Quote Originally Posted by holmcall View Post
Nobody cares that Ali lost to Leon Spinks and Larry Holmes. Nobody cares that Ken Griffey Jr. stunk at the end of his career. Nobody remembers Mike Tyson for losing to Kevin McBride and Danny Williams. Nobody recalls Joe Montana the Chief, Emmitt Smith the Cardinal, Willie Mays the Met, Ty Cobb the Athletic, Babe Ruth the Brave, etc.

Legacies are never, ever affected by the waning years of an athlete, because athletes are as human as the rest of us and stick around often for love of the game, often for money (it’s their job, after all), often for other reasons including they don't know any better as in Riddick Bowe.

What do you think?

I agree completley.

Tyson was fairly awful for a chunk of his career, but we all remember him for his peak.

Ali losing fights, wouldn't that mean the people that beat him should actually be considered better than Ali? No one seems to think so, clearly because in his peak, Ali would have beaten them.