As Muhammad knocked George out with only two seconds remaining of the eighth,I'm including this stanza in my assessment. 5-2-1 to Ali.
Good point about the Ali-Foreman scenario at Yankee Stadium. Ali would have got criticised for taking the 'softer option' as he'd beaten Foreman...
And George scored quite a few of those in Zaire !
At that particular time,Muhammad no doubt realised that he was four years over the hill to have beaten Holmes (Zaire). Shame that this sense of...
I agree with you,Fasthands. Muhammad should either have given Ken a rematch or retired after the Yankee Stadium bout. As an out and out Ali...
Compare Ali's resume against any other ATG heavyweight champ's. He comes out of it pretty well.
Holmes easily at these respective points in their careers. Tyson was still a neophyte in 1985,albeit a very talented one. The 1986 - 88 model...
I see Collins sneaking it.
I tend to agree. Only just,though.
Inspired by Unforgiven's Groves-McLellan thread. This one would have been more competitive.
:lol: We all must have been severely underestimating Patterson in that case :good
Ali's real decline began post Zaire. More signifigantly after Manilla.
That's a very fair summary,Shake. Clay was on his way to victory that night. He was one step ahead of Liston throughout.
If there was a specific amount of time that Ali 'ducked' Foreman,it would have been the nine months in between George's second fight with Joe...
Nicely summed up. My own assessment.
