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Marciano - Ali

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En 1969, Murry Woroner se rend célèbre en réalisant ce que tout les passionnés de boxe du monde ont un jour rêvé : faire s'affronter les plus grands champions d'époques différentes. Il présente aux Etats-Unis deux tournois par ordinateur, le premier en poids moyens, l'autre en poids lourds, dont Ray Sugar Robinson et Rocky Marciano sortent vainqueurs.
Murry Woroner a loué le super ordinateur NC 315, auquel on a fourni des centaines de milliers de renseignements, concernant les combattants. La machine a ingurgité, digéré et interprété de manière crédible les données, avant de décrire round par round ce qui se serait passé si les combats avaient vraiment eu lieu. Le résultat avait d'ailleurs semblé logique et personne ne l'avait sérieusement discuté. Marciano battait Dempsey en finale et Joë Louis battait Ali en quart de finale. Après tout, Marciano avec 49 victoires dont 43 par KO et Robinson n'étaient-ils pas considérés comme les meilleurs boxeurs de tous les temps ?
Il y eu pourtant un contestataire qui, en apprenant les résultats, s'est esclaffé. Muhammad Ali ne négligeait aucune occasion de faire parler de lui

et il avait toujours à la bouche une déclaration ou un jugement, souvent féroce et pertinent a la fois. "Ce Marciano est un tocard, donnez-e moi et je le massacre", déclarait-il. Woroner, flairant alors le bon coup, eu l'idée de mettre sur pied cet affrontement impossible.
Rocky Marciano reste le seul champion du monde des poids lourds à s'être retiré en pleine gloire, fortune faite, champion du monde invaincu après 6 défenses de titre. Il avait la réputation d'un champion dur, habile mais loyal et d'une grande générosité. Il est mort le 1er septembre 1969 à 46 ans, le jour de son anniversaire, victime d'un accident d'avion . Or, un an plus tard, on le verra affronter Muhammad Ali sur tous les écrans du monde entier au même moment. Comment un tel combat a-t-il pu être possible ?
Woroner contacta Marciano et Ali, lequel était interdit de boxer depuis trois ans. Après avoir obtenu leur accord, il les réunit secrètement pendant trois jours dans une salle de boxe de Miami.
Marciano avait quitté les rings en 1956 et avait évidemment pris du poids en 13 ans. Lourd et le souffle court, il était devenu un paisible homme d'affaire. Pour faire plaisir au producteur mais aussi pour être présentable et par amour propre, il accepta de faire des sacrifices et réussit à perdre 25 kg ! Ali avait livré son dernier combat le 22 mars 1967 en battant Zora Folley sous le nom de Cassius Clay. Il était loin du come-back qu'il allait effectuer un an plus tard.
Pendant ces trois jours de tournages, les deux champions exécutèrent les ordres de l'ordinateur. Ils se plièrent à toutes les fantaisies de la machine, effectuant près de 70 rounds acharnés. Il n'y eu aucun round brusqué, aucun geste bidon, un vrai combat respectant simplement les ordres de l'ordinateur. Tout ce qui avait été demandé fut scrupuleusement réalisé, avec fougue et conviction. Car pour que le test soit valable, il fallait évidemment que les deux hommes jouent
à fond, sans tricher. Ils se quittèrent ravis, mais épuisés et fourbus, comme s'ils venaient de disputer un vrai championnat du monde. Mais surtout ils ne connaissaient pas le verdict de la machine, plusieurs versions ayant été filmées. Pour la petite histoire Woroner a révélé par la suite que dans le feu de l’action, Marciano et Ali se sont mutuellement envoyés à terre sans tenir compte de l’ordinateur !
Pendant les mois qui suivirent le tournage, jusqu’à sa mort, Marciano garda une profonde affection pour Ali. Le combat fut retransmis sept mois plus tard simultanément dans 850 cinémas aux Etats-Unis et dans presque tous les pays du monde. A Paris, le promoteur Charley Michaelis avait organisé une soirée au cinéma Rex, le 21 janvier 1970. Avant la projection, les paris avaient été ouverts et Ali était favori à 6 contre 5. Les jours précédant la diffusion, Muhammad Ali criait partout: "Je me débarrasserais de Rocky par KO au 5ème round !"
Le film était de très bonne qualité et le match aussi passionnant qu’un vrai combat. Bien sûr, Rocky avait un tour de taille avantageux qui le rendait attendrissant. De son coté, Ali était moins rapide et sautillant qu’auparavant.
Ali entame le combat tambour battant, il martèle le visage de Rocky avec des directs rapides et sec. Au 2e round l’arcade droite de Marciano éclate, au 6e c’est la gauche qui cède, au 8e round il est expédié au tapis et compté. Le match se déroule selon un scénario classique pour Ali et Rocky va semble-t-il subir le sort des 29 adversaires précédents de Cassius Clay.
C’est alors que le combat bascule, Marciano, le visage ensanglanté, se rebiffe ; à son tour de pilonner régulièrement, avec des courts crochets sec et meurtriers, les flancs d’Ali. Tel un sanglier il se jette dans le combat avec tout ce qui lui

