Muhammad Ali v Usyk..

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  1. African Cobra

    African Cobra The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council banned Full Member

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    Don’t agree he had a better resume but they both had very good resumes at that weight and cleaned up
     
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  2. Somali Sanil

    Somali Sanil Wild Buffalo Man banned Full Member

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    How, unless your Canelo or Mayweather draining people, fans have nowt to do with it
    Fighters have got bigger, 270lb Fury can go the full 12 dancing
    Not jolly green giants with skills, maybe the lumbering ones years ago
    Most at ringside thought Jones won
     
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  3. BlackCloud

    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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    I met Ali 3 times.

    Has was all of 6' 3".

    I didn't read it on the internet, in a magazine or hear that so and so said this or that.
    I saw it in person.
     
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  4. Richard M Murrieta

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    I do not know you personally, but I believe you are a young boxing fan, us older folks like our athletes to be and look in shape, different strokes, for different folks. I do not see any skills in the giants, they are here today, gone tomorrow, no longevity. Just my opinion.
     
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  5. Richard M Murrieta

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    He was a great champion and human being.
     
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  6. BlackCloud

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    He loved everyone.

    1986 he was over with the Witherspoon training camp and he picked up every small child he could so the parents could take photos.

    Never saw a crowd react to anyone like they did to Ali. There were grown men openly in tears just because they had met him and shook his hand.

    Incredible.
     
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  7. Richard M Murrieta

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    It appears that there are no fighters like that any more, he sure was great.
     
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  8. Somali Sanil

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    Here today, gone tomorrow ?? Mate, since LL theres never been a small dominant heavy that your talking about, they are all super heavys dominating the weight class now. LL long reigning champ, Klits, dominated boxing for 10 years, now this. They haven't gone anywhere they are dominating
     
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  9. Liquorice

    Liquorice Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    That's simply due to corona virus. You can't blame him for self isolation. Fury does what his country & government tells him.
     
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  10. POTUS

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    Ali would at the very least beat Usyk by clear decision.

    Foreman would clean Usyk's clock, never mind Ali. Gassiev is an unproven entity
     
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  11. SmackDaBum

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    Ali was a natural cruiser weight by today's standard. 209 pounds average weight in his 66-67's peak years. He also weighed as low as 201-205 when he looked really fast on his highlights from his 66-67 Peak years.
     
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  12. RightLeftCombo

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    Peak Ali would outslick and outspeed Usyk in a good fight.
     
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  13. Somali Sanil

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    Usyk does a Jimmy Young on Big George, that gas tank an iq is his achilles against a man with movement an high level skill like Usyk
     
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  14. Liquorice

    Liquorice Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Fun fact of the day:

    Ali is named after a man who married a a child
     
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  15. Somali Sanil

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    I met Ali when he opened the Muhammad Ali School in England back in the early 90's, i'm 6 2" and he was shorter than me
     
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