How many people think Ali actually beat Norton 2/3 time ?

How many people actually think Norton or Young beat a PRIME ALI?

 

I had Norton winning the 1st and 3rd fights.

 

I believew Ali won two of the three encounters. Norton blew the third fight by not closing strongly. Ali hurt Norton in that fight, as well.

 

My scores:

1. 6-5-1 Norton
2. 7-5-0 Ali
3. 8-7-0 Ali

 

i had norton winning the first and the third

 

Ali was in his physical prime up until the Foreman fight, Why would Ali be washed up in his late 20s or early 30s when he had 3 years away from boxing to let his body rest and before his 3 year forced retirement he was rarely hit?

Norton sholud of won all 3 fights, any time Ali did anything in a fight he was given extra credit for. Norton was the aggresive through out the fight and should of gotten credit for it. Some rounds Ali picked it up but that shouldn't have been enough to give him the rounds or the wins in the fight.

 

These sound like my scores.

 

I thought Norton won all three, to be honest. Although the 2nd fight was arguably a fair decision for Ali, or a draw.

Ali wasn't absolute prime, but he was the dominant heavyweight of the 1970s - apparently a "golden age", many say the best heavyweight era ever - and 1973 was smack bang in the midst of Ali's best period of his second career ('72 - '74 ?). He wasn't exactly old.

Got to give Norton credit. And if the judges had made it 2 losses out of 3, or even 2 losses and a draw, which could easily be argued, Ali's reputation would be under heavy fire. Ali got a few decision wins that could have gone the other way, and if they had people would be jumping on his case saying he was "too inconsistent". Judges seem to decide the legacy of the fighter to some extent.

 

Same here.

Good point.

 

Good points all around. :good

 

You do have a point.

 

ALI jusst sneaked the trilogy for me.