How good boxer was Laila Ali?

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  1. Power Station

    Power Station New Member Full Member

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    What do you think? How good boxer was Laila Ali (24-0)?

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  2. BCS8

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  3. Noel857

    Noel857 I Am Duran

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    Well she won all her fight and unusually for a girl most were by stoppage.However i don`t know enough about the calibre of the girls she was fighting to offer a serious opinion
     
  4. Shay Sonya

    Shay Sonya The REAL Wonder Woman! Full Member

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    I believe Laila Ali was better, in her prime, than any female fighter in history, including the current crop of women.
     
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  5. Rakesh

    Rakesh Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Very talented, which makes sense considering her gene pool.

    I don't believe the calibre of girls she was fighting was enough to test her at all, maybe wouldn't go undefeated with tougher competition.
     
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  6. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I heard she ducked Ann Wolfe but I can't really comment on it as I don't know much about female boxing.
     
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  7. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hard to know how good she really was because she was so much better than the others in her era. Like putting a legit contender in a string of fights against no-hopers and watching him tear through them, hard to tell what would happen if that contender fought a champ based off their fights with the no-hopers.
     
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  8. GoldenHulk

    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Damn good lookin for a boxer, and I remember watching her spank Christy Martin's a$$.
     
  9. Glass City Cobra

    Glass City Cobra H2H Burger King

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    It was always some sort of excuse for why the fight couldn't happen. It was a real shame because Wolfe was probably the only female boxer her size who could've really pushed Laila to her limits. I suspect Laila just didn't want to ruin her undefeated streak.
     
  10. Jon1962

    Jon1962 Member Full Member

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    Honestly her two biggest wins are Frazier's daughter and an older smaller Christy Martin. The rest are women who you find at the local Planet Fitness.