Quote Originally Posted by clean
Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
Hello all, this will be sure to get me many of sad clicks but I don't give a F***.

Ali had skill HOWEVER no one every likes to admit he used questionable tactics at times...most of the time actually.
Here is a list of his favorite illegal boxing moves: backhanding the jab, holding and hitting, and leaving his jab extended for defensive purposes.

Those are illegal, he should have been penalized a whole lot more than he was...in fact I don't EVER remember him being penalized, I remember him being warned 50-60 times about holding and hitting though.

And now these fighters get picked on for their tactics that are similar to Ali's: Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson, Wladimir Klitschko, Ricky Hatton, John Ruiz, Chris Byrd, Bernard Hopkins, Jermain Taylor, and the list goes on and on.

I just want to bring Ali down from the pedestal everyone has him on...he was skilled but he did bend and break rules but don't ever F****** tell me "___ is not Ali" like it's OK for Ali to do those things just because he is Ali and those guys won't ever be him.
Even though I disagree with nearly everything here I won't sad click you. Of all the illegal tactics you mentioned, not one of them is significant in changing the tide of a fight, that's why they aren't enforced, like in every sport, there are rules that aren't enforced. Basketball, no one enforces players stepping over the line to get a rebound after a free-throw, because it is so insignificant, and it happens all the time. Furthermore you'll be hardpressed to find any of Ali's opponents who would actually say that any of what you mentioned really made a difference. It's not like leaving a jab extended is some inpenetrable forcefield that no one can get past. People don't have Ali on a pedestal because of what he did outside the ring, they have him as the greatest because they feel he was inside the ring.
Good post that mate