*Did* Muhammad Ali ~get away~ with "too" much 'cheating' in the "ring"?

[brocktonblockbust]

Yea I think he did a lot of dodgy stuff didn't het get smelling salts and rip his gloves in copper fight ? Also think he got a lot of gifts I had Ken Norton wining all 3 fights. Amazes me how anyone can have his as the best boxer of all time wouldn't make my top 10

He seriously lost all three fights to Ken Norton. He seriously lost the fight to Earnie Shavers. He definitely lost the fight to Jimmy Young. He definitely lost the fight to Doug Jones. He should have been disqualified in the Thrilla in Manila. Some people think he lost the rematch to Leon Spinks. Some people think he lost the second fight with Joe Frazier. And on top of that he lost the first fight to Joe Frazier and he lost the first fight to Ken Norton and he lost the first fight with Leon Spinks and he lost to Larry Holmes and he lost to Trevor Berbick. To put icing on the cake he lost to Rocky Marciano in the computer fight. We are talking about a guy who has at least 10 or 12 losses here.

He makes my top 10 of all time without a doubt but not before guys like Joe Louis and Jack Johnson and Rocky Marciano and George Foreman and Larry Holmes for example

[SlimTrae]

It was his Islamic ties.

[Bill Paxtom]

Cassius Clay and Cheating.

That would be the under-statement of the 20th Century.

But that being said, he was one Hell of a Black Muslim Minister.

P.S. > I loved that little Fucking Cake-Tin Hat he wore.

[SlimTrae]

He was Never a minister.

[SlimTrae]

Yeah it does look like an easy bake cake pan. Just a bigger version.

[Andre]

It was his Islamic ties.

Islamic bow ties.

[brocktonblockbust]

It was his Islamic ties.

Islamic bow ties.

Bow to Mecca
Ties to Farrakhan
Loose ropes
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