If Ali was boxing today hed barely scrape the top ten

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  1. Sunchild78

    Sunchild78 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Dude, kill yourself please. Just joking. Nah, but really kill yourself...:yep
     
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  2. Imperial1

    Imperial1 VIP Member Full Member

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    Educate your self before coming here with such stupidity !!!!



    https://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00014063.html
     
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  3. Mr "T"

    Mr "T" Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He's only 72
     
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  4. Butch Coolidge

    Butch Coolidge Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    When Ali was 36 years old he lost his title to Leon Spinks who had something like 6 professional fights at the time and only two of those 6 opponents had winning records.

    Watch Ali vs Jimmy Young, Karl Mildenbarger, Henry Cooper, Ken Norton, Joe Frazier, George Foreman and Jerry Quarry. Although Ali won most of those I saw enough to realize he would look very human and very beatable vs somebody like Haye and Klitschko or even Pulev.
     
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  5. jmarlow

    jmarlow Well-Known Member Full Member

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    slap yourself with a wet fish please. Thanks
     
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  6. LordJomski

    LordJomski Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Seriously, Vitali at his peak could give Ali some problems.. I would still favor ALi to win but it won't be easy..
     
    LordJomski, May 24, 2014
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  7. bust3r

    bust3r Active Member Full Member

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    Cool story.
     
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  8. FilipMNE

    FilipMNE Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :rofl:rofl:rofl Thank you for this laugh :good
     
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  9. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    blah blah blah
    Ali was 36 but had the ring wear of a 45 by then. Ali turned pro in 1960 and most of those fights where he looked "average" were after 3 or 4 years of not being allowed to fight and some being 16 years after he turned pro with over 50 fights.... dude was past his prime after 1970. the real Ali was when he was the title holder before he was stripped....destroying everyone, barley losing a round
    you use every fight where he is past his prime to gauge him today. except for the cooper 1 fight which he dominated minus a knockdown he got for being ****y
     
    iceman71, May 24, 2014
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  10. Manfred

    Manfred Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Name the top ten heavyweights that you speak of.
     
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  11. BlizzyBlizz

    BlizzyBlizz Loyal Member Full Member

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    The real question is could Ali beat Sanders, Byrd, Brewster, Purrity and Lewis.
     
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  12. E17_Ali

    E17_Ali Active Member Full Member

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    Wash your mouth out with soap lad :yep
     
    E17_Ali, May 24, 2014
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  13. FilipMNE

    FilipMNE Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ali easily schools all but Lewis,, thats very hard fight for Ali.
     
    FilipMNE, May 24, 2014
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  14. BlizzyBlizz

    BlizzyBlizz Loyal Member Full Member

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    Ali had a prime once. We tend to measure guys at their absolute best. Anything else is uncivilized.:lol:

    Imagine us machine the Wlad who fought Purrity against the Ali who beat Liston.:nut
     
    BlizzyBlizz, May 24, 2014
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  15. Ezzard Charles

    Ezzard Charles Well-Known Member Full Member

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    which version of ali?

    version 1 was not limited. was damn near unbeatable....

    his lack of size is what would be the problem in this era... he was a tall-rangey heavyweight, in this era he'd be considered small
     
    Ezzard Charles, May 24, 2014
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