What Made Muhammad Ali the GREATEST

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  1. Slyk

    Slyk Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    In my eyes, Ali's ability to adjust was his greatest asset. Adjustments are the key to any master boxers ability to win.

    Take the example of Ali fighting Frazier. He knows Frazier's money shot is the left hook, and he calibrates his defense perfectly for it. He does this to make sure he isn't getting hit with the SAME shot all night long.

    Please view this footage and take some notes. Notice how Frazier comes out with the left hook in the beginning of the fight, and continues throwing the same punch for the entire fight.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7BnXliSVKI

    The current generation could learn a thing or two by watching THE GREATEST make such adjustments.
     
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  2. lefthandlead

    lefthandlead Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    There wasn't Wlad there to beat he...that's what makes he the greatest.:hey
     
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  3. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Cassius Clay wasn,t the greatest ......
    number 12 in my book.
     
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  4. Slyk

    Slyk Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Boxers today are BIGGER, but if you look at SKILL, it's a different story.

    Look at how Ali adjusts to Fraziers left hook! Amazing
     
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  5. plank46

    plank46 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    his mouth.
     
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  6. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Almost ko.d him in round 15....
    he,s not better than Frazier .
    first fight clearly won by Frazier
    second -close
    third-very close
     
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  7. plank46

    plank46 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    norton destroyed him thrice.
     
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  8. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    yep.
    amazing that he lasted all of those rounds..
    but i agree , he lost those 3 fights.
     
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  9. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It would be nice to read a thread on Muhammad Ali, perhaps a generation or two from now, where people neither idolize him too much nor try too hard in an attempt to denigrate him.

    That time is not here yet, however.
     
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  10. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    Clinching?
     
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  11. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    "My name is Muhammad Ali and you will announce it right there in the centre of that ring if you don't do it right now sucker!"

    I'm gonna hurt you! SAY MY NAME!

    Ali the GOAT. a beast with an iron jaw.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpVK7B_FN-k
     
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  12. Ol' Bub

    Ol' Bub Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :good
    This is the correct answer
     
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  13. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    You better go looking for the Yeti.....
     
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  14. Sunchild78

    Sunchild78 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ali brought personality and show men ship to the sport. He's great for the fights he was in inside the ring and the biggest one of all outside the ring. Another good reason why he's great is because he said he was, and boxing fans around the world agreed. Name another fighter who came in the game and made folks believe he was the greatest. Ali career has been over for years and many fighters have came before him, and after the him, and some then and now were and probably are better, but only one made a dent in people minds that he should own that title. Fly like a butterfly sting like a bee Muhammed Ali G.O.A.T.
     
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  15. zetsui

    zetsui Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Speaking up against an unjust war that was apparently being fought for 'freedom' when his own people couldn't so much bat an eye at whiet women

    Being a black man in 1960s America and having a billion Muslims name their sons after you

    Taking on some of the most brutal HW opposition when the US governemnt took away three yeras of his prime.

    Muhammad Ali is greater than boxing
     
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