Would people in NSB **** on Muhammed Ali like they do everyone else?
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It would be something like this:
But for all his progress, all the fierce joy he exudes in the ring, Frazier does indeed have "a lot of work ahead of him." For one thing, you can see his left hook coming from across town, and he is often off balance when he throws his punches. Defensively, he accepts punishment needlessly, but more dangerous is his bad habit of ducking under a punch and then lifting his head up like a man craning his neck to see over a fence. He is, even without this flaw, an easy shot for a headhunter.
The victories cited have been overrated, it seems here, as a gauge to what will happen against Basilio . The second Turpin fight was six years ago, when Sugar Ray was much closer to the prime of his fighting life than he is today. He beat Olson every time they met, which was four times. When he fought Fullmer the second time he took advantage of a country boy's overconfidence.
But Sugar Ray is now far past his prime—he is officially 37 years old. He will be fighting a Basilio who has already beaten him, not an Olson who never could beat him. He will be fighting a man who has proved he can take the Robinson punch, as Fullmer could not.
About This Sorry Business Of Hand-picking Opponents For Champions, Particularly In The Case Of Rocky Marciano
The truth is, Don ****ell , for all his empire laurels, is a manufactured opponent, hand-picked by Al Weill as the least menacing of the heavyweight contenders.Comment
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Cassius must be kidding. If he isn't, he's crazy. It is one thing to anticipate meeting Liston with financial gain in mind and quite another to consider entering the ring against a virtually indestructible and demonstrably deadly fighting machine. Remember: Cassius had just seen in person what the pictures on the following pages show so graphically.
Clay 's style is made to order for another massacre. He carries his hands too low, he leans away from a punch and he cannot fight a lick inside. He will face in Liston an opponent with endurance, highly developed skills, deceptive speed and strength enough to stun an elephant with either hand. Yet Cassius loudly insists that he is going to whup "that big ugly bear" when they meet, most likely in Philadelphia this September.
The oddsmakers do not think much of Clay 's chances. James (Jimmie the Greek) Snyder, handicapper emeritus, figures that Liston should be an overwhelming 8-to-1 favorite. The only way a Liston backer can get any kind of odds is to pick one of the first six rounds for the knockout. "It's impossible," says Jimmie the Greek, "for Clay to last six rounds."
How wrong they were.
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Great work Manchine! That was a great read, especially thinking of how Ali beat him twice, once in 1 round, and once surviving a round or so while blinded
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*Ali got his jaw broke so his glass chin wont stand up to those hard hitters.
*Ali is just flat out garbage...I dont even have an answer on why I think this way...I just think he is garbage because he didnt lose his fight I wanted him to!
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