Could the Ali of Spinks 2 have done anything to Holmes?

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  1. Melankomas

    Melankomas Prime Jeffries would demolish a grizzly in 2 Full Member

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    Would it be competitive? Would Ali even potentially win?
     
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    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Make Holmes work a bit harder, that’s about it.
     
    swagdelfadeel, Nov 11, 2024
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    Vince Voltage Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Do nothing but hold, be praised as a genius, and win by UD.
     
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    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ali might be able to go the distance but that's about it he would be no threat to Holmes in regards to actually winning the fight.
     
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  5. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This. I don't think Ali could have beaten Tate or Coetzee at that point.
     
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    No.
     
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    I’d also add that I don’t think he looked any better than he did in the first Spinks bout. If anything he’d regressed, he’s just lucky Spinks was in even worse shape.
     
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  8. Ney

    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Probably :lol:

    If Ali still had the title this would happen.
     
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    What Holmes? What a corker that version would be against the Holmes of Spinks 1. Actually Ali was notably more regressed.
     
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    The Ali of Spinks II probably loses to the Holmes of Butterbean.
     
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    No
     
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  12. ElFrutero_46

    ElFrutero_46 Hey lithen right Full Member

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    He wasnt drugged so id say yes, but not so much to win the fight. And i dont think much of it since he was fighting at the top level and had a little something called parkinsons disease
     
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    No he was shot
     
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    Holmes by 15 rounds UD
     
    PolishAssasin, Nov 12, 2024
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