Quote Originally Posted by hitmandonny
Quote Originally Posted by Taeth
I think prime LIston gives him all sorts of problems.
Young Ali fought a damn good Liston and made him look slow, cumbersome and limited...
Had Liston fought a more mature Ali he would have been beaten worse
People forget Ali had a beautiful jab,he sniped it out there and made you pursue.And as you pursued hed drop bombs
No other heavyweight has ever moved so close to a welterweight,but had boom boom size and power like Ali did in his prime.Usually even a good and fast heavy weight plods a little bit.
Not Ali in his prime,he just wasnt there to hit.He had an instinctive knowledge of where he was in the ring at all times,an ability to be gone when you came.Heavyweights have a tendency to go low,or go real high. High is too high to catch him,low was to slow to catch him.