Kid Gavilan does his version of the shuffle

[TheGreatA]

Watch from 4:50 onwards:



Should Gavilan be credited as the true originator of the shuffle instead of Ali?

Of course Ali's is still the best:

[TheGreatA]

More of Kid Gavilan:

[Reggie Miller]

wow, you learn something everyday

and yea, he should be credited as the first to do it.

ali made it look better though.

[Miburo]

I'm pretty sure that Robinson did a version of this. Ali's footwork trickery was mostly in imitation of his idol, most notably in that graceful little footwork routine both would go through in the corner right before the beginning of fights to get into rhythm.