Which heavyweight titleholders could 1980 Ali have beaten?

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  1. JackSilver

    JackSilver Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The Ali that lost every minute of every round against Holmes, is there any heavyweight champion in history that, that Ali could have beaten?
     
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  2. Thread Stealer

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    No, he was suffering from Parkinson’s and all screwed up from the thyroid issue and those pills.
     
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  3. GoldenHulk

    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nope.
     
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  4. Grapefruit

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    Absolutey not, especially not the Ali from the Holmes fight, Ali was just a shell of himself by that time.
     
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  5. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Don't want to Ali in with any of those guys. They would not be intimated by him...and he would be just be cannon fodder from fight to fight.
     
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  6. Combatesdeboxeo_

    Combatesdeboxeo_ Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    This ali was pretty weak.he was not a top guy anymore
     
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  7. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    No but 81 Ali could possibly have beaten Willard.
     
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  8. Combatesdeboxeo_

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    Lol
     
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  9. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Charles Martin
     
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  10. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    I don't think Willard is nearly as bad as his reputation.
     
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  11. red cobra

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  12. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    I don’t believe he had a thyroid issue. I think he was using the pills to cut weight.
     
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  13. swagdelfadeel

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    He did not lose exactly lose every minute but imagine this Ali facing FOTC Frazier a decade earlier.
     
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  14. Fergy

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    He ain't beating anyone in the state he was in .Holmes v Ali is something that should have being Left at the table. Talked about ,then someone with Ali s welfare says ..no ..this is a bad idea.
     
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  15. Webbiano

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    That's just in humane man! Holmes did enough damage, I dread to think what Frazier would have done to him!
     
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