No I can't recall that. Even though Muhammad has always been my favourite fighter,George deserved the award that year in my view.
Damn right. It would have been a grotesque parody of what had gone before. By the latter rounds we'd have two tired old men virtually propping...
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Thank you yet again,Cobra. When you're as intelligent as WE are,there's no need to be insulting to anyone :D
That's a perfect summing up.
Monzon takes a narrow decision here.
If Thomas maintains his form of the Witherspoon fight,he edges out a fading Holmes.
A belated happy birthday to you,Cobra :good I turned 61 yesterday. Floyd's hands were indeed a blur. As fast as Ali's.
No way a rusty 38 year old Holmes stands a chance against a prime Liston. A peak Holmes,yes, but not the 1988 model.
I concur that the drawn verdict was a gift to Joe. Within one month we had the sad spectacle of Joe and Muhammad Ali struggling against Cummings...
Yes. Ali's legs took a lot of kicks that night. As for whether Muhammad was affected long term by this factor ? Debatable. He was...
Welcome to the site,Coco :good Young George stops the older version within six rounds. The more elderly Foreman would be brave but ship too...
Same with me. A few would have pipped him for top 5 but head to head George was a monster.
And he would have been too strong for Jim who was n't as powerful as an Ali or a Holmes.
In a nutshell :good Muhammad would have won anyway,I think. Even if his excessive clinching had been lessened. Also taking into account...
