Quote Originally Posted by JT Rock
To me TM's argument makes no sense when he says 60's ALi was a better puncher than the 70's version, isint power the last thing to go in a fighter?

All that tells me is that his quality of opposition got better hence the dropoff
It makes total sense if you think about it
Throw a punch at your absolute range
Now take a half a step in
Which one do you think would hurt more
Ali in the 70's knew his hand speed wasnt what it was,so he tried to keep out and snipe,or block ,until he felt a guy was worn down enough to go
Ali in the 60's was arrogant enough to just go after you when he wanted you down
Though I do agree with Ice,he screwed around too much in the 60's he was just good enough to get away with it
You watch him in any fight back then and its frustraiting to know he could just end this whenever he felt like it,he's just goofing off,and getting in sparring rounds,it just happens to be for the undisputed heavyweight title of the world.
In the 70's in his 30's he had to work for things,and outhink people,in alot of ways Wepner was the best thing that could have happened to him,suddenly he realised,he wasnt the same fighter that dropped Foley as a favour