Ali's Power ..

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  1. BillB

    BillB Well-Known Member Full Member

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  2. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Calling Ali a coward is ridiculous. Racist, on the other hand...
     
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  3. HerolGee

    HerolGee Loyal Member banned Full Member

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    ok, I was just going on what the OP said. ALi basically didn't do his research, no surprise.

    thanks for clarifying.
     
    HerolGee, Dec 9, 2014
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    Cleveland Williams sure did.
     
    spinner, Dec 10, 2014
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  5. spinner

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    It is true that Williams's career went down hill after the terrible incident. After all, he had defeated Ernie Terrell and fought Eddie Machen to a draw so that he sure had been a top contender. But the question here was did Ali have power? He certainly did.
     
    spinner, Dec 17, 2014
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  6. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Foreman was EXAUSTED. Remember, Foreman was also knocked down by the featherfisted Jimmy Young. Frazier took hundreds of shots and his eyes were closed. Futch didn't want a blind sitting duck take any more shots. He pummeled Quary and stopped him on cuts. Quary was never staggered. 195 lb. Spinks was never badly hurt. This same Spinks crashed in 1 rd. to Coetzee and was kod by the moderately powerful Larry Holmes. Lyle was similarly exhausted like Foreman.

    In sum, Muhammad Ali was a great boxer and tactician. He was not a hard puncher.
     
    Saad54, Dec 17, 2014
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  7. Foxy 01

    Foxy 01 Boxing Junkie banned

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    Do some of you fools believe that is all about one or two punch power? Ffs look at how many of these f.u.c.k.wits throw bombs and miss. Then look at Ali in his prime, and see how many he threw and LANDED. Thats why he KO'd people because he HURT them with a lot of punches. He didn't try to take their heads off with one IDIOT fvcking punch.

    Jesus Christ, it makes you wonder how stupid people can be.

    And for the benefit of the above poster, the reason the imbecilic Foreman was exhausted is because he was too stupid to know he was stupid, trying to kill Ali with every idiotic punch.
     
    Foxy 01, Dec 17, 2014
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  8. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nothing you just said gives any evidence Ali was a hard puncher.
     
    Saad54, Dec 17, 2014
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  9. Unforgiven

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    Put a young Muhammad Ali in with David Haye's opposition and people would be calling him a huge puncher
     
    Unforgiven, Dec 18, 2014
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  10. Foxy 01

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    Perhaps not, but his 60% KO ratio doesn't say he was a soft puncher, now does it?
     
    Foxy 01, Dec 18, 2014
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  11. Rock0052

    Rock0052 Loyal Member Full Member

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    Word. If people went bonkers when he kod Liston in one, just wait until he ices SNV in one off of a rangefinder jab.
     
    Rock0052, Dec 19, 2014
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  12. Azzer85

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    Here we go, spouting the same old bull****.

    Heavyweights from back in the days were CWs etc etc

    Last time I checked, two of the most successful heavyweights of this era were cruiserweights.

    Did David Haye not move up and crack Valuevs chin?
     
    Azzer85, Dec 19, 2014
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  13. Wvboxer

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    Well I guess I'd rather watch cruiserweights than today's real heavyweights. Lol
     
    Wvboxer, Dec 19, 2014
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  14. Stevie G

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    None at the top today who capture the imagination. I'm hoping that Anthony Joshua could be the real deal,though.
     
    Stevie G, Dec 20, 2014
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  15. Ken Ashcroft

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    Not today's cruiserweights though.
     
    Ken Ashcroft, Dec 21, 2014
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