You two like to get on the high horse without reading posts properly. I never said Holmes would beat him, I said Holmes even at that stage would...
It's got to do with Holmes having the ability to give that version of Ali big problems. Holmes would have boxed Spinks' head off at any stage!
Oh but a certain fighter who couldn't carry Holmes' jockstrap beat Ali and had less than 10 fights. True Ali had deteriorated by then but Holmes...
Yep and Holmes would have given Ali hell as early as that, let's not forget Ali lost to Norton before 74.
Size matters and the laws of physics count but so does heart, stamina, speed, etc. There's also a point where excess size will give you negative...
He would have given him hell in 74, Holmes looked the real deal already. I'm not saying he beats him but I believe he would have had Ali in fits.
Not one man on earth could give you the exact equation, those variables are what makes boxing so exciting.
Jack Johnson would have been a proper character in this day and age.
Yep, and we both know how great a fighter Holmes was. That jab and speed of his would have troubled Ali even in 74. I believe Holmes would have...
Watch it yourself and do a bit of reading on the matter. Ali was not messing around in sparring and Holmes from the short clip looked sharper....
Watch the documentary When We Were Kings. Do a little research.
Yes way. Holmes was giving Ali hell in sparring for the Foreman fight.
Yep, don't even go there mentioning 10 bouts.......
Both tremendous fighters, like asking which is better a Ferrari or a McLaren........
But then apart from those two who did he really fight?
