Is ali the only boxer in history to be great while losing his biggest asset

Ali did'nt completely lose his legs and even if he was'nt idle for those 3years there's no way he could've continued dancing around the ring for 15 rounds for too much longer anyway. As he got older and heavier his ability to dance around like he did in his early 20's would have diminished some naturally even without the enforced layoff. Ali would have realized this and would have called on some of his other considerable skills as he eventually did to find a way to win. Plus as Ali got older and heavier(not fatter) he was able to put more weight behind his punches instead of all that dancing around, some of which was wasted motion anyway. Ali was'nt a god, he was a mere mortal like the rest of us and susceptible to Father Time. Layoff or not, the Ali of the 70's would not have been able to dance all night against a more modern crop of HW's. He would have been naturally heavier and older as he turned out to be.

 

C´mon, get real Ali- nuthuggers, who push the propaganda for free, don´t sound like he lost a leg or so...


atsch

 

Greb got great without the use of an eye, other than losing an arm, I cannot think of a bigger handicap for a fighter.

 

Langford fought and beat very good opposition while nearly blind,which is surely better than Ali slowing down a bit.

 

Great performance by Holmes in the circumstances.

But lets face it, how does beating one-dimensional, limted, contender-only Ray Mercer stack up to beating quality versions of Joe Frazier and George Foreman?

There is no comparison. This thread nicely reflects Ali's strength i.e. the phenomenal range of qualities all built into one supreme fighter.

Take a major quality away and you are still left with so much.

 

What Holmes did when he came back and lost speed isn't close to what Ali did and doesn't have anything on his resume that resembles an ATG resume.