The second and third fights definitely. But not the first.
Lol! Afterwards it's revealed that Muhammad and Joe are Morecambe and Wise in disguise. Then Sir Alec Ferguson shouts out"Boxing.....bloody hell!"
"Get me Clay" said Frazier to Yank Durham in 1966 after scraping past Oscar Bonavena. And after unifying the belts against Jimmy Ellis,he wanted...
I reckon you've hit the nail right on the head. Ali and Joe were warriors,as I said in my earlier post. No matter how much they liked/disliked...
Ah....but this scenario is about what would have happened if he had n't.
Yeah - Curtis Mayfield,Bobby Womack or Isaac Hayes doing the soundtrack.
So could Packie East.
Dokes may have won the first fight in a prime for prime scenario. Holyfield wins the return. Both fights go the distance and are very close.
This subject has been touched on in other threads - Suppose that Muhammad Ali had n't had cranked the publicity machine up to as intense a level...
Ali - Good fight but Muhammad prevails by clear UD or late TKO.
A few of them - Ali Duran Leonard Holmes Hagler
I go with Ali. His close calls with Jones and Cooper came when young Cassius was still developing. He whipped Liston fair and square both times.
What a fight this would be!!!! Both men could punch and brawl. Both had good whiskers. Both had a warrior mentality. The tiebreak in this one...
This is how I envisage it too. At Cruiserweight this would've been a classic.
Great fight,Fergy! I see Jose starting strongly,scoring a flash knockdown while building up a small but decisive points lead in the first half...