Ali-Berbick "The Last Hurrah"

[joeytrimble]

man i love your sig with lamotta....he was a killer in the ring awesome guy awesome guy

[K-DOGG]

Tonight I picked up the DVD The Last Hurrah, which features the 1981 fight between Ali and Trevor Berbick. It's actually not a bad fight, I never saw that one before. Ali was in the fight more than I expected him to be, and while I agree that Berbick won the fight, it was closer than I thought it would be. Ali was certainly much slower than earlier in his career and sometimes his balance was off and he would tire after having a rally but he stayed in most of the fight and was even aggressive in some rounds. However, the disturbing part is the press conference for the fight when Ali was talking like he had something wrong with him already, he is certainly not talking like a 39 year old man, even rambling a bit. It is sad to see, but at least he pulled together a more respectable final performance than I thought it was supposed to be.
The DVD is worth picking up.

Where'd you get it?

[jason100x]

You can order it through Amazon.com, they have it for $17.99 with used copies as cheap as $12.49. I happened to get my copy at J&R Electronics in NYC, they sell it for $17.99 but when I bought it last week they were having a sale. I paid $14.99 plus tax, of course. J&R has a mail order site, jr.com.

[Hard Boiled HK]

What gave you that idea? Was it the parkinsons or the weight?

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