Ali was a freak of nature

[The_One77]

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What incredible reflexes lol

[amat]

Man you have to feel bad for Ernest. He tripled up on the jab, had Ali perfectly set up for the right (even though the jabs missed) and came up with nothing on the right hand. Against any other heavy, Ernest Terrell might have scored a KO but not against the greatest heavy of all time

[gyrokai]

I find, when I slip, I put my gloves down, just a little bit. It's so much easier to slip punches. BUT if I make a mistake, BANG!!! A clean shot to my chin. It's all over.

Ali had the reflexes of a CAT!!!

[Scrap]

Its, not really reflexes I once worked with a guy who had the fastest reflexes tested in britain 6,000 of a second but it didnt stop him getting hit, because he was to tense Ithink Ali was fearless so he was always relaxed

[means2184]

thats what staying totally calm while fighting and understanding that you only need to move an inch or so to Slip a punch can do ...u really have to almost have somthin wrong w/ you to be that at home in a ring in a fight ...fighters like PBF & james toney and young RJJ have acheived this comfort i believe but its so odd w/ ali cause he was such a big man and still able to move just as fast as PBF

[Hairdoo]

thats what staying totally calm while fighting and understanding that you only need to move an inch or so to Slip a punch can do ...u really have to almost have somthin wrong w/ you to be that at home in a ring in a fight ...fighters like Tzsyu, PBF & james toney and young RJJ have acheived this comfort i believe but its so odd w/ ali cause he was such a big man and still able to move just as fast as PBF

[Gandalf]

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What incredible reflexes lol

awesome footage!

[Snakey]

Shit, he was the man. He makes it look easy when its fuckin hard as. Ive watched some of his fights on ESPN and the guy was just so relaxed. He had a beaut jab and was just lightning quick. He was one of a kind for sure.

[miron_lang]

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What incredible reflexes lol

hes the greatest

[greynotsoold]

I don't think Ali was the greatest nor was the era of heavyweights dring which he fought. It was not long after the last of the truest pros had retired (Moore, Charles, etc...) and the skill level plunged. Ali was not a good defensive boxer because he was too often (1)too far away to counter (2)didn't have his feet right to counter and(3) he was clueless when it came to blockingpunches, for example the Frazier hook. Knew it was comingbecause Frazier only used one punch, kept eating it , never learned to block it.(all his kds came from hooks)

[Poom]

heh cool GIF. I think some nice animations could be made of Nas dodging punches aswell

[gogs67]

Its, not really reflexes I once worked with a guy who had the fastest reflexes tested in britain 6,000 of a second but it didnt stop him getting hit, because he was to tense Ithink Ali was fearless so he was always relaxed

Slight exaggeration!

[SimonH]

I don't think Ali was the greatest nor was the era of heavyweights dring which he fought. It was not long after the last of the truest pros had retired (Moore, Charles, etc...) and the skill level plunged. Ali was not a good defensive boxer because he was too often (1)too far away to counter (2)didn't have his feet right to counter and(3) he was clueless when it came to blockingpunches, for example the Frazier hook. Knew it was comingbecause Frazier only used one punch, kept eating it , never learned to block it.(all his kds came from hooks)

Ali was just a true a pro as Moore and Charles etc...

Yes the era of top pros having 150+ fights was comming to an end in the early 60s, but that does not make Ali any less a pro.

Ali helped evolve the modern style, a style that relied on having an excellent offence as well as defence.

To pick on the two fighters you named (Moore and Charles), both were without doubt cute and excellent defensive fighters, but for two different reasons neither were quite offensively good as they could of been.

Charles had demons to deal with after a ring death, so his offence was never quite the same again, which is very understandable. Moore on the other hand, had to rely on his defensive qualites, as chin was only good (not great), and from after WWII he was meeting his fair share of heavies, despite only just moving up from 160lbs.

Do not get me wrong, I have Moore and Charles in my top 25 all time greatest fighters, but they are from a very different era (in their primes), than Ali. But Ali's era was no lesser than Charles' or Moore's; indeed perhaps boxing reached a pinnacle in the 70s (of great fighters), that bettered any other era, and that includes the 40s and 50s of the primes of Moore and Charles...

[Scrap]

Its, not really reflexes I once worked with a guy who had the fastest reflexes tested in britain 6,000 of a second but it didnt stop him getting hit, because he was to tense Ithink Ali was fearless so he was always relaxed

Slight exaggeration!

No its not dont tell Lies,its the truthful fact

[El Kabong]

Ali had great talent but he's never gonna be my #1 heavyweight of all time (1. Joe Louis 2. Rocky Marciano 3. Ali).

The keys to beating Ali were: catch him coming in, attack the body, fight within yourself. I mean how do you lose to Ken Norton, HA