Which one was the greatest victory of Ali?

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Which one was the greatest victory of Ali?

  1. 1. Beat Sonny Liston by way of TKO. in the first fight.

    9 vote(s)
    12.9%

  2. 2. Beat Jorge Foreman by way of KO in round 8.

    53 vote(s)
    75.7%

  3. 3. Beat Jor Frazier by way of TKO. in round 14 in the 3rd fight.

    6 vote(s)
    8.6%

  4. 4. Beat Leon Spink and became 3 times World Heavyweight Champion.

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  5. 5. Beat Ken Norton in the rematch.

    2 vote(s)
    2.9%
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  1. Manfred

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    PIRA Arise Sir Lennox. Full Member

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    Agreed - although Williams had been shot by the cops 2 years earlier, still had the bullet in him and had already been KO'd by Liston twice and Terrel from memory when he fought Ali.


    Williams had shocking luck.
     
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  4. northpaw

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    The Foreman win, he absolutely was supposed to get
    bumrushed in that fight. He wasn't supposed to win but
    somehow did, by ko.
     
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    Thanks for the info.
     
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    Radrook Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Poor Foreman had the whole population of that country chanting against him LOL! Including the judges since
    even if he didn't get knocked out Foreman would have lost anyway since he was behind on all scorecards at the stoppage in which he beat the count and there were only a few seconds left to the round.


    Scorecards were by 68-66, 70-67 and 69-66. against Foreman. Weird!
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rumble_in_the_Jungle
     
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  8. Gil Gonzalez

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    And against Holmes.
     
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    True.
     
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  10. northpaw

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    Ali's aura was already insurmountable, and him as the perceived underdog made it
    even bigger.
     
    northpaw, Aug 15, 2017
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