"Look, Ali had trouble with good boxers. See the Doug Jones, Patterson, Norton, Young, and Lyle. In all stages of Ali's career he lost rounds multiple rounds to good out fighters who could jab. Fact : Ali lost more rounds to Doug Jones, Blin and Mildenberger than Vitali has in his entire pro career. Unlike Jones, and Young, Vitali had some serious size, activity and power. Unlike Norton, Lyle, or Paterson, Vitali took a great punch. Kenny Norton totally owned Ali, busted him up, and in my opinion might have scored a stoppage win ( watch the full 12 round fight ) if the match was 15 rounds. Don't give me crap that Ali was past his best as Norton defeated Ali before Ali beat either Frazier or Foreman! In many ways, Vitali is Ali's toughest match up. The rope a dope would not work with him." :rofl:rofl:rofl
I always love the "Vitali is great at winning rounds" argument. As if being ahead on points and LOSING against the two best guys you faced is better than being behind and coming back to WIN the fight.
All he said was Vitali is his toughest opponent. Which could be argued one of his toughest. he never said he'd win.
Ali would get a tight points win a la Norton vs. Vitali, but he'd have enough to squeak it as Vitali would falter late as Ali would still have some pop left to wobble and cut him late.
Hey CHEF how's Vitali's camp going so far? And after seeing these types of threads maybe I should start doing klitschko-hater quotes
