Ali slipped a little between Zaire and Manilla. After the latter bout,his decline started in earnest. Apart from his deterioration in the...
I agree that '76 George beats '91 George. Would be competitive for a few rounds,though,until the younger guy starts scoring frequently with...
Inspired by Sugah Jay's thread on Clay/Ali. Consensus being that Foreman was at his very best from Kingston 1973 - Zaire '74 (inclusive) how...
It was pretty damn incredible,indeed.
I see what you mean but the Zaire Ali was equally a force of nature
Surely even a 1981 Frazier,and Ali of that year,would still have had enough left to beat Roman. Shot as they both were
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I think George and Floyd were talking about the 1966-67 incarnation of Muhammad,who would have beaten any other version of himself. This thread...
It would certainly have been more of a contest but I still envisage Foreman prevailing. He would hit Joe too hard and too often. In 1976...
1974 Ali takes it. He was n't QUITE as fast as Clay but still very speedy with hands and feet. Plus his experience would have been a big...
How about this scenario ? Team 70s Joe Frazier 1971 George Foreman 1974 Muhammad Ali 1974 Ken Norton 1976 Larry Holmes 1979 Team 90s...
I agree about Liston being void in this. He only had one fight in the seventies.
This would be a close one. I see Young nicking it.
Vitali. It would take the very best incarnation of Tyson to beat him.
Suffice to say that if you matched up the best seventies versions of Ali,Foreman,Frazier,Norton etc against those of the nineties such as...