which was Ali's greatest performance

I've seen more compelling heavybag sessions.

 

Muhammad Ali was at his absolute career greatest 22/11/1965 against former Champion Floyd Patterson. I cannot give any heavyweight in history any chance whatsoever of beating that version of Ali on this night...... Ali's greatest victory was Foreman.

 

Muhammad Ali prior to his forced 3 1/2 year layoff was in my mind UNDEFEATABLE!! No one came close to beating him. Even after the long layoff he was still the best in the world even though he'd lost a step.
I think for his health's sake Ali should have retired after the Foreman fight maybe the onset of Parkinsons could have been lessened. He had nothing left to prove. I'm so happy to have been able to appreciate Ali's career as it happened. I shudder to think that as a kid I booed him when he fought Henry Cooper first time at Wembley I left that fight a life long fan

 

True, but Ali was TIGHT, great performance.:good

 

I look good against a heavy bag. I bet you do, also.

Yes, Ali was great in his first run (and in his second, not so much his third)… but Williams was not the fighter he was years earlier. I would go with the Foreman bout. No one in the world thought he would win. Some thought he would be killed. And he pulled it out with signature Ali magic. As an aged fighter he took down an All Time Monster. And he should have walked off into the sunset.

 

Foreman was his best fight and clean KO over a younger guy who many thought was a monster. Ali saw Foreman as an 6- round wide swinging muscle fighter and he out-smarted George, dragging into the deep and dunking him

 

Yep. Dead on. And this was after taming Sonny.

And just how many guys were going to survive a 74 Foreman by backing to the ropes and let George bang away with both hands? Who takes those body shots? And have the ability to go to that kind of gameplan after having the guy cut off the ring and improvising like that?

What great shape Muhammad was in for that fight though. 100%. He knew he had to be. Foreman was the guy coming in less prepared physically after suffering that cut in sparring and not training much during the delay. No matter, Muhammad was going to win one way or another on that night.

What an opportunist. So many guy's don't take advantage of a silver platter. and that silver platter might only be there for part of a round. But what fighter could ever afford to give a Muhammad Ali a silver platter?

Here was a guy that accomplished. Not coulda shoulda woulda, like Angie used to say.

 

I became a lifelong fan after the SECOND Cooper fight :good