your favorite muhammad ali fights

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  1. ali's jockstrap

    ali's jockstrap Member Full Member

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    your favorite fights that involved ali?

    Do you prefer to watch the fights where he showed and exhibited pure boxing skill, speed, razor slazing jabs, fast combinations like ali v williams and clay v liston 1.

    or the wars against frazier

    or the tactically perfect fights e.g foreman etc

    your views please with a little explaination
     
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  2. ali's jockstrap

    ali's jockstrap Member Full Member

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    I'll go first:
    ali frazier 3- awesome action, great clash of styles, fought in terrible heat and humidity, both fighters had good periods in the fight etc

    and

    ali v cleveland williams- ali looked brilliant, sweet science of hit and dont be hit was in evidence, hardly took and punch all fight looked scarily fast, threw great combinations, the ali shuffle etc etc
     
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  3. Robbi

    Robbi Marvelous Full Member

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    Liston I
    Williams
    Quarry I and II
    Frazier I and III
    Norton I and II
    Foreman
     
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  4. warrior85

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    gotta be the thrilla
     
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  5. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I went for Quarry II. Just such a complete perfomance from Ali. Far from as exciting as FOTC, Manilla, Zaire, of course.
     
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  6. flamengo

    flamengo Coool as a Cucumber. Full Member

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    When the Foreman fight is watched on a monthly basis, its clear there was no real game plan. Just a second option. R-A-D. ...I doubt Ali even thought this would be a serious option anyway. Having felt Foremans assault in the first 2 1/2 rounds.. mostly agressive, uncontroled, poorly thought out, immature, RELENTLESS, and un-accustommed assault, Foreman was soon to become a victom of his own inexperience.

    The Thrilla remains, IMO, the single most, hardest battle of any 2 H/Ws in the history of the game. Both men remain to be legends. The epic fight lasted far longer than it should have/ or would by any standards of the last 20 years. ..... or 50 years before. I doubt any guys went through the same hell as Ali and Frazier on the same night... any H/Ws.. ever.
     
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  7. ali's jockstrap

    ali's jockstrap Member Full Member

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    I agree i kind of have multiple favorites for different reasons
     
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  8. flamengo

    flamengo Coool as a Cucumber. Full Member

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    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Do tell...
     
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  9. True Writer

    True Writer Active Member Full Member

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    I've just watched the Thrilla and I think it is way over hyped. I find Ali's fights pretty boring in general.
     
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  10. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    You don't say?
     
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  11. True Writer

    True Writer Active Member Full Member

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    Yep. I often think that if you want to introduce someone to boxing then avoid Ali's fights because people expect amazing things but often the are dull.
     
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  12. Boxing Fanatic

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    Ali-Foreman. "Ali boom ma yah." "Ali kill him!" Classic.
     
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  13. flamengo

    flamengo Coool as a Cucumber. Full Member

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    Thats a shame, Ali always claimed that you were a brilliant fighter.
     
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  14. Bad_Intentions

    Bad_Intentions Boxing Addict Full Member

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    ali/liston I

    cassius was in his prime :good.
     
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  15. Bad_Intentions

    Bad_Intentions Boxing Addict Full Member

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    perhaps you never seen PRIME ALI.
    if you have and still find him boring then...:verysad.
     
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