ali's worst loss

rightsideup

I will say against holmes. No way he should have been in the ring that night.

jabsRstiff

Losing to a big underdog in Norton, who busted his jaw.

greynotsoold

Losing to a rank amateur in Leon Spinks.

Sugarj

Has to be Holmes. Poor Ali looked terrible and didn't win one round.

An accumulation of thyroid medication and the early onset of Parkinsons syndrome was no state to challenge Holmes in his absolute prime.

Anthony342

Medication for what? An overactive thyroid? Was he supposed to take that or did he take too much of it?

HUGH JASS

it has to be between norton and spinks.the holmes bout was like sending a lamb to the slaughter house,overall i would definitely pick the norton bout 5 year fresher then when spinks beat him

Sugarj

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Originally Posted by Anthony342

Medication for what? An overactive thyroid? Was he supposed to take that or did he take too much of it?

An idiot of a doctor prescribed thyroid pills for Ali to help him shed the excess weight that he had picked up in his 2 year retirement. Ali took more than the recommended dosage telling those in camp that they were vitamin pills!!

Ali certainly lost the weight, but also any strength, speed and stamina.

Thyroid pills mess about with kidneys, liver and metabolism......a ridiculous mix for a professional athlete!

ShamrockXpress

Wot about the the berbick loss? Norton had a style that Ali just struggled with, in all three fights I think Norton deserved the win

House of Stone

Well holmes gave him the worst beating no doubt about that. That fight ruined him - well he was already bad before hand but afterwards he was wrecked. What's mad is in the locker rooms after the fight holmes came to him in tears and ali layed out on a stretcher was still shouting "I want Holmes! I want Holmes!"

Sugarj

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Originally Posted by ShamrockXpress

Wot about the the berbick loss? Norton had a style that Ali just struggled with, in all three fights I think Norton deserved the win

Strangely Ali looked better against Berbick than against Holmes, he even won a few rounds.

Norton certainly won fight 1 and has a good argument for fight 3, but I thought Ali definitely deserved fight 2. That final round sealed it......

rightsideup Interim Champion Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 837 Rep Power: 6 Points: 5,200,189,982.22 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 5,200,189,982.22 Donate	ali's worst loss I will say against holmes. No way he should have been in the ring that night.

jabsRstiff ! ! ! ! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 4029 Points: 2,794.78 Bank: 35,370,681,941.97 Total Points: 35,370,684,736.75 Donate	Losing to a big underdog in Norton, who busted his jaw.

greynotsoold Contender Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 328 Rep Power: 2 Points: 5,007,032.16 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 5,007,032.16 Donate	Losing to a rank amateur in Leon Spinks.

Sugarj Undisputed Champion Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,197 Rep Power: 16 Points: 30,066,339.06 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 30,066,339.06 Donate	Has to be Holmes. Poor Ali looked terrible and didn't win one round. An accumulation of thyroid medication and the early onset of Parkinsons syndrome was no state to challenge Holmes in his absolute prime.

Anthony342 Undisputed Champion Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 1,651 Rep Power: 7 Points: 10,115,067,097.12 Bank: 168,996.83 Total Points: 10,115,236,093.95 Donate	Medication for what? An overactive thyroid? Was he supposed to take that or did he take too much of it?

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ShamrockXpress Contender Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 241 Rep Power: 1 Points: 7,215.82 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 7,215.82 Donate	Wot about the the berbick loss? Norton had a style that Ali just struggled with, in all three fights I think Norton deserved the win

House of Stone Undisputed Champion Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 2,023 Rep Power: 9 Points: 60,055,792.74 Bank: 302,288,451.57 Total Points: 362,344,244.31 Donate	Well holmes gave him the worst beating no doubt about that. That fight ruined him - well he was already bad before hand but afterwards he was wrecked. What's mad is in the locker rooms after the fight holmes came to him in tears and ali layed out on a stretcher was still shouting "I want Holmes! I want Holmes!"