Quote Originally Posted by THE Bigragu
Quote Originally Posted by p4pking
Honestly, while it would be a great fight Im sure... I don't see what a prime Holmes did better than a prime Ali. Not to say he didn't equal him in certain areas. I just see Ali as overall the better fighter at his very peak..
I would agree with that statement. While the might have been close in some areas, Ali had all the tiebreakers and advantages. Ali's intangables would come into play as well, like his will to win and be the best.
Holmes had all these aswell you could see that in 15 round slugfest with ken norton his will to win was huge and he always wanted to be best but he always lived in Ali's shadow plus the era he was in didnt have all greats like in Ali's one


this is how i see it


Power= equal
Speed= Ali
Footwork= Ali
Stamina equal
Chin= equal
Heart= equal
Jab= Holmes had better one in my opinion

there isn't much to split them Ali never met anyone who had a jab as good as his nor did he meet someone with speed of Holmes and vice a versa its pick em for me