I think given Ali's medical issues and age he did look relatively good in the Berbick fight and that in kind of a perverse way it was an underrated effort. But no way he should have gone on after that fight. He should have stayed retired after Spinks II.
I think Ali takes Weaver and could have moved on to take Smith and Berbick... with an outside shot of taking a young Ruddock. Can you imagine Foreman-Ali 2 in 1989?!!!
I would pick even the broken down decrepit version of Ali in the last five years of his life to beat McNeely