Prime Holyfield vs Prime Muhammad Ali

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Holy wins because he was great at landing hooks and li was a sucker for hooks, Ali may win a rematch because he was good in rematches.

 

Prime for prime 50/50 fight imo. Beautiful fight. The could run it 10 times and go 5-5. Styles favor evander but Ali was an atg for a reason. Ali faster hands and feet by very thin margin. Edges power too imo.

Evander would surprise 70s Ali tho and definitely win the first fight

 

This very well could look like Ali vs Norton 2.

 

Evander had the Ali’s boogieman style but prime Ali was a different animal so like most have said 50/50.

 

Prime Ali fought nobody on the level of Holyfield.

 

50/50????

That amazes me.

If prime Ali fought prime Holyfield ten times, I think Ali would win all of them.

 

Joe Frazier and Foreman.

 

Ali was past his prime when he fought them and he still beat both of them.

 

He still lost to Frazier too.

 

Good match up. I'm leaning towards a peak Ali. Winner by UD. Not a given by any means though.


I'm sure this is a great question that George Foreman could answer with considerably more accuracy.

 

Good fight, Holyfield definitely has the tools to give Ali a lot of problems but he was vulnerable to the jab. Ali would use his quicker feet and hands to successfully 1 2 his way to a decision. Really hard fight though, if they had a trilogy Holyfield might be able to squeeze out a close decision at least once

 

A prime Ali would be way too fast for Evander. Ali would be in and out giving Evander fits.

 

But Ali was already past his prime.