Jess Willard versus Ali, both in their prime. 1915, Havana. 45 shooting. Ali is definitely superior in tactics, technique, speed, agility. But Willard has power and endurance. In 45 rounds, can Willard hope to wear down Ali, or knock him out? Or is he hopeless?
Ali would be using Willard as target practice with hardly a glove in return meeting it's target. "TIMBERRRRRRRR!!!!!"
For whatever the reason, many of these legends can't deal with the "hot sun", "hot lights" , "extreme heat* ....whatever the case, these unbeatable legends fade and crumble at the feet of lesser men, and historians and fan boys alike instantly start blaming the temperature, as if the opponents were unaffected because they just don't have the skill set to notice or to matter ..... I think the heat gets to Ali, just like it supposedly did to Johnson. It certainly wouldn't allow him to get up on his bicycle and run all fight like he was accustomed to. It would be too humid, to hot for any of that nonsense.... He would be reduced to standing still, standing his ground, with Willard smothering and mailing him ring post to ring post. Willard would be unaffected by the heat. He was just too dumb to even know how hot it was. He would just go about his business like some giant baby hughey, while Ali would spend all his energy trying to clown and showboat to no avail. It would all be for not, Willard would but him down with a sloppy, clubbing combination. Ali would rise to his feet, but he would take to long , reaching his feet by count of 11 as the fight was being waved off.