Yes,one of the fights that saw Ali at his seventies best. Along with the second Norton and Frazier fights plus the Foreman bout.
True. But as I said on another thread,very few of them leave the stage when it's the ideal time. For health and prestige.
Few of them go when they should. Looking back on it,Ali should have retired after Zaire.
Eubank-Watson I. I thought Watson edged it on workrate but so many saw him practically walking it, which is ridiculous in my opinion.
I have Ken winning it by three rounds. Not a MASSIVE robbery by any stretch of the imagination,though.
I agree with you on both points. As strong a character as Durham was reputed to have been,Joe could have got a 1972 Ali rematch had he really...
I've a feeling that Yank Durham was very wary of Joe taking an Ali rematch. He knew that the FOTC had taken more out of his man than it did...
it was mainly due to the status of the fight. It was the first time since the first Ali-Frazier bout seventeen years earlier when two men could...
Spot on as far as I'm concerned.
Regardless of the clinching,on the criteria of their three fights with each other,I see Muhammad as being at HIS best in their second fight. Just...
Not forgetting Tony Perez' brief bout of Tinnitus during the second round ;)
Well,I've always been a BIG Ali fan. He's my favourite boxer ever but I happen to agree with you that Muhammad and Joe's FIRST battle was the best...
I see the version of Ali circa 1970-74 as having around 85% of the hand and footspeed he displayed prior to his exile in the sixties. He was...
As John McEnroe would say - "You CANNOT be serious" !!!
Agreed. Manilla was the last time we saw that incredible handspeed. If he'd kept it for a few more years,the likes of Evangelista,Shavers and...
