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After several rounds of this, he began to tire.

His face became increasingly damaged by hard, fast jabs and crosses by Ali.

The effects were visible as Foreman was staggered by an Ali combination at the start of the fourth round and again several times near the end of the fifth, after Foreman had seemed to dominate that round.

Although he kept throwing punches and coming forward, after the fifth round Foreman looked increasingly worn out.

Ali continued to taunt him by saying " They told me you could punch, George!

" and " They told me you could punch as hard as Joe Louis.

" According to Foreman, near the end of the fight, Foreman slammed Ali with a thundering body blow, and Ali whispered to him " Is that all you got, George?

" to which Foreman thought " Yep ... that's about it.

" After that, Ali began to dominate Foreman.