James Tillis/Muhammad Ali - Similarities?

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  1. Nightcrawler

    Nightcrawler Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :good

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyZKHvlrctQ[/ame]
     
  2. Slacker

    Slacker Big & Slow Full Member

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    The stance is the same

    Movement style is the same

    Jab technique is the same

    Clinching style is the same

    Both pushed guys who got in close to them...


    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quG2u7p5fd0[/ame]
     
  3. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    and that right uppercut...like at around 3.30 ish
    very ali-like
     
  4. MAG1965

    MAG1965 Loyal Member banned

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    similarities perhaps, but not when it really matters as you all know.
     
  5. SmackDaBum

    SmackDaBum TKO7 banned Full Member

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    Tillis did have the superior right uppercut of them two after all.
     
  6. tommygun711

    tommygun711 The Future Full Member

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    Eh. Neither really threw that punch very often, but thats still maybe the only thing you could say Tillis does better.
     
  7. SmackDaBum

    SmackDaBum TKO7 banned Full Member

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    Yes, and that uppercut was the main reason he managed to keep Tyson at bay in their fight.

    And people saying Ali's superior in every way, not true at all.
     
  8. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    They were both black, Tillis couldn't carry his jockstrap.
     
  9. Roger Federer

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    Tillis was a C class journeyman.
     
  10. tommygun711

    tommygun711 The Future Full Member

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    So tell me what is so special about quick tillis then?

    Ali also had a nice left uppercut that he would catch tyson with
     
  11. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    People seem to forget that Tyson hadn't quite reached his peak yet and also more importantly, Tillis was Tysons first step up, on the other hand, look who Tillis had fought up until then. Hed fought some of the best names around.

    It was a case of an experienced fighter vs a green fighter
     
  12. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tyson was at his best yet went life and death with the C level journeyman. Tillis had just lost 3 on the bounce yet gave Tinkerbell all he could handle, imagine what Ali would have done to him.
     
  13. Peppermint

    Peppermint Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tillis had the ability to be a great fighter, but lacked the discipline and conditioning. He was to Ali, what Cliff Couser was to Tyson though.
     
  14. HerolGee

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    tillis was one of a hundred ali copy cats around in the 80s.
     
  15. SmackDaBum

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    Yes, no disrespect to Tyson, no disrespect to Ali, and no disrespect to Tillis either, damn good fighter if you ask me.