What was Ali's worst beating?

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  1. dinovelvet

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  2. Hannibal Barca

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    This.
     
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  3. DavidC77

    DavidC77 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Holmes did hold back. You can clearly see it in the later rounds.
     
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  4. Reinhardt

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    The fight doctor made the comment a few years after the Spinks fight, he said that Spinks wasn't a great fighter, but a 6ft 2 200 pound strong man wailed away on Ali for 15 rounds, look at Ali in the 15th round of that fight, he was ready to go.
     
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  5. DavidC77

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    I think that was lack of conditioning as much as anything else but I think Spinks deserves credit for seeing the rope a dope as a golden opportunity being handed to him on a plate.

    Other fighters seemed to treat it with unnecessary caution.
     
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  6. The Funny Man 7

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    Facing Ali is excellent. Have you read Facing Tyson? I believe its by a different author irrc, but it has the same core concept.
     
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