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To be clear I'd pick Ali in this fight, but i'm curious how it would go. Smaller quicker fighters seemed to give Ali the most trouble.
Doug Jones gave him plenty of work, Cooper dropped him, Foster cut him and forced Ali to go into Mike Tyson mode, and Frazier 5 ft 11 and 205 lbs was the first to beat him.
Charles is as slick as they come and defensively sound, not a risk taker and largely a counter puncher. He used the classic fencing strategy of throwing mostly bait punches and using his energy entirely for defense and counter punches. When you watch Charles, other than his quick and slippery defense, he rarely throws punches with anything on them, except at the most oppourtune times, like after making someone miss. often his knockout punch is fast and hard, its even unexpected for the third person viewer as they had become accustomed to his deliberate slower pace.
it was a common strategy for a lot of oldschool fighters, but he really took it to the next level. A more contemporary fighter that really did this well was Alexis Arguello. The explosive thin man set the pace with deliberate slower readable punches to get his oponents timing off, then when the oppourtunity came his hidden explosive lazer beam was unleashed and they werent ready for it.
Doug Jones gave him plenty of work, Cooper dropped him, Foster cut him and forced Ali to go into Mike Tyson mode, and Frazier 5 ft 11 and 205 lbs was the first to beat him.
Charles is as slick as they come and defensively sound, not a risk taker and largely a counter puncher. He used the classic fencing strategy of throwing mostly bait punches and using his energy entirely for defense and counter punches. When you watch Charles, other than his quick and slippery defense, he rarely throws punches with anything on them, except at the most oppourtune times, like after making someone miss. often his knockout punch is fast and hard, its even unexpected for the third person viewer as they had become accustomed to his deliberate slower pace.
it was a common strategy for a lot of oldschool fighters, but he really took it to the next level. A more contemporary fighter that really did this well was Alexis Arguello. The explosive thin man set the pace with deliberate slower readable punches to get his oponents timing off, then when the oppourtunity came his hidden explosive lazer beam was unleashed and they werent ready for it.
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