Muhammad Ali was one helluva fighter

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  1. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    fair enough. name 3 better
     
  2. BillB

    BillB Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Holyfield was a better head-butter.

    Tyson was a better elbower.

    Golota was better with the low blows.

    No one came close to Ali with the illegal hold and neck pulling. He was the master.
     
  3. Senor Pepe'

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    I thought Cassius always had a weakness behind his knee's.

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    After battling to a Draw with Antonio Inoki, Muhammad was asked if would be
    performing in anymore 'Circus Acts'.

    Muhammad Ali, 'Professional wrestling is 100% real. I will take on all Challengers.
    If anyone thinks wrestling is fake, then I'm a Black Muslim. Next up, the Mighty Atorn.'

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  4. devon

    devon Guest

    Im sorry i might be wrong but was Holyfield ever caught head-butting on purpose in his entire career.
     
  5. CarlesX7

    CarlesX7 Shit got real! Full Member

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    :lol:
     
  6. CarlesX7

    CarlesX7 Shit got real! Full Member

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    No, that's why he was great at it.
     
  7. dyna

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    Holyfield made it an art, there would be headbutts but you could never tell for sure it was done on purpose.
    He even headbutted Valuev.

    His style was perfect for headbutts because he could so perfectly hide them in it.

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1YEUENDwNY[/ame]

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3oyrq4Q5gM[/ame]
     
  8. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    But Y do u give credit 4 ("winning") fixes ?
    now suppose 1 of them was not , Liston was still old , undersized and who knows what else ?
     
  9. Goyourownway

    Goyourownway Insanity enthusiast Full Member

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    No,no,he's right.The majority being Red Smith,Dick Young,some random,pissed off war vet brought in temporarily to cover the fight for the Wichita Eagle,the ghost of Jimmy Cannon to the minority of Tex Maule and Howard Cosell's toupee.
     
  10. Senor Pepe'

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    Muhammad Ali loses 'big points'

    When he said he would fight the winner of the April 6, 1976 bout between the
    'weak-chinned' duo of Richard Dunn and Bernd August.

    Each of those guys could have knocked themselves out while applying shaving cream
    to their face.
     
  11. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :lol: Eh, he came up with about what I thought he would.
     
  12. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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  13. quintonjacksonfan

    quintonjacksonfan Active Member Full Member

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    What's your opinion of Perez stopping one of the rounds to early?
     
  14. devon

    devon Guest

    And as Tyson said he probably head-butted Holyfield too. And if Holyfield head-butted on purpose then why didn't he do it when he was losing to Lewis.
     
  15. groove

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    red smith rang the bell early in the 2nd to help frazier so perez thought the round was over :p