Experience with different types of fighters is the only advantage 70s Ali had over the 60s model. The very best 70s incarnation of Muhammad...
No disrespect but what is the point of this post ?
I recall being shocked along with everyone else. After all,we all knew the script - the only man around at the time who was capable of ending...
I just hope that Nigel scraps this insane idea.
Another one that could have gone either way. Let's remember that Leonard was also past his prime when he and Marvin finally fought.
Very much a 50/50 one for me. Hearns would have been well capable of outpointing Leonard at that time but Ray may have been better at rallying...
No. Tubbs had good handspeed but not as fast as Ali in '71.
Rematches with Hearns and Benitez would definitely have come about. A fight with Hagler would have occurred no later than 1983 due to the demand...
The FOTC Joe Frazier beats any version of post exile Muhammad Ali. The 1974 Ali of the second fight was better than he was in FOTC but still...
I see Jimmy pinching a narrow decision here. I agree that Wilder's stamina is superior to Foreman's but Wilder would still be susceptible to...
Imagine Leonard ten years younger - The version who beat Ayub Kalule fighting Norris.
Nice post,Fergie ! Buchanan was a brilliant boxer but I envisage this one going just as Tramell sees it - Chavez utilising that brutal attack...
Jose Riblata was n't bad.
But he DID whip Hearns,though,did n't he ? The roles of puncher and boxer were reversed that night. Like Muhammad Ali before him,Leonard always...
Lennox Lewis with Tyson Fury as the runner up.