Over the course of a year or two, a prime Ali successively defends his title against the forum's favorite lobbers of left hooks, in their primes, in rough chronological order: * Cleveland Williams * 'Enery Cooper * Gerry Cooney * Donovan Ruddock * Tommy Morrison * David Tua (with haircut) What odds would you give that he survives all 6 without a loss? And what odds would you give that he survives all 6 without getting knocked down?
While Williams wasn't prime when they fought it's probably to a lesser extent, a repeat of their original fight. 1-0 Ali proved what he can do when he took Cooper seriously in the rematch. 2-0 Cooney was huge, but rarely used his size for anything, Ali might get caught but I think he wins off of Cooneys lack of using his advantages, which also affects him to win the fight, Ali UD. 3-0 Ruddock was bigger then Ali, but he gets chinned, risky one for Ali to not get knocked down by the hybrid uppercut but I think Ali pulls it off, Ali TKO or wide UD 4-0 Morrison was not in Ali's league, a 70s Ali he might be able to catch, but not a prime one. 5-0 Tua similar to Morrison, gets outboxed, likely does better against a 70s Ali. 6-0 I think Ruddock is the riskiest matchup here for a knockdown, Donovan hid that left well, but I think theyd have to fight multiple times for the chance Ali gets clocked in the perfect spot to get knocked down.
