I'm a huge Ali fan and thought that if he wasn't suspended for the 3 years he may have beaten frazier and possibly gone undefeated. However, after waching Ali/Quarry I (his first fight back), i have to say that my beliefs on how he was affected by the layoff are wrong. Eventhough the fight only lasted 3 rounds, Ali looked to be as good as he was pre-exile. Now during the mid 70's he could only do his circling motion for a few rounds and not an entire fight like he could before. I think he either over-estimated frazier or had a bad gameplan on how to beat him but ali looks like a completely different boxer in that fight.