reste de forces et de courage. Au 10e round, puis au 12e, Ali est envoyé à terre. On souhaite maintenant que le combat se termine sur un verdict de parité, mais 72 secondes après le début de la 13e reprise, quinze gauches successifs atteignent Ali et l’envoie définitivement au tapis. Muhammad Ali vient de subir sa première défaite, le 1er KO de sa vie... des mains d’un boxeur de 47 ans (19 de plus que lui) ayant abandonné le ring depuis 13 ans et surtout… mort depuis six mois !
Le soir de la diffusion, Ali accepte très loyalement sa défaite. En direct du Madison Square Garden, il prend la parole et d’une voix émue déclara: "Rocky aurait aimé voir cela, ça lui aurait sacrément plu. C’était mon copain, un chic type, mais cela fait un drôle d’effet de recevoir une trempe par un mort".
Ce soir-là on a découvert le vrai visage de Clay, un homme vrai, bon et doux, un homme de grande classe.


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In 1969, Murry Worona became known for making it all boxing fans around the world have ever dreamed: to confront the greatest champions of different eras. It presents the United States two computer tournaments, the first weight, the other heavy-duty trucks, including Sugar Ray Robinson and Rocky Marciano were victorious.
Murry Worona praised the NC 315 supercomputer, which it has provided hundreds of thousands of information on the fighters. The machine has swallowed, digested and interpreted the data credible, before describing round by round what would have happened if the fighting had really happened. The result had also seemed logical and no one was seriously discussed. Marciano defeated Dempsey and Joe Louis in the final beat Ali in the quarterfinals. After all, Marciano with 49 victories including 43 by knockout and Robinson were not they considered the best boxers of all time?
There was however a protester who, on learning outcomes, has laughed. Muhammad Ali never missed an opportunity to talk about him

and he always had in his mouth a declaration or decision, often fierce and relevant at a time. "This is a loser Marciano, give me and I e the massacre," he said. Worona, sensing when the right time, the idea of ​​setting up this confrontation impossible.
Rocky Marciano is the only world champion to have retired truck in full glory, fortune made, world champion undefeated after six title defenses. He had a reputation as a champion hard, loyal and clever but very generous. He died on 1 September 1969 to 46 years, his birthday, the victim of a plane crash. But a year later, we shall see face Muhammad Ali on all screens throughout the world at that time. How such a fight he has been possible?
Worona contacted Marciano and Ali, who was banned from boxing for three years. After obtaining their consent, he met secretly for three days in a boxing gym in Miami.
Marciano had left the ring in 1956 and had evidently gained weight in 13 years. Heavy and shortness of breath, he was a quiet businessman. To please the producer but also to be presentable and self-esteem, he agreed to make sacrifices and managed to lose 25 kg! Ali had fought his last fight March 22, 1967 Zora Folley beating under the name of Cassius Clay. He was far from the comeback he would make a year later.
During these three days of filming, the two champions executed the orders of the computer. They gave way to every whim of the machine, making nearly 70 rounds strenuous. There were no unwelcome round, no action can, a real fight just respect the orders of the computer. All that was asked was scrupulously carried out, with passion and conviction. As for the test to be valid, it was obvious that the two men play
thoroughly, without cheating. They left happy, but exhausted and weary, as if they had to play a real world championship. But mostly they did not know the verdict of the machine, several versions have been filmed. For the record Worona found out later that in the heat of the moment, Marciano and Ali were each sent to the ground regardless of the computer!
During the months that followed the shooting, until his death, Marciano retained a deep affection for Ali. The fight was broadcast seven months later simultaneously in 850 theaters in the United States and in almost every country in the world. In Paris, the promoter Charley Michaelis had organized a party at the Rex cinema, January 21, 1970. Before the screening, Paris had been opened and Ali was the favorite against 5 to 6. The day prior to the making, Muhammad Ali shouted across: "I would get rid of Rocky by KO in the 5th round!"
The film was very good and the game as exciting as a real fight. Of course, Rocky had a waist that made him endearing advantageous. For his part, Ali was slower and hopping before.
Ali starts the fight with drums beating, he hammers the face of Rocky with direct and fast dry. In the second round of the arcade right Marciano bursts, the sixth is the left that gives, in the 8th round is sent to the mat and counted. The game takes place in a typical scenario for Ali and Rocky will apparently it suffer the fate of the 29 previous opponents of Cassius Clay.
Then the battle switches, Marciano, his face bloodied, bristled, in turn pounded regularly with short hooks and deadly dry, the sides of Ali. As a boar he throws himself into the fight with all that

remaining strength and courage. In the 10th round and the 12th, Ali is sent to earth. It is hoped now that the fight ends with a verdict of parity, but 72 seconds after the start of the 13th recovery, reaching fifteen successive left Ali and final submission to the mat. Muhammad Ali has just suffered its first defeat, the first KO of his life ... hands of a boxer of 47 years (19 more than him) who dropped the ring for 13 years and above ... been dead six months!
On the evening of the broadcast, Ali accepts loyally defeat. Live from Madison Square Garden, and he spoke in a trembling voice said: "Rocky would have liked to see it, damn it would have liked. It was my boyfriend, a nice guy, but that's an odd effect receive a stamp by a death. "
That evening we discovered the true face of Clay, a true man, kind and gentle, a man of great class.


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