51 Joe Louis v 78 Ali

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  1. CharlesBurley

    CharlesBurley Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Ali actually trained really hard for the Spinks rematch and turned the clock back a little bit. While his timing isn't the same he puts his full repertoire together. Comeback Louis looks leagues slower in comparison. Have to pick Ali here

    Patterson would put on a clinic and knock an old Louis out
     
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  2. janitor

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    By 1956 he would just have been a stepping stone for up and coming fighters, and I don't think that Patterson would have agreed to fight him.
     
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  3. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Maybe that would have been for the best as by 1956, Patterson would have destroyed him.
     
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