Quote Originally Posted by liquid
No question Ali was faster. But Lewis was no slouch. If he could touch Ali with that 1-2 (he was one of the best at it at HW) Ali would be hurting. I think he would have put Ali on a speed cycle and he would have burned himself out by the late rounds trying to stay away from that long reach. In the late rounds he would have been the more tired of the two as his punches would have taken more out of him considering their frequency and Lennox would have come on and knocked him down 1-2 times. Ali was prone to a flash knock down and it would have been even moreso as he tired. Lewis by SD, I think.
Well it's a possability, but I feel the younger Ali didn't tire. He was so gifted as a natural athlete and almost perfect for the fight game. I still picture his counters versus fighters like Zora Folley, Clevland Williams and Jerry Quarry and think that he could counter any heavyweaight like that and they wouldn't have a chance.

He changed and adapted as fights went on and I feel he would just edge Lewis as his reflexes protected him form Lewis' punches (which i feel were in the top 2/3 hardest ever.)