Anthony Joshua vs Muhammad Ali who wins this super fight?

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Anthony Joshua vs Muhammad Ali who wins?

  1. Anthony Joshua

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  2. Muhammad Ali

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    73.7%
  1. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I see Galvo and his alt James are showing up together again on the bumped thread.
     
  2. Luis Fernando

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    Muhammad Ali has less of a chance at beating Anthony Joshua, than Oleksandr Usyk has. In fact, Oleksandr Usyk > Muhammad Ali and I would favor Usyk to thoroughly out-class and outbox the overrated Muhammad Ali.

    An athletic Ali was a cruiserweight (maybe even a light heavyweight) by modern standard. Whilst a heavyweight Ali was a blown up cruiser/lightheavyweight that was composed of MAINLY fat that specialized in MAINLY taking beatings from feather-fisted 1970 punchers. hence his second nick name: Mo'Hammered' Ali.

    A heavyweight Ali was a punch bag and he was lucky the guys in the 70's weren't very hard punchers (compared to modern super heavyweights). Anthony Joshua would seriously pulverize Ali inside 3 rounds. It'd be a total mismatch of epic proportions!
     
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  3. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing Aficionado Full Member

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    Ali would win, it would be something like Foreman-Ali. Ali would be too elusive, Joshua would eventually tire.

    I think Joshua might beat Frazier and Norton though, just like Foreman did.
     
  4. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Your total knowledge of boxing could be written down on the back of a postage stamp.
    And actually there would be plenty of space left.
     
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  5. Grapefruit

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    Watch the Cleveland williams fight, there ali also fought a big tall meathead with no head movement and slow feet, that's how this fight would look
     
  6. James Smith

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    Cleveland William’s was handicapped at the time with a limp from a gunshot wound by the police. Very poor comparison. Joshua by second round KO.
     
  7. DirtyOldTown

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    Clay beats him conclusively by UD.

    Ali probably gets floored by AJ but wins lates.
     
  8. Grapefruit

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    And Anthony is a walking punching, he has no head movement and slow hands, my point isn't to sh:t on joshua, but Anthony is Ali's ideal opponent
     
  9. Birmingham

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    Williams is tiny compared to Joshua, and Williams was pretty much a shell of the fighter he was, its well documented Ali thought it bad to fight him at that point. Probably more bollox about the great Muhammad though
     
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    Foremans Ali's ideal opponent imo to look good against, Joshua is a brighter iq fighter than 74 Big George and much bigger and faster
     
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    Ali beat more legendary fighters than anyone else ever has, joshua beat the faded shell of wladamir but almost lost, and whyte who is pretty dam good, I honestly can't see joshua beating prime ali even 1 time out of 10, he's just too stiff.
     
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    Scrutinised and its not as good as you would think..All the Norton fights have question marks over them, Liston was an old man. Not knocking your opinion, but Joshua goes through most of Ali's opponents like they were cans mate. Frazier and Norton wouldn't have a hope, way undersized. If it wasn't for the size/weight disparity it would be closer imo, I just cant see how Ali makes up the difference or negates it. Joshua can jab, Ali aint mauling him up close like he used against opponents, and Ali isn't hurting him. Hes got to hope he can make up the difference late when Big Joshua tires, but i'm thinking Ali's to tired against a bigger foe to do anything. Joshua ud
     
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    AJ would get danced around and stopped by prime Wlad . Ali would make AJ look like a thick tree. Why would you compare the greatest with flatfooted , glass jawed stiff on roids?
     
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    AJ’s best win is 41 year old shot Wlad and he went life and death with him , sorry but AJ is just not that good and brits trying to make him great.
     
  15. BoxingABC1

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    Not this again. As long as you're basing your assumption Joshua wins purely on size, sure, an argument could be made. but the way you speak makes it sounds like you think they're comparable in terms of talent and that is just downright ludicrous
     
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