If clinching was illegal where would cassius clay

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  1. alexvoce

    alexvoce Guest

    appear in your list of all time greats?
     
  2. swede_dreams

    swede_dreams Member Full Member

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  3. manbearpig

    manbearpig A Scottish Noob Full Member

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    Tysonnnnnnn Hooooooooooooooooooooooook
     
  4. tommygun711

    tommygun711 The Future Full Member

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    clinching pretty much isn't allowed so
     
  5. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    :lol:
     
  6. manbearpig

    manbearpig A Scottish Noob Full Member

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    I really like Tyson, but this guy is total parody of a 'Tyson fanboy'.
    No need at all.
     
  7. Unforgiven

    Unforgiven VIP Member banned Full Member

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    Excessive clinching/holding IS against the rules.

    Ali was a hugging specialist, he loved to clinch and hold and whisper things in his opponents ears. I would say it was gay, except he was a known womanizer.

    Tyson was a clinch-fest machine too, wrapped his arm right round the back of an opponent's waist. It was kind of sweet, the poor cuddly kid.
    Tyson was almost looking for a shoulder to cry on, the big baby. Ah, bless him.

    Maybe Ali gets in my top 10 all-time heavyweights. Tyson, no.
     
  8. TheGreatA

    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Greater than Sugar Ray Robinson.
     
  9. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    He'd adapt, stupid thread
     
  10. manbearpig

    manbearpig A Scottish Noob Full Member

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    Foreman Hook > Tyson Hook/Alexvoce
     
  11. Il Duce

    Il Duce Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I do believe Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali is in the 'Book of Records' for most
    clinches by a fighter ever!

    Too bad, not one referee had the balls to deduct points from him.

    When New York referee Tony Perez warned Ali about doing it, in the Ali/Frazier II fight in
    Madison Square Garden, 'he told Ali, one more time and I'm penalizing you'

    What did Ali do after the fight,,,,,,,,he called Tony Perez, a respected referee from Puerto Rico
    'a '*s**c referee who's prejudiced'. An ouright racial slur.

    Tony Perez threatened to sue Ali, if he didn't apologize.
    That ALI,,,,,,,,,,,,,,'what a nice guy'
     
  12. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    List of the charities Ali supports:

    Ali Care Program
    Athletes For Hope
    BeatBullying
    Celebrity Fight Night Foundation
    HELP USA
    Jeff Gordon Foundation
    Keep Memory Alive
    Muhammad Ali Center
    Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center
    Parkinson Society Maritime Region
    Project A.L.S.
    Special Olympics
    The HollyRod Foundation
    UNICEF
    Watering Seeds Organization

    He has helped serve 232 million meals worldwide, and has taken a special interest in poverty suffered by children.
     
  13. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    You forgot the release Carlos Monzon campaign he supported in the 90s.:hey
     
  14. Unforgiven

    Unforgiven VIP Member banned Full Member

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    Yeah, I heard the Ali-Spinks fights were actually a sponsored clinch-fest for starving children.
    30 rounds of hugging to end child poverty.

    Leon donated his teeth to the malnourished.
     
  15. Il Duce

    Il Duce Boxing Addict Full Member

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    And don't forget his driving license,,,,,,,,and smashed up 1978 Corvette.:yep

    And Ali complained that Antoni Anoki was grabbing,,,,,,,,,,,:patsch