If a time machine could bring Muhammad and Oleksandr together in the ring,Stagger Lee - let it be when the night is clear and the moon is yellow....
My childhood and teens - Muhammad Ali My twenties - Ali and Marvin Hagler
From Kingston 1973 - Kinshasa 1974,inclusive.
How about a poll? I would say Hagler by a rizla paper. Hearns was just coming off some good wins at (in my opinion) his best fighting weight...
It was round five.
I agree with you - big time. It really annoys me when some claim that all Ali did was lie on the ropes for seven rounds then all of a sudden...
Bell carries the fight to Blocker and wins a clear,albeit competitive decision.
Muhammad Ali Joe Louis Jack Johnson Jack Dempsey John L Sullivan Sugar Ray Robinson Sugar Ray Leonard Mike Tyson Rocky Marciano Floyd...
Yes,the young Cassius Clay would temporarily suffer a credibility dive and a relieved Liston would do his best to avoid any rematch. Cassius...
I doubt as to whether Cooney would find Tillis an easy defence.
At 147lbs. This match up just came up in my mind.
Hi Richard. I think that there would have been a rematch by the Summer of '82 which Holmes would have won.
Take a look at the final round of Ali-Spinks I. Muhammad was trying his utmost to take Leon out. But he was just too exhausted at that point....
Muhammad Ali 1964-75. Larry Holmes 1978-82. The above two may not have been big punchers in the raw power sense but they were both very fast...
Marvin fought at maximum effectiveness at 160lbs.