This is a fascinating match-up as both fighters were motivated to win for reasons far beyond mere glory in the squared circle. Frazier has been...
I agree with this analysis. If therefore he had retired undefeated in 1973, what would have his record been?
I don't agree with Frazier beating a prime Ali even with the FOTC performance for the following reasons: 1. Ali would never have needed to mock...
I know the original poster wanted a reference for his quote but I just wanted to give my opinion on the prime Tyson (1988) vs Ali (1967) debate:...
Something that has always baffled me is how physically large George looked during his prime years despite his official weight at the Rumble in the...
The quote about Ali hating every minute of training cannot possibly be applied to the early years - 1960-1967 - where it is clearly evident from...
He did the "impossible" twice. He beat Charles Sonny Liston in 64 and ten years later beat George Foreman. Both were considered unbeatable and...
Where is your father now if you don't mind me asking?
Any more than he was destested by the majority of white America when he was "beating his chest about [the Nation of] Islam?
The other way we could respond to the original question is: what would have happened if the fight had continued? Does anybody think it would have...
Could the answer not be as simple as Liston knew he was going to beaten again and if he continued the bout, his beating would continue?
I think Jersey Joe Walcott said it best after "officiating" the second Liston fight: Nobody could have beaten [Ali] that night, not me, not Louis,...
John Daly - one of the promoters of the fight - was asked for his prediction at the end of the 4th round and responded: "Ali is killing him and he...
I watched this yesterday: [MEDIA] He considers Ali to be the greatest and the fighter he trained himself, Wladimir Klitschko, as number 8.
...would he have been ranked in the top 3 heavyweights in the history of the prestige division? ...and if he had continued and beaten Holmes in...
