Who beats Ali

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  1. Keepyourhandsup

    Keepyourhandsup New Member Full Member

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    Which other heavyweights throughout history do you see beating the Ali of the first Frazier fight?

    I tend to agree with most of you that pre-prison Ali was basically unbeatable but after when he came back and had slowed down a bit who do you see having a shot at taking him?
     
    Keepyourhandsup, May 27, 2023
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  2. Shay Sonya

    Shay Sonya The REAL Wonder Woman! Full Member

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    Joe Louis. Rocky Marciano has a chance because of styles.
     
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  3. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tyson, Lewis, Holyfield, Bowe, the Klitschko's, Fury, Usyk, Holmes, prime Liston. There are several other candidates, but it's no guarantee, so I'm sticking to these guys.

    He was very beatable in his prime too.
     
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  4. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s banned Full Member

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    Not Holyfield not ever- no chance at all.
     
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    BoB Box "Hey Adam! Wanna play Nintendo?" Full Member

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    You left out Buster Douglas from your line up. 42 to 1 odds against Tyson...my guess it would have been 20 to 1 against Ali.
     
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    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Brute truth is Holmes was a poor man's FOTC Ali.
     
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    slash Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Holyfield maybe. Tyson definitely not. Not Fury either. Lewis maybe. Bowe.. slight chance.. he'd definitely be there at the end.. and you really don't want Bowe to be there at the end.. he was pulverizing. Klitschko no. Usyk I don't think so.. he'd couldn't knock Ali down like Frazier did.

    Holyfield and Lewis is about it.
     
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  8. PFPIsAMyth

    PFPIsAMyth New Member Full Member

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    In a 15 round fight like in '71? Hard to think of any.
     
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  9. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Stop trolling us
     
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  10. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    What I was thinking
     
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    RockyJim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    A guy like Ali has trouble against the great "swarmers"...Marciano...Frazier...Jack Dempsey! Prime Ali....(1963-1967) was not unhittable...no matter what the "revisionists" say or think!
     
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    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Why not ?! He could out box him.
     
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    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    In a way perhaps, but Holmes had better fundamentals than Ali.
     
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    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You missed out Jack Bodell.
     
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    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s banned Full Member

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    He couldn’t outbox a 40 something Larry Holmes or big dummies like Riddick Bowe
     
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