Can you do the Ali shuffle

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  1. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    or is just a black thing?

    can u do it?

    i've never been able to do it myself. Only two people I've ever seen who were good at it: ali and his clone Sugar Ray leonard
     
    redrooster, Apr 11, 2012
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  2. Dempsey1238

    Dempsey1238 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You dont mean the Walcott shuffle right?
     
    Dempsey1238, Apr 11, 2012
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  3. Brownies

    Brownies Well-Known Member Full Member

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    White, can't do it without looking ridiculous and I'm sort of fast on my feet.... Not slick and black..
     
    Brownies, Apr 11, 2012
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  4. Foreman Hook

    Foreman Hook ☆☆☆ G$ora ☆☆☆ Full Member

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    Hook could do a poor-man's version of teh Ali shuffle in his youth. :mj


    Foreman Hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooook!:rasta
     
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  5. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Could moonwalk and shuffle in all my whiteness.

    Now not so much... in all my oldness.
     
    Seamus, Apr 11, 2012
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  6. joebeadg

    joebeadg Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Why would you want to? It looked foolish and gay.
     
    joebeadg, Apr 11, 2012
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  7. greynotsoold

    greynotsoold Boxing Addict

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    I avoid all things Ali.
     
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  8. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I can do it. Took me a while to get it right though :lol:
     
    Stevie G, Apr 12, 2012
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  9. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    According to Archie Moore,Muhammad adapted it from something called 'The Watson Shuffle'
     
    Stevie G, Apr 12, 2012
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  10. TartanSoldier

    TartanSoldier Barnburner. Full Member

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    I can do a version of it. Never attempted it during sparring though.
     
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  11. ThinBlack

    ThinBlack Boxing Addict banned

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    When I was younger, I could flow and do it.Not so much now.
     
    ThinBlack, Apr 12, 2012
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