Ali vs Holmes

Of course Tyson wouldn't have held back.
What a silly question.

 

In the first few rounds Larry beat him like he would have anyone else, unitl he realized that he might hurt Ali pretty badly. So he started just pitter patering Ali, he was hitting Ali like he would in sparring. Then he would at times hit Ali with a combo so the ref would step in and call it, but the ref never did. Then Larry hit Ali with a good uppercut that almost dropped Ali and only the ropes held him up. If it was in the center of the ring, Ali would have been KO'd. Then about a minute later Larry hit Ali with a good body shot and Ali doubled over. Larry said he heard Ali groan in pain with that. IMO Ali could have gotten badly hurt if Larry wanted to do it. But if it were Tyson in the ring that night, he would have killed Ali, possibly litteraly.

 

Larry should just have went out there and bomb Ali out in the first 3 rounds.
It probably would have stopped Ali from making another ridiculous comeback against Berbick and in the long run would have saved him from more long term damage.

Larry just prolonged the beating, perhaps he thought he was helping.

 

I think a lot of it was that Larry didn't want to hurt him, so he was afraid to hit Ali as hard as he could, and as much as he could.

 

The question, what is worse? A prolonged beating of medium intensity or a short stoppage?


Tyson might have got frustrated if Ali kept standing and DQ'd!

:smoke

 

I like Ali by UD or late TKO

 

Good question. IMO they are about the same. The medium pro longed beating would make you more sore, but is it better in the long run? Or is a short, devastating stoppage/KO that will cause you a lot of quick trauma. IMO in the long run the medium pro longed beating would be better in the long run. Your brain probably wouldn't be beat around as bad.

 

Ummmmmmmmm ok, but were talking about the fight they had, not prime vs prime.

 

Not sure, if Holmes stop Ali in 1 or 2 rounds, FAST. I think it be better for Ali in the long run. Less punchings. Louis took out Lewis in 1 round as so to not harm his blind buddy. The shorter the fight, the less punchings his freind takes. Ali did the same thing to Williams takeing out a guy with a bullet in his lung. One of Ali's freinds in the interview said Ali talk about this, and did not want to hurt Willams to bad. Whats the best way to do this ete. Than his freind brought up the Louis Lewis fight. Ali went out there and took Williams out in 3 rounds. It was better than holded him up for 11 rounds taking pot shots. You get your brain rattle MORE with the prolong beating Holmes did.

 

Oh Ali was really shot by that time and had to take drugs to lose weight to look good, Ali would have been Ko'd in 1 by any ATG puncher

 

Good point.

 

If Larry went after him like he did Frazier or Leon Spinks, IMO Larry could have taken him out in 3-5 rounds, but he was afraid to let his full power fly. He fought Ali like they were sparring.

 

I always liked that quote from Holmes that went something like "I'm more proud of sparing with Ali in his prime then beating him as an old man".

Class.