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who was the toughest ali beated? and what make he the greatest?

kapersky21y ago

what make ali the greastest of all time? who was the toughest fighter ali have beated? i know foreman must be 1 of the toughest he ever beated, and liston,frazier?, what do u think?

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Ali said it himself, his toughest fight was the 3rd Frazier battle in Manila!

21y ago

Who did he beat? heavyweight greats in Sonny Liston 2x Floyd Patterson 2x Joe Frazier 2x Ken Norton George Foreman Ron Lyle Jimmy Young Earnie Shavers Leon Spinks He's a 3 Time champion with 21 title defenses.

21y ago

If were talking toughness as in will, determination and stayingpower were talking smokin joe frazier

21y ago

Let us not forget the Great man also had a very very good chin

21y ago

Yea it was deffinantly Joe Frazier. Foreman should have been his hardest but Ali beat him in 8 rounds by just tiring him out. Jo Frazier especially in their 3rd fight really took it too him. Not only did he beat Ali in the first fight, Ali Ali said after the 3rd that he never came so close to dying in the ring.

21y ago

Tha_Greatest6475

ya Remember how badly ALI was the underdog with the first liston fight, he went in gave him a one sided beatin, usin his lightning fast agility, just messed around with Liston. His wins over Smokin' Joe Frazier and George Foreman, Ken Norton, etc.

21y ago

Tucker thinks it would probably be Foreman,......yes that would be the toughest Ali has ever beated. Later brother brologs. P.s They say he the greatest probably because he never shut up. ;) how could it be foreman? ali toyed with him... foreman was hitting only ali's gloves, arms, and shoulders. it was ali's rope-a-dope trick that did the fun. it was frazier who gave ali a hell's visit

21y ago

I think he is one of the greatest because he bought back lots of enthusiam towards boxing and really made it a global sport. His fan base is great and he is one of the most recognized boxers of all time. His greatest fight had to be against Foreman.

21y ago

Frazier. Foreman was his biggest "task" and this thread topic's corpse is being violated. :eek: Never pay again for live sex! | Hot girls doing naughty stuff for free! | Chat for free!

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