Will there ever be a heavyweight like Muhammad Ali?

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  1. PistonHondai

    PistonHondai Active Member Full Member

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    Will there be a heavyweight who can move and jab like Ali? All the current heavyweights have very weak defense and rely on haymakers.
     
    PistonHondai, Aug 6, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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    Oddone Bermane Stiverne's life coach. Full Member

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    No.

    Simply the greatest.
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    Oddone, Aug 6, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Usyk is more skilled. He doesn’t have better lateral movement and feints and but he utilizes superior angles and has a jab about as useful.

    Joseph Awinongya jr is more talented than Ali but he's still an amateur
     
    MarkusFlorez99, Aug 6, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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    No, and we didn't even get to see what would have been the best years of Ali. The law saw to that.
     
    like a boss, Aug 6, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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    TNSNO1878 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    How is Joseph Awinongya Jr more talented than Muhammad Ali?
     
    TNSNO1878, Aug 6, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Taller, rangier, faster feet, better fundamentals, Joseph is like a heavyweight Shakur Stevenson, he's a more precise counter puncher than Ali too. I think he'll be Itaumas rival once he wins gold at the Olympics
     
    MarkusFlorez99, Aug 6, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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    Oddone Bermane Stiverne's life coach. Full Member

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    Bruh...

    You base all this on a guy who hasn't had a single pro fight.

    Easy to look good in the amateurs...Audley Harrison says hello by the way.

    At least wait to see a single pro fight of his before you spam the forum with this trolling nonsense that some amateur is better at everything than Ali.

    Jesus.
     
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    Oddone, Aug 6, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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    bandeedo Loyal Member Full Member

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    probably not. nobody teaches the dundee school of footwork anymore. on your toes and at a rhythm.
     
    bandeedo, Aug 6, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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    NoChin Sir Tim Tszyu - Knighted! Full Member

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    Ali was overrated. Lennox Lewis would have knocked his ass out. But Lennox lost you will say. But so did Ali. More times than Lewis.
     
    NoChin, Aug 6, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    If the prophecy is true, then, yes, according to Nostradamus, the hunchback of Bell University, it will take place as the Quatrain of Biscayne predicted by the North Star, on 100 days and four score of the crow of the male chicken bird, 'twill be known of the third Sunday of the onety-oneth month that a Muhammadian champion shall emerge. This places it some time in the 2090's, by my maths.
     
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    Fogger Father, grandfather and big sports fan. Full Member

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    No, just no. I have no problem with you thinking Lewis would beat Ali but Ali is not overrated. If you think Lewis is better then Lewis is underrated.

    I've said this before but it bears repeating. In fact, I believe I said this in one of your Lewis is better than Ali threads. Ali beat nine of the 1963 Ring Magazine End of the Year top ten heavyweights. He did not fight the other guy. Ali also beat all 10 of the 1974 end of the year top ten heavyweights. Quite simply, Ali fought and beat everyone for a long time. There is no chance he is overrated.
     
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    No.
     
    catchwtboxing, Aug 7, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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    yes more skilled that's why he got outboxed by a rookie kickboxer. lol Usyk glazers are the worst and they still going.
     
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    tarrant45 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    You troll without even realizing it. Amazing.
     
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    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Usyk looked better than Ali at the same age and beat Dubois the current champ
     
    MarkusFlorez99, Aug 7, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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