Who are some of the best dancers in boxing?

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Muhammad Ali vs Ernie Terrell:



6'3" World Champ Muhammad Ali vs 6'6" WBA champ Ernie Terrell from 1967, the PRIME Ali.

This is the infamous, “What’s My Name?” fight where Ali carried Terrell the full 15 rds just to punish him because Ali said Terrell disrespected him. Terrell was world-class, folks. At this point, Terrell hadn’t lost in 5 years and had beaten a lot of the top contenders. Terrell’s record going into the fight was 38 wins, 18 by knockout, and 4 losses from earlier in his career (3 of those losses were disputed split-decisions too.) Speaks to the PRIME Ali’s talent what Ali could do to this world-class fighter in Terrell with Ali winning about 13 rds of the 15. Ali was a big man, but at his best he moved like a welterweight.

This stuff only works if you have the god-given reflexes and natural judgment of distance of Muhammad Ali, Roy Jones, Willie Pep, Naseem Hamed, Nicolino Locche, and a few others. Those guys could make it work against world-class elite competition. For mortals, textbook boxing is the way to go, not this stuff or you’ll get knocked out.

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"Get rhythm when you get the blues." - Johnny Cash.

36 year old Joe Calzaghe vs 39 year old Roy Jones:
Nov. 8, 2008. 175 pound division.

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Classic fancy-dan boxer, Jersey Joe Walcott vs Joe Louis:

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Muhammad Ali displays the Ali Shuffle:

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Not just anyone can pull off the Ali Shuffle successfully:

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The Judah Shuffle:

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Mike Tyson vs James "Quick Tillis:



James "Quick" Tillis, the first guy to go the distance with the prime Mike Tyson in 1986 (though Tillis probably won maybe 3 rds of the 10 rd bout)

That particular extremely low bob-and-weave by Tyson is the only time I ever remember him getting that low.