Ali may have foughten a quarter of the times that Robinson, but he fought 4 times better the opposition of Robinson who largely fought overrated guys like Basilio, Fulmer, etc. Only Gavilan and the natural feather weight Henry Armstrong were guys I really think were top knotch opponents that RObinson fought. I think because of his age, a lot of these guys are given more credit than they deserve for their talents, there is a reason Lamotta's record is basically 90-30. Robinson was unbelievably great , not question, but his opposition wasn't.
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