Ali is overrated: A cruiserweight the size of Chris Byrd with less athletic ability

that's absolutely ridiculous who gave u that opinion? what hw could beat him now? damn sure not wlad or vitaly wayyyyy to slow he would have a field day with these guys

 

Wow, it seems the classic forum is the place to be these days, I might just downsize and re-house myself :shock::shock::shock::rofl

 

I think this size thing Heavyweights only is a problem...there are only a few well trained big guys around today...The Klitscko's and Valuev....and we all know Ali would have handled Valuev....The Klitschko'd could be a problem and guys like Sultan and Chagaev would make a decent fight....but a lot of these guys like Sam Peter and James Toney and Chambers and Areola are plain out FAT and could all lose a lot of weight 25-50 lbs...who else besides Lennox Lewis had a chance to beat Ali

 

Thanks for the laugh op.

 

rofl

 

Is this thread serious, or for comic relief? C'mon now, Chris Byrd more atheletically gifted than Ali?

Byrd was a better than decent heavyweight for his time that had very good upper body and head movement. However, he far from belongs in the same sentence as Ali when discussing anything related to boxing ability.

The contenders of Ali' second reign, Lyle, Shavers, Jimmy Young would give the heavyweights of today their toughest fights. Jimmy Young would out-box most, if not all of the current heavyweights over 12 rounds, while Shavers and Lyle would KO most of the currents heavyweights before the 12th round.

 

Oy vey.

If one considers that Eddie Chambers- a reasonably skilled counterpuncher who generally gets by with a moderately impressive movement and a decent jab- can do enough damage to get into the Top 10, one can only imagine what Ali would do in this time period.

The mind doesn't just boggle, it reels drunkenly from the utter stupidity that some people display.

 

Chris Byrd used to fight at 140 lbs when he was 20 years old.

 

On what ****ing basis? Ali took shots from Foreman, Frazier, Liston, Lyle, Bonavena, Norton, Shavers, Moore, Patterson just to name a few. Some of the hardest hitters over on that list.

 

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Ive never used the word `noob` in my time here on ESB but your behaving like one & I was close, very close.

Wise up & stop looking for attention ya sick ******* !

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ali is one of the best but i still think that he could be beaten by many heavies ..not anyone is or ever was invinceable..

 

I generally respect the opinions of all on this board but sir, YOU ARE NUTS!!!

 

some of you guys make me laugh,did you even see ali in his prime??

 

First of Ali Ali was 6' 3" with an 80" reach and huge legs. If he fought today he easily would have fought at 225 and lose nothing on speed. The opening statement to this thread is simply wrong. Look at the body types of Ali and Byrd, completely different ...

 

P4P, Ali would mop the floor with the Klitschkos. They should not be considered heavyweights. Being the greatest and all, Ali would definitely have the best chance of all other men his size to beat the Klits head to head, but I wouldn't bet on it. They are just too big to be in Ali's weight class.