Billy Conn vs Muhammad Ali 1964-67

I think that Ali dominates and wins by late TKO. Conn was fantastic boxer, and Ali was too, but also much bigger and harder hitting. It would look a bit like Ali-Patterson 1.

 

My feelings exactly. Ali a bit too much for Conn. Maybe Machen was more his compatible.

 

Ali just too fast. Ali outspeeds Conn for a TKO win in eight rounds.

 

Absolutely. Ali's jab was measured to be much more quicker than SRR..... a very quick middleweight.

 

Ali. basically no contest because size and chin.

 

Ali was THAT fast. Incredible reflexes.

 

In the May 5, 1969 Sports Illustrated, Ali’s jab was measured with an omegascope. Ali’s jab, it was found, could smash a balsa board 16.5 inches away in 19/100 of a second. It actually covered the distance in 4/100 of a second, which is the blink of an eye. Jimmy Jacobs, who owned the world’s largest collection of fight films, said that on film tests with a synchronizer Ali’s jab was faster than that of Sugar Ray Robinson. Jacobs contended that Ali was not only the fastest heavyweight, but also the fastest fighter he ever saw on film.

 

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Conn had an excellent chin but he is just outsized here.

 

Since Conn's jab wasn't measured we don't know who was faster.

 

Id give prime Floyd Patterson the edge over Ali for handspeed ,I doubt Ali's handspeed was appreciably quicker than Michael Dokes or Tyson's and there have certainly been fighters of lower weights that were faster.
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