They know I'm not the man I was supposed to be.'

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All you want is the chance to be champion of the world again. I've watched the fight back a few times and sometimes I think: 'I'm gonna win this time!' Or I might wake up and think: 'If only I'd done this or done that.'

But only once did I win the fight in my dreams'. Getty Images Ali stunned the world when he knocked out Foreman in the eighth Foreman a heavy bag on unsteady wheels now and Ali is picking him off with spearing left jabs. Foreman with a big right to the head, two or three more are blocked. Foreman flailing around and Ali picks him off with short punches down the middle. Ali not throwing a great deal now, he looks tired as he lounges in the corner, Foreman flailing away at him.

Sneaky right from Ali, left, right, FOREMAN IS DOWN! FOREMAN IS DOWN! AND HE'S STAYED DOWN! AP The ropes were tightened up between rounds, presumably a member of Ali camp making sure their man doesn't end up in the press seats. Ali show no ill-effects from that pounding in the previous round and it's Foreman looking the wearier, falling into clinches, like a drunk man toppling into some shrubbery. More meat in Ali's punches now, and it's more educated work than Foreman's.

Ali's trainer Angelo Dundee imploring his man to get off the ropes, and he does so towards the end of the round before threading together some wicked combinations. Ali's round, Foreman looks ground down. Getty Images Foreman is in scary territory now, he hasn't been beyond the fourth round for three years. Let's see how that stamina stands up in this wilting heat. Ali starts at Foreman before putting on the breaks and moving back to the ropes again. Foreman staggered! Foreman staggered!

Spearing right-hand lead by Ali and Foreman's right eye is puffing up. Foreman marching forward but all the clever work is coming from Ali, who is tying the champion up and scoring with razor-sharp combinations. It's looking grim now for Foreman, he looks like he might be spent already and there's a long way to the top of the mountain. 'All Ali is doing is trying to stop Foreman landing clean. He was on the ropes, not worrying too much about what he was throwing, using the loose ropes to sway away from the punches. 'No-one practices missing punches, you are not conditioned to miss with punches. You are conditioned to land.