Ali's lost years

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  1. Uncle Oden

    Uncle Oden Respect Guzman banned

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    what would have been different, if anything?

    Would the first Frazier fight just have occured earlier, with the same defeat? Or if the first fight occured at the same time, would there have been a difference?
     
  2. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    nobody beats the Ali of 66-70
    Frazier vs Ali definitly would've happened as soon as Frazier got himself a no.1 ranking which he was doing quickly

    Ali after almost 4 years off clearly lost a lot of speed, reflexes which meant he got hit with shots he would've slipped and also his timing was off.

    As soon he came back he takes the no.1 ranked quarry tough bonavena and then champ Frazier all in the space of a few months, he should've taken at least a year before facing someone as ferocious as Frazier who was in his absalute prime in that first fight.
     
  3. Uncle Oden

    Uncle Oden Respect Guzman banned

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    a ****ing shame, isn't it? It's like Ted Williams, a ****in Red Sox, losing time to the war, their true records will be forever unknown.
     
  4. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Frazier just puts a whuppin' on him a year earlier.
     
  5. jcrh22

    jcrh22 Active Member Full Member

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    I think Ali would of won that fight, a close fight but Ali wins by 2 or 3 rounds.
     
  6. CottoDaBodykill

    CottoDaBodykill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    **** is real sad i'm a sox fanatic too
     
  7. Uncle Oden

    Uncle Oden Respect Guzman banned

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    well i'm not. **** you and the frozen head