45 Years Ago Today, Ali's Last Hurrah......

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  1. SouthpawsRule

    SouthpawsRule Active Member Full Member

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    This is the only boxing match that I just can't watch. It feels like I'm watching an old man getting mugged, seeing Ali like that is really hard.
     
    SouthpawsRule, Oct 2, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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    And he looked at the ref like "you want me to kill that guy, huh?"
     
    MaccaveliMacc, Oct 2, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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    He may be trolling a bit but imo the fight was close. I scored it 6-4 Berbick.
     
    MaccaveliMacc, Oct 2, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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  4. ThatOne

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    @Seamus. I love you but Ali was officially diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1984. No commission would license him. And what was the point of Ali boxing when he was no longer Ali? All the faded Ali did was to give his haters ammunition that he wasnt special when he so obviously was.
     
    ThatOne, Oct 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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  5. Seamus

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    Murad Muhammad, James Cornelius or even Don King would have found a place to host the fights.
     
    Seamus, Oct 2, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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  6. ThatOne

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    The devil Don King might have found a way to circumvent the boxing commissions.
     
    ThatOne, Oct 2, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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    I looked up Ali sparring after retirement. Found an instance of him showing up to a gym for what he thought was a friendly spar and the dude starts trying to hurt him. Ali gave as good as he got, weirdly looked capable of fighting even though his voice was really, really slurred.
     
    Barrf, Oct 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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    That's what I'm saying. He still had plenty left in the tank. With the right physical preparation he could have beaten Bonecrusher or even Berbick in a rematch.
     
    Seamus, Oct 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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    A lot of people picked Ali to perform a miracle vs. Holmes. Those people ended up devastated.
     
    slash, Oct 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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    It devastated a young Mike Tyson.
     
    ThatOne, Oct 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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    I don't get how one could have watched Ali against Shavers and think he'd have had a chance against Holmes. Look how much better Holmes did against Shavers than Ali. Leon beat Ali once; Ali struggled with Shavers, took everything he had to pull off the win; Holmes wiped the floor of the ring with him and made it look easy. You'd have to have been crazy to think 1980 Ali had a shot against Holmes.
     
    Barrf, Oct 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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    Cus thought Ali had a chance based on the fact he didn't prepare a 12 year old Mike Tyson for what he was about to witness when he took him to see the fight on closed circuit tv.
     
    ThatOne, Oct 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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  13. Mandela2039

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    Seamus been messing around aloooot lately...
     
    Mandela2039, Oct 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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    The only fight in Boxing that makes me ick, it's makes me feel so disgusted.
     
    Mandela2039, Oct 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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  15. ThatOne

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    That and Marciano-Louis. Muhammad and Joe were national treasures. Leonard-Camacho makes me sick, but as much as I love Ray he doesn't own the same historical space as Ali and Louis
     
    ThatOne, Oct 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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