Who are some boxers that could have beaten Ali in his prime or at least get close?

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  1. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ali was talking to Elizabeth Taylor?
    Was she the referee or something Mark?
    Where do you get this nonsense?
     
  2. Gatekeeper

    Gatekeeper Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Lewis, Louis and Holmes all have a legitimate chance of winning (although they'd be underdogs).

    Bowe, Tyson, Frazier and Marciano have outside chances.

    Wild card would be Tyson Fury, the guy's size and awkwardness could be difficult for Ali.
     
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  3. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    A peak Ezzard Charles. Seriously. Charles may lose but he'd have been the most competitive out of Ali's 60' challengers.
     
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  4. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    What about Tony Galento?? You forgot him!
     
  5. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Bowe was a much harder puncher than Ali.
     
  6. Sting like a bean

    Sting like a bean Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    I could picture that, yeah.
     
  7. janitor

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    I suspect that Ken Norton was not the only man in history, who was a freak stylistic fol for Ali.

    If we could cross eras, we would get some sort of random surprise, like that Fred Fulton or Michael Dokes was a stylistic nightmare for him!
     
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  8. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I think I heard youtube the modern martial artist state this on a film study vid on Ali, Taylor had just made the epic Cleopatra and Ali turned to look at her at ringside and mouthed: 'hello Cleo' to her and got tagged.
     
  9. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Dokes didn`t jab the way Norton did v Ali, Futch told Ken to jab with Ali, Dokes didn`t have a team that savvy around him.
     
  10. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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  11. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Mike Tyson`s mentor once told Ali the guy with the best chance of beating him was Rocky Marciano.
     
  12. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It simply didn't happen Mark.
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  13. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    You got me there! lol!
     
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