Yes, I think Cooper showed in that one that he was a tricky-match-up for Ali with his speedy aggressivenes and left hook. Ali didn't take the...
Great post. Very much agree.
He peaked right before the exile. He hadn't had had many fights, but had a stellar amateur background and had already fought about a dozen ranked...
Love Mike , but hard to overcome the speed deficit against such a great fighter. He has to win the battle of jabs here, but that's a tall order.
Personally also I think they would be difficult for Ali, but that's because they're big and good, not because of style. Ali always found the...
I don't understand how this in any way refers to what I wrote. Do you?
Pretending late 30's is the same in the modern era as it was in the 70's is another of the cringeworthy takes that frequently comes up in these...
No. He had an easy time with Terrell and Bugner, who best fit that description. Foreman fits it pretty decently also. Jones, Cooper, Frazier and...
There is a study where the researchers concluded that Ali showed signs of Parkinson's already in the early 70's, so you're probably right.
Personally I think Ali's decline was much more dramatic. No comparison to my eyes. And he wss also the only one of them who might have had...
I personally don't draw much, if any, conclusions from any of this. But I'd love to see this fight. Would be fascinating to see if Ali could...
Just look at Ali against Young compared to Ali ten years earlier. I actually don't see much resemblance. He had slowed down that much. Had had...
Wlad at 39 still had plenty left, so comparing a 39-year old Wlad with a 39-year old Ali is even worse than comparing them when both were 22....
Hasn't Purrity, Peters etc been used as to why Foreman well could beat Wlad, not Ali? I can't see that anyone has brought up them as reason why...
I agree with this point on the whole, but of course you should discount how Ali did against Holmes and Berbick to how prime Ali would do against...
