Rico Verhoeven vs Muhammad Ali

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Verhoeven vs Ali

  1. Verhoeven by PTS

    5 vote(s)
    8.5%
  2. Ali by PTS

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    8.5%
  3. Ali by KO/TKO

    33 vote(s)
    55.9%
  4. Verhoeven by KO/TKO

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    27.1%
  1. slash

    slash Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ali would stop him.
     
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  2. Joeywill

    Joeywill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'm gonna have to go with Ali

    Brings me to another question

    Joe Louis vs Rico
     
  3. slash

    slash Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Louis gets off the canvas and stops him. Bludgeons him.

    Usyk landed plenty of punches, but they were mostly powder-puff.
     
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  4. MidniteProwler

    MidniteProwler Fab 4. Mayor of Aussie Boxing Full Member

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    Rico too big too strong that rope a dope **** ain't gonna work lad.
     
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  5. PopPellegrino

    PopPellegrino Active Member Full Member

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    Apparently Ali only fought on the ropes, haha. And apparently feather fisted Rico is too “powerful.” The best thing Rico can do is lean on Ali and hope Ali gasses out within 12 rounds, which isn't going to happen.
     
  6. MidniteProwler

    MidniteProwler Fab 4. Mayor of Aussie Boxing Full Member

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    He fought on the ropes against bigger men like Foreman and Rico is a giant lad.
     
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  7. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh!

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    Rico sure has hell hits harder than tiny Henry Cooper did and featherfisted Norton gave Ali all sorts of grief. Smoking Joe was not a real HW either. Rico in Alis face all night is different challenge all together. 6'6 260 lb athletic beast with awkward style that he would have never seen before with elite stamina to go along with it.
     
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  8. PopPellegrino

    PopPellegrino Active Member Full Member

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    Jameel McCline vs Chris Byrd

    Byrd won a decision over McCline despite weighing 56 pounds less than his opponent, Jameel McCline. It was a close and entertaining fight, but Byrd, who had a bad chin and all-around shot, and was relatively old for a fighter with his style, still beat McCline, who is the better puncher and better boxer than Rico, that used his size against his Byrd. Ali is a lot better than Byrd, and Rico is worse than McCline. Can you do 2 + 2?
     
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  9. MidniteProwler

    MidniteProwler Fab 4. Mayor of Aussie Boxing Full Member

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    LOL McCline was a ****ing bum hahaha
     
  10. PopPellegrino

    PopPellegrino Active Member Full Member

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    So Henry Cooper knocking Ali off balance is a sign that Rico's puff-puff punches are going to do a damn thing against a guy with a top 10 heavyweight chin OAT? Frazier punched way harder than Rico, and you clearly expose yourself as talking nonsense when you say Norton is feather fisted. Norton did give an old Ali hell, but that wasn't because of his power. It was because of his boxing ability.
     
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  11. PopPellegrino

    PopPellegrino Active Member Full Member

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    In no way can you call McCline a bum when the "great" Rico is 1-1. Zero good wins in boxing, and he'll get exposed if he picks a serious opponent.
     
  12. MidniteProwler

    MidniteProwler Fab 4. Mayor of Aussie Boxing Full Member

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    So Usyk the best heavyweight in the world wasn't a serious opponent? That'll ****ing do me lad bahahahha
     
  13. PopPellegrino

    PopPellegrino Active Member Full Member

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    Usyk retired because he looked like trash. Even his supporters said he was right to duck and retire from the belts because “he is so old and washed.”
     
  14. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Rico is not some super athlete. Dude has average speed. His athleticism is a made up fantasy by Usyk fans
     
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