The fight was there for the taking,but he couldn't find it within himself to step up to the plate and grab it. On six occasions, Young ducked outside of the ropes when he was pressured by Ali. He did it in the seventh round, the eighth, the 12th, twice in the 13th, and once more in the 15th. When he did it in the 12th round, the referee ruled it a knockdown and began to count. Young pulled his head back into the ring at the count of two. Mark Kram of [url]Sports Illustrated[/url] wrote: "It was unconscionable behavior for a man who wants the heavyweight championship of the world."
He didn’t take into account that judges don’t give fighters rounds when they duck outside the ring and go hide behind old ladies siting in the third row.
Jimmy's tactics such as ****ing outside the ropes, is irrelevant. The SI writer did what all writers do when the outcome is not to their liking; they spin, making an issue out of a non issue to distract from the real problem. This only shows the writer's frustration that Ali could not land on Jimmy, could not find Jimmy. It was like fighting a ghost all the scoring belonged to Jimmy as he won the early, middle, and late rounds
It’s a fight, not a hide-and-seek contest. If you repeatedly, purposely duck outside the ropes, don’t expect to win.
who says you cant throw in a few unorthodox tricks for the sake of entertainment when you're well ahead on the cards
Young should have been warned, penalized points and DQ'd if he kept doing it. Each time after the first could have almost been scored as a KD. He did it three times in about 20 seconds if we count the finish of round 12. You only have to watch 18 seconds or so of this video to see him do it twice without any shame at all. Embarrassing really. This content is protected
Precisely how I see it. Muhammad's pride would see him through to a messy yet convincing decision in a second bout.
it's hard to find a spot where Ali scored at all. it seemed throughout the fight that Jimmy outscored him 20 - 0