Which Three Have The best Chance Of Beating Ali ?

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  1. latineg

    latineg user of dude wipes Full Member

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    Lewis
    Holmes
    Holyfield

    not positive all 3 would beat Ali, just think they would have a fair chance.
     
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  2. reznick

    reznick In the 7.2% Full Member

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    Joe Louis
    Jack Johnson
    Rocky Marciano
     
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  3. dpw417

    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Lewis
    Vitali would be awkward for Ali
    Holyfield would give Ali a good tough fight
    best v best scenarios though...I'd say Ali is the top heavyweight.
     
    dpw417, Dec 31, 2015
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  4. KuRuPT

    KuRuPT Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'm feeling a bulge
     
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  5. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace

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    Jersey is no match for Ali

    And I never say a bad word about Jersey Joe.
     
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  6. Hookandjab

    Hookandjab Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Dempsey, Tunney, Johnson,
    Louis, Marciano, Frazier,
    Young, Lewis, Vitali,
    Walcott, Charles, Vlad
    Prime Liston, Tyson, Holyfield,
    Holmes, Norton, Bowe

    Ali was given questionable decisions over Jones, Young, Norton, Frazier, and Shavers. Cooper almost knocked him out. An amateur, Spinks, beat him and the Liston fights smelled to the high heavens. Let's get past the Ali myth.
     
    Hookandjab, Dec 31, 2015
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  7. Vince Voltage

    Vince Voltage Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Holmes, Norton, Lewis
     
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  8. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh!

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    Vitali
    Wlad
    Lennox

    Holyfield
    Holmes
    Tyson
     
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  9. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    Holmes
    Tyson
    Lewis
     
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  10. Nighttrain

    Nighttrain 'BOUT IT 'BOUT IT Full Member

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    Ok, I am adding Holyfield. Those 4 are my 3 choices.
     
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  11. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Lewis
    Frazier
    Holmes

    Peak Liston has virtually no chance against Ali although personally I prefer Liston
     
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  12. janitor

    janitor VIP Member

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    Some of the potential picks are obvious i.e. Louis, Marciano, Frazier, Holmes etc.

    I suspect that there were a few potential stalking horses out there as well.

    Ali might have been unlucky to share an era with Frazier, but I don’t think that he was unlucky to share an era with Norton.

    It might turn out that somebody totally unexpected like Fred Fulton or Michale Dokes was a perfect foil for him!
     
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  13. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Johnson
    Holmes
    Lewis
     
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  14. BillB

    BillB Well-Known Member Full Member

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    You may be right, but I don't think we ever saw a legit fight between Ali and Liston.
     
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  15. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I wouldn't bet on the first one being bent but the second certainly was.
     
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