Muhammad Ali vs. Cleveland Williams, definetly Ali at his best

wasnt cleveland williams the dude who got shot in the stomach??

 

Yep. Rumor has it that Ali went out to the ring that night with the intent of ending matters early, because he knew that The Big Cat was only a shadow of the fighter he once was.

That being said, he was still pretty quick fisted, and could have still done some damage had he been able to connect with anything clean. Of course, Ali was so damned good that evening that Williams wasn't able to come close to making that happen, regardless of how well he was punching that evening.

 

This was an Ali who was coming into his prime.

No one saw a prime Ali, imo.

 

Ali's best performance is the first Liston fight IMO.

Cleavland Williams was never the same after being shot.

 

Ali looked good against any fighter shot in the guts

 

5:05 - "Williams MAD! :fire"

 

No controversy, it wasn't a dive.

The fact that some idiots thought so shouldn't take away from his performance that night.

 

Ali in that fight looks matured physically compared to when he arrived on the scene. He was able to still have all the incredible athletic ability he had at younger age and lighter but with a physically thicker stronger frame.

Block out Williams and just focus on Ali. It's like watching Mikhail Baryshnikov of HW boxing

 

Too bad the ****** US government robbed Boxing fans 3 years of Muhammad Ali's prime.

 

It's almost unbelievable to think that Ali was a heavyweight judging by the way his feet move, outstanding

 

If there wasn't something fishy going on in that fight, then I'd seriously have to call Sonny's chin into question here. I mean, seriously call into question his chin.

I believe something was up, myself. Not saying Ali had a hand in it or even knew about it, but there is considerable circumstantial evidence to suggest that something was up.