Prime Ali beats prime trevor Berbick? Convince me

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  1. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    He'd outslug Foreman on the same night too before a quick Frazier nightcap.
     
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  2. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    TroOlll. TrOolllll. Troollllll. Go back under yr bridge billygoat. Useless troolllll. Useless instigating troollllll. Nothing more. A child throwing a fit . Eddie Haskel. TROoL)LLL. TROoLLLLLL.. TROOLLLLL.
     
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  3. Charlietf

    Charlietf Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Lol
     
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  4. Charlietf

    Charlietf Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Why not?
     
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    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Controversial opinion: Prime Mike Tyson would beat Danny McBride
     
    dinovelvet, Mar 31, 2020
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  6. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    When you are trying to explain Sullivan to people, you get questions like:

    OK, granted Ali was great for his era, but didn't Holmes and Berbick represent a fundamental advance in ring science, that he was simply unable to adjust to?
     
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  7. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    Quite a stretch of a comparison
     
    Richmondpete, Mar 31, 2020
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  8. Charlietf

    Charlietf Well-Known Member Full Member

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    You must be joking
     
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  9. 70sFan

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    C fighter against an A+ possibly greatest heavyweight of all time = no contest
     
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    Trolling.
     
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  11. Abysmal Brute1983

    Abysmal Brute1983 New Member Full Member

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    Exactly. If Chavez Sr. was better he would have been a light heavyweight. In reality, this is not so. Cant see any logical counterarguments to this
     
    Abysmal Brute1983, Mar 31, 2020
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  12. steve1990

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    Current Tyson beats Danny McBride.
     
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    If you watch their actual fight Then it shouldn’t take much convincing that Ali would have easily won five years earlier
     
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  14. Entaowed

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    Nah, he is just having fun & making a point about the illogic & irrelevant factors folks use to make predictions.
    Though given his emphases on size, at first I though he was being serious...
    But Berbick looked bigger & heavier than he really was.
     
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    Entaowed, Mar 31, 2020
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  15. Richard M Murrieta

    Richard M Murrieta Now Deceased 2/4/25 Full Member

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    Prime Muhammad Ali, 1964-1967, before he was banned from boxing for Draft Evasion, in 1967 until 1970.
     
    Richard M Murrieta, Mar 31, 2020
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