Was Muhammad Ali really the best

[Trainer Monkey]

To answer the original question, yes I think Ali was the greatest ever heavyweight.

Over Louis and Marciano he enjoyed a size, speed, reach, weight and movement advantage.

Over Johnson he had ring generalship and combinations.

I feel Ali at hois peak was the best and would have difficulty only with Holmes, Lewis and Norton.

It was his ability to fight in or out that made him a nightmare to deal with. He had the power to slug with you if he had to,but he could also disapeer on a moments notice. He had the weirdest but the best footwork of any heavyweight Ive ever seen,combined with a hook that could drop you dead.

That hook finished Oscar Bonavena.
Foreman and Frazier couldn't do that!

The damn thing just came out of nowhere,and came with power to beat the band,youd be thinking you were surviving,and he'd just got bored with you ,and then BOOM
Your lying on the canvas wondering what happened.
Ali was a one of a kind fighter