Muhammad Ali was not a great fighter

[butterfly1964]

in 1966


ali weighed in at 201lb vs henry cooper in a title defense

ali weighed in at 204lb vs karl mildenberger in a title defense



ali in his prime was weighing in under 205lb


- it appears dundee had ali coming in too light for these fights

where did you get that info from?

[joker]

he brought a different world to boxing. he made it like wwf with his talk an dpeople either loved or hated him but they wanted to see him.

[SuzieQ49]

where did you get that info from?

many different sources

[Yogi]

where did you get that info from?

He might've gotten that info from the Ali/Cooper fight from the May 22nd, 1966 A.P. report which states the following;

"LONDON, May 21 - Cassius Clay registered the lightest weight of his championship career today, 201 pounds, in a carefully produced ceremony about nine hours before defending his title against Henry Cooper at the Arsenol Stadium, Highbury. Cooper, at 188, was also several pounds lighter than expected."

[butterfly1964]

He might've gotten that info from the Ali/Cooper fight from the May 22nd, 1966 A.P. report which states the following;

"LONDON, May 21 - Cassius Clay registered the lightest weight of his championship career today, 201 pounds, in a carefully produced ceremony about nine hours before defending his title against Henry Cooper at the Arsenol Stadium, Highbury. Cooper, at 188, was also several pounds lighter than expected."

well, maybe ali pulled a joe louis-conn, and lost extra weight in order to not look like he's beating up on a much smaller man.

[SuzieQ49]

well, maybe ali pulled a joe louis-conn, and lost extra weight in order to not look like he's beating up on a much smaller man.

then why did ali weigh in at 203lb when he fought mildenbergar in 1966?

[Yogi]

well, maybe ali pulled a joe louis-conn, and lost extra weight in order to not look like he's beating up on a much smaller man.

Or maybe, just maybe the employees of Baskin-Robbins were on strike during the mid months of 1966, whereas watermelon was selling for only a penny per pound.

[butterfly1964]

Or maybe, just maybe the employees of Baskin-Robbins were on strike during the mid months of 1966, whereas watermelon was selling for only a penny per pound.

i hope you didn't mean it that way.

[butterfly1964]

then why did ali weigh in at 203lb when he fought mildenbergar in 1966?

well, didn't mildenberger weight about 190?

and i heard somewhere along the lines of 212 1/2 for ali at that fight.

[Yogi]

i hope you didn't mean it that way.

What way?