What's Muhammad Ali's most underrated feature?

You realise there are other weight divisions besides heavyweight? There are easily 30 guys better than Ali throughout history. :lol1::lol1::lol1: LOL man you made a foolish post, we all do that from time to time just back down, you're not going to name me 30 greater fighters than Ali Take that advice and fall back.

I wouldn't say his chin was underrated. Most would say that he had one of the best abilities to hold a punch in heavyweight history. I think his power might have been a touch underrated though. He isn't thought of as being a particularly concussive puncher. But he certainly hurt and knocked out guys with decent chins, through more than just a combination of speed, accuracy and timing. Yes, Ali was a hard puncher and his punch selection and accuracy helped him score a lot of KO's. However, I don't Ali always used his power. Wactching some of his fights I always got impression that if he had sat down on more of his punches he could have got more KOs. He went the distance with a lot of guys that he should have knocked out.

if he didn't have a great chin he would have been oft stopped. he gets tons of credit for it in hardcore boxing circles, but outside of them it's never mentioned. ali had a great chin. he wasn't actually as hard to hit as people make it out, especially after his layoff. he had great range and physical and mental speed, but he had some fundamental flaws in his defense. he used to pull straight back from punches. henry cooper, for instance, hit him with the left hook. ken norton broke his jaw frazier beat the snot out of him in the two fights they had that were close. they beat the snot out of each other, to be fair.

How about his KO over Bonevena with the left hook.

His power. People remember him by his movment and hand speed but never really talk about his actual power.

You realise there are other weight divisions besides heavyweight? There are easily 30 guys better than Ali throughout history. If you can easily name 30 better fighters, how did he make your top 30?

You realise there are other weight divisions besides heavyweight? There are easily 30 guys better than Ali throughout history. LOL man you made a foolish post, we all do that from time to time just back down, you're not going to name me 30 greater fighters than Ali

You realise there are other weight divisions besides heavyweight? There are easily 30 guys better than Ali throughout history. Easy? If it is easy name them?

Wow........ So the guys beats Jones, Cooper, Liston, Patterson, Chuvalo, Mildenberger, Terrell, Folley, Quarry, Bonavena, Frazier, B. Foster, M. Foster, Ellis, Bugner, Norton, Foreman, Lyle, Young, and Shavers.......3 ATG HW's (Liston, Frazier, Foreman) and 4 other HOF fighters (Patterson, Norton, B. Foster, Moore). Beat everyone in his era, called the Golden Era of HW boxing, and isn't in your Top 5 or at the very least Top 10??? You realise there are other weight divisions besides heavyweight? There are easily 30 guys better than Ali throughout history.

Where is the option for power? I think his power was underrated

Hearing all of your responses have made me look at several things I haven't before. His power seems to come up a lot and I agree with one of the earlier posts. He wasn't a one punch KO artist but he broke you down with time. I apologize I didn't include a separate option for Power but I'm not sure weather to categorize it under Hand speed, hand work, accuracy, or have it's own category.

i think his physical strength is underrated. he was strong.

I dont see any category he was underrated in. if anything he was considered one of the best in everything, maybe not punching power but he had good pop

Hard to find something he is underrated for seeing as he is called the greatest heavyweight of all time. But I think as an earlier poster commented its probably his power. Opponents knew about his speed, footwork, accuracy, ring generalship, mental game, etc etc. But most never thought his jab was a hammer until he teed off on them for up to 15 rounds. If anything I think the one thing he should be taken to task for is that he hardly ever went to the body. If you go back and check the tapes it was almost like he wanted his opponent to stick around as long as possible fighting so he can destroy them with his 1-2. IMHO if he learned or cared to go to the body he would have had many more KOs and his career would have lasted longer because he wouldnt have had so many rounds in him. As a little kid I remember crying when a young Larry Holmes beat him. In his prime there's no way Holmes wouldve beaten him.

he prob has Charlie Zellenoff top 10 honourable mention for Joe louis who just misses out at no. 31

but he makes his top 30 ... just behind Gerry Cooney and Butterbean he prob has Charlie Zellenoff top 10

i say his power. he knocked out guys like foreman and liston. two heavyweights known for chins.

I just don't think he was the greatest ever, like so many people say he is. I think he is in the top 30 though. http://www.cyclonefanatic.com/forum/attachments/general-discussion/15531d1349767431-drinking-beer-shower-wtf.gif

Wow........ So the guys beats Jones, Cooper, Liston, Patterson, Chuvalo, Mildenberger, Terrell, Folley, Quarry, Bonavena, Frazier, B. Foster, M. Foster, Ellis, Bugner, Norton, Foreman, Lyle, Young, and Shavers.......3 ATG HW's (Liston, Frazier, Foreman) and 4 other HOF fighters (Patterson, Norton, B. Foster, Moore). Beat everyone in his era, called the Golden Era of HW boxing, and isn't in your Top 5 or at the very least Top 10??? but he makes his top 30 ... just behind Gerry Cooney and Butterbean

Wow........ So the guys beats Jones, Cooper, Liston, Patterson, Chuvalo, Mildenberger, Terrell, Folley, Quarry, Bonavena, Frazier, B. Foster, M. Foster, Ellis, Bugner, Norton, Foreman, Lyle, Young, and Shavers.......3 ATG HW's (Liston, Frazier, Foreman) and 4 other HOF fighters (Patterson, Norton, B. Foster, Moore). Beat everyone in his era, called the Golden Era of HW boxing, and isn't in your Top 5 or at the very least Top 10??? give him a break. He just found out about boxing last week. lol