Originally posted by poet682006
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To be fair Ali himself admits that the hit he took from Cooper was one of the worst of his career. Cooper may not have been the biggest puncher Ali ever faced but Cooper caught him with a perfect shot. You also have to remember that the fight with Cooper was part of a promotional tour wherein he expended a lot of time and energy. These sort of distraction do nothing to improve a fighter's performance. Actually this was not the first time that Ali had performed poorly due to these promotional activities. However, to extrapolate from Henry Cooper to Vitali Klitschko is a bit of a stretch. The same situation would never occur. Klitschko is a man who must be taken seriously whereas Cooper was a small heavy who was on the wrong side of his career. As long as Ali was performing well, there is nothing that Klitschko could do to beat him.
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