Thread: is this the most exciting period of hw boxing ever?

AJ
Haye
Wilder
Provetkin
Fury
Ortiz
Pulev

Ha ha, easily pleased? 😉
Ali
Frazier
Foreman
Holmes
Norton
Bugner
Ellis
Lyle
Young
Shavers
And they all ACTUALLY fought each other.
Then of Course was there anything more exciting than the emergence of Mike Tyson.

Ali - over rated
Frazier - too small
Foreman
Holmes
Norton - massively over rated
Bugner - ?
Ellis - id beat him
Lyle - ?
Young
Shavers - just a punch

yes the emergence of Tyson was exciting, I loved it

doesn't mean his era was better tho

Originally Posted by erics44

Ali - over rated
Frazier - too small
Foreman
Holmes
Norton - massively over rated
Bugner - ?
Ellis - id beat him
Lyle - ?
Young
Shavers - just a punch

Mate, you must've come back from Sri Lanka all refreshed and ready for a wind up! I can't get worked up over this, just to say that your "Over rated" Ali would beat all of today's "exciting" Crop.

Originally Posted by Primo Carnera

Originally Posted by erics44

Ali - over rated
Frazier - too small
Foreman
Holmes
Norton - massively over rated
Bugner - ?
Ellis - id beat him
Lyle - ?
Young
Shavers - just a punch

Mate, you must've come back from Sri Lanka all refreshed and ready for a wind up! I can't get worked up over this, just to say that your "Over rated" Ali would beat all of today's "exciting" Crop.

Ali struggled past an American footballer, and a number of journeymen

he deserves his place at the top of the sport but was he really that good? was he fuck

I'm not one to blow sunshine up Ali's ass , there are some minor anomalies about his status, but the fact remains that he KO'd a beast in Foreman in his prime, who then became a World Champ 20 odd years after his peak.

Originally Posted by Primo Carnera

I'm not one to blow sunshine up Ali's ass , there are some minor anomalies about his status, but the fact remains that he KO'd a beast in Foreman in his prime, who then became a World Champ 20 odd years after his peak.

yeah he was quality, and what he gave boxing outside the ring was unmatchable, will never happen again, but in the ring? the best ever? nar

Norton, Lyle, Elis and even frazier will be so fondly remembered because they were in the same era as Ali, and because of Ali's mouth

Originally Posted by erics44

Originally Posted by Primo Carnera

I'm not one to blow sunshine up Ali's ass , there are some minor anomalies about his status, but the fact remains that he KO'd a beast in Foreman in his prime, who then became a World Champ 20 odd years after his peak.

yeah he was quality, and what he gave boxing outside the ring was unmatchable, will never happen again, but in the ring? the best ever? nar

Norton, Lyle, Elis and even frazier will be so fondly remembered because they were in the same era as Ali, and because of Ali's mouth

That may be true of Lyle and Ellis to a degree, although they more than match up to some of your current batch. Norton and Frazier both beat Ali , so they would be remembered in their own right.
I'm not saying Ali is the best ever, but in this current era, he would sure as fuck look like it.

no he wouldn't

even fury would beat him

and Norton and frazier did both beat ali, but was ali that good?

the Forman fight was unbelievable, alis best win by miles and miles

I think Forman was right up against it tho, im not sure many fighters would have performed to their best in the situation he was in

id like to know what kind of understanding there was of media / pressure cooker events back then, did people really understand as they do now, and could forman actually have been helped prepare mentally as he could have been now

Not when we have to watch Wlad-Fury II.

Originally Posted by erics44

no he wouldn't

even fury would beat him

Wait a minute, did you just say Tyson Fury would beat Muhammad Ali? That's it , I'm done! 😂😂😂

Comical

Feed that f*cker!

Originally Posted by Primo Carnera

Originally Posted by erics44

no he wouldn't

even fury would beat him

Wait a minute, did you just say Tyson Fury would beat Muhammad Ali? That's it , I'm done! 😂😂😂

Seriously Eric, I think you have a point. Tyson Fury probably would beat Ali , although it would be close.
Mind you, Ali is 74 and not in the best of health. 😂😂😂😂