Iv watched the foreman fight maybe 20 odd times and still its not even in my top 50 fights. Ali was king of hype and duped the world and really sold this fight. He was over weight and way past his best,but what an acheivement to beat Forman as he was an animal at the time. There have been many upsets in boxing over the years. The fight itself was not a classic, just the result was unexpected by all boxing pundits at the time. When foreman became the oldest heavyweight in history by beating Michael Moorer, again not exciting but made history. Marciano wouldnt make heavyweight these days but when Ali was smaller that would have been a classic.