Prime Sonny Liston vs Muhammad Ali (1967)

Liston could spend 24 hours a day in the gym, how would that improve his chin? Ali would stop him over and over again, no matter how well trained Liston is.

 

Puberty can do strange things to the system,even, give you the illusion you are humorous .
We have enough twoddle with Frankenfrank,your return has been distinctly underwhelming , why not try skate boarding?:hi:

 

Peak Ali beats peak Liston. Either by clear points verdict or late round tko. Liston would have his moments,sure enough,but Ali would handle anything Liston threw at him.

 

Must say that line "he looked unusually slow when he faced Ali" isn't really the most clever one. The same is said is said of Patterson, Quarry, Terrell etc. The easy answer is that you tend to look slow when you're in with a much faster fighter, a fighter with great footwork who controls space and distance supremely well.

While Clay didn't face the best Liston, his decline has been exagerrated after the fact. Just as Duran's in New Orleans, Toney's weight drain, Hopkins "greeness" and every excuse for Mosley that is bound to pop up. I'm not saying that there is nothing to it in all of these cases, but it gets very overstated.

Ali wins easily in this scenario as well. Perhaps even clearer. Liston probably wouldn't or couldn't stick around for the final bell.

 

Ali everytime. Liston is more overrated than Ali. Ali went 22-3 in HW World Title fights for God's sake! Liston went 2-0 (2) vs. Patterson... big difference. I don't even think Liston is top 10, but he's close.

 

good post

 

repulsive, yet somehow alluring...quite a dichotimy.