Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
Quote Originally Posted by Starr
Lyle how can you bash Ali for the same things Wladimer and Vitali did   And you don't bash them in the same post?
This is the reason Starr, Wlad and Vitali are bashed for the exact same things, I was wondering why it's ok to bash those guys for the same things Ali did.

I said that great fighters usually bend the rules in their favor guys like Demspey, Marciano, Tyson, Liston(well he went too far with the stuff he put in Ali's eyes), and yes even guys like The Klitschko's but why should Ali not have to answer the same questions?

If Ali is put on a pedestal and he doesn't answer to the same questions then it doesn't make him "The Greatest of All-Time" it puts him in a DIFFERENT category, and if all of his fans believe he's the greatest (which sure I rate him high but not #1) they should compare him to boxers the same way with the same rules or else he has an advantage that is unfair.

I don't want to knock Ali but if you campare him to someone else you have to see the bad stuff he did as well as the good just to be fair.
Lyle you get a cool click for exploring this subject and having the onions for going against the grain on this one!!!!!That was a valid subject to be inquizitive about...Instaed of every one jumping down your throat they should see it for what it is not do discredit Ali,but to take a look at how Ali is a ring God but showed questionable discretion toward the rules, and not having to be held accountable as the rest or criticised for it, while others were crucified..........

I wuz indignant and shouting at the Ref During the Lewis, Tyson fight as that cheating bastard pushed his full 260lbs on the back of Tysons Neck for all those rounds illegally while Tyson fought probably the cleanest fight of his career and got worn down from carrying that aholes weight illegally,but know one said boo...All about the double standards...How many times did Michael Jordan travel and carry the ball an foul but got away with it we would have to use all of the population of the city of Chicago's fingers and toes to count...Double standards