Quote Originally Posted by ~Phil~
Quote Originally Posted by Samson3000
Quote Originally Posted by ~Phil~
have to disagree with Ali no1
Ali was dropped by Sonny Banks, Henry Cooper and Fraizer. His defence might be up near the
top but imo his chin is not even in the top 10, I'd have Tua, McCall, Ibeabuchi all ahead of him.
besides that its a pretty good list!
Chin has nothing to do with a fighter getting decked, it's whether or not he can get through punishment without being stopped, and Ali was the best in heavyweight history in that department. No other fighter who's ever lived took more blows from harder punching heavyweights without being stopped like Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali. Tua, McCall, and Ibeabuchi never fought anywhere close to the amount of hard punchers Ali fought. Ali is #1 hands down.
have to disagree, chin has alot to do with a fighter getting decked. Ali's skill was avoiding the punches, Liston and Forman are huge punchers but neither caught him with flush shots because his defence was so good. Ali's chin was good don't get me wrong but Sonny Banks and Henry Cooper would never have drop Chuvalo or Tua/Ike/McCall therefore I think there chin's are better but they can't touch him on defence!
Sorry my friend, but if you think Liston and Foreman never caught Ali with any flush shots I'm not sure you even saw the fight. Ali took numerous headshots from both, and still came back to not only win, but win by knockout. And again, getting dropped means nothing, it's getting stopped.