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Ron Lyle fight with Ali was pretty even until he run out of steam imo he is overrated like quite few people on here agree with aswell and i think Holmes would beat him and Lewis would have good shot aswell.
Lyle was a pure physical specimen,and a plodding specimen like Lewis would have been manna from heaven for Ali
Lyle used to plod aswell and was open Lewis was tall and in his younger days was fast and had good power and Lewis would give Ali fits and no way Ali beats Lewis easy.
When did Lewis give anyone fits? Hell Klitschko(not exactly a speed demon) was outpointing Lewis
When did Lewis give anyone fits ?? uhh he was best hw fighter of last 15 years and Klit was tall and rangy and gave Lewis trouble but Lewis was past it and still won in 6 and if your saying that Ron Lyle wasn't speed demon nor was Doug Jones nor was Cooper but these guys gave Ali good argument.
Yet another way your judging this wrong
If a champ fights twice a year now we consider him an active fighter,the year Ali fought Lyle,he also fought Wepner,Bugner,and Frazier
The year he fought Cooper,he also fought Chuvalo,Mildenburger,Williams,and London
But whats that got to do with these guys i mentioned who aren't fast giving Ali trouble ?? hell Mike Tyson had like 10 fights a year and that was better for him because it kept him focused.
Only for the first 2 years of his career,he never had more then 4 in a year after that
Yes and thats when he started to lose focus and again what does what you stated above have anything to do with Ali struggling against slow guys like Jones Lyle and Cooper.
Because Ali fought those guys when they were rated,and he was champ
Not early record padders
And even then,I have conceded,that Ali OFTEN screwed around with guys
Hell he should have had Foley out of there way earlier then he did,but he toyed with his food
He still struggled and Ali didn't screw around with Jones or Lyle.