Quote Originally Posted by Trainer Monkey
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Quote Originally Posted by Klitschkofan
Quote Originally Posted by Trainer Monkey
You know why everybody makes comparisons to Ali?
Because he was just that damned good
People make comparisons because he is a houshold name in boxing.He was the self proclaimed greatest and people took it literally.He was great in his time against the 185 to 210lb guys but it is a different era in heavyweights with guys weighing in the mid 200's now and some above 300.I would love to see Ali in this era I just don't see him being able to tie up these big guys like he did back then.There aren't to many 210lb heavyweights that don't pack a big punch in the top 20 today.
Only 2 hws are over 300 pounds that i can recall and thats freakshow Butterbean and freak of nature 7 foot Valuev as i keep saying Ali was no small fry at 220 and would beat all crap hws today i can't see how you can think different forgetting size and forgetting Wlad and Vitali for second how many of hws are fit how many of them are fast and how many of them are talented ?? you think if 8 foot basketball player with no skill would be able to beat smaller basketball with loads of talent ?? i don't think so and im not comparing basketball with boxing what im trying to say is you need alot more than just size in boxing you need talent heart speed fitness how many hws have got that now ??
Good points
Ali was 6'3" 220
And he was able to move like he did,and maintain a punch rate most HW's today could only dream of,for 15 rounds
I don't think most heavyweights to day want to go to the cards for the most part, they look for the knockout most of the time.Today a heavyweight that doesn't knock guys out like Chris Byrd, doesn't get much respect people want knockouts.