Really neat rare footage of prime Ali sparring.

something ali didnt do in fights - throw body shots, but he's throwing them there.

 

My laptop is very slow just now, I`ll defo check this out later on tho :good

 

you'll enjoy it

 

Very smooth, looks like the 1964 or 65 version to me, pretty sure its one of those.

 

Good post.

My firm belief is that many of the things Ali did that seemed spontaneous, was really things he had worked out during countless hours in the gym. What he himself said about sparring, for example, confirms this to a degree.

Already before Liston I, he let heavy handed sparring partners work him over while he was covering up on the ropes. It wasn't until 10 years later that he truly cashed in on this exercise.

 

:good Fantastic post of "The Greatest" at work, in his prime.