If Ali had beaten Holmes...untouchable resume?

That version of Ali was having serious problems with the sparring partners brought in to get him " Ready" for Holmes, by most eye witness accounts. No way he should've been allowed in the ring against Holmes.... And he definitely shouldn't have been allowed to absorb the prolonged beating he took
Nothing is ever guaranteed in a professional fight, but the results of Holmes vs Ali was as close to a guarantee as one can get.
If Ali did find someway to Beat Holmes he'd be considered what most of us with two eyes already consider him to be. That's the G.O .A.T at heavyweight.
Holmes on the other hand would be seen as a marginal heavy champ at best.
A Holmes loss would've hurt his legacy much, much more against that version of Ali than his win helped it.

 

Sounds like your deflecting by bringing up Tyson and Douglas? Try to stay focused on the the topic at hand.

 

I think his resume is pretty much untouchable anyway.

He's the GOAT and nobody can convince me otherwise. His record speaks for itself. Off the top of my head, legitimate Heavyweight ATG's that Ali beat:

Liston x 2
Frazier x 2
Norton
Foreman
Patterson

Top class guys (including LHW who stepped up) underneath that who Ali beat:

Lyle
Shavers
Terrell
Cooper x 2
Folley
Moore
Bugner x 2
Williams
Ellis
Quarrey
Chuvalo
Young, etc

It's a peerless CV.

 

If he beat Holmes, especially in his condition (and I think it was the Parkinson's rather than age, 43 year old Holmes was a much better fighter than 38 year old Ali) Ali would unquestionably have one of the greatest resumes across all weight classes. Even if was an extremely tight fight and Ali squeaks out a split decision. Hell, even a draw would be very impressive.

 

But if he lost to a lifeless Parkinson Ali like the one we saw, trust me, Holmes will take a MAJOR hit in his legend. Yes it is Ali, but that was Ali in named only that was losing to 7 fight Spinks. This was NO were near the Ali of the Foreman fight or even the 3rd Norton fight.

 

Only way Ali was winning that one was if Holmes had a heart attack.

But yeah, beating Holmes would have made his resume untoucheable at HW as far as I am concerned.

 

I don't know but one thing for sure.

Ali would rather die than retire after a win over prime Holmes

 

I know you brought up Tyson and Douglas for a reason and its called deflecting. If you dont want to be called out on it then dont do it.

Btw for someone whos universal reply is "You dont know **** about boxing" to everyone who disagrees with you then you turn around and Say I have an attitude is hilarious and is also deflecting.

 

Block me? Lol! I never thought I would hear those words coming from you but it turns out your just a poser after all.

Go ahead and use the Ignore button. Lol
Looks like my luck is getting better by the day.