Was Ali a real heavyweight?

[WillieWild114]

He started off his career at 190 lb and he was kinda chubby at 220 lb + so does that make him a fake heavyweight?

[hugh grant]

He does seem like a heavyweight. Can't see him being 190lb even if he was once. He don't look small, got a big head

[Donnie Herrera]

Of course he was…if you say he wasn’t…

How U Gon’ Do That???…

[Smash]

they were smaller back in that day i think so he was big for back then

[Smash]

imagine asking this question to the mans face, the answer u got would be funny

[El_Mero]

Tf kinda question is that?

[PRINCEKOOL]

The culture in heavyweight boxing, pre - 1990's was entirely different to now 'fighters who fought during Muhammad Ali's boxing era, all boiled down to the fighting weight. No heavyweight was going into training camp, with the ambition to gain masses of weight and be a fake super heavyweight fighter like they are today i.e. There are very few current genuine Super Heavyweight fighters active, but there are a lot fighters who are out of condition. And just because the number on the scales is + 230 pounds, the media claim that they are a part of this new generation of Super Heavyweight fighters'.

Note: I personally don't even rate Anthony Joshua as a really big super heavyweight fighter, he was 230 pounds during his first professional fight 'and at that stage of his career, he was already pumping himself up in the gym using body building techniques. No heavyweight fighters during the 1960's and 1970's were training with those sorts of methods the training was more aimed and improved general condition, endurance and aerobic capacity. And actual boxing skills. That is the difference in boxing era's'.

Muhammad Ali was a natural bigger heavyweight fighter than Oleksandr Uysk 'Muhammad Ali predominately trained with the use of old school methodologies, and he did not use body building techniques like Uysk. It is most likely an effort for Oleksandr Uysk to maintain his mass as a Heavyweight fighter, I don't think it comes natural to him'.

To conclude: In my opinion Muhammad Ali definitively was a Heavyweight fighter 'And many of the Heavyweight fighters from old school eras, were much bigger than many people acknowledge. The reason why they were lighter in weight during competition, was because? The culture in training was entirely different back during those eras, people must factor in that championship fights were contested over 15 rounds. And once upon a time Championship fights used to be contested over the duration of 45 rounds'.

With those factors of competition, in old school boxing eras being different than today's modern era 'This would have naturally forced fighters to embrace a different training culture. I have always maintained that the endurance level's, and just basic conditioning of past heavyweight fighters was superior to modern day heavyweight fighters'.

Muhammad Ali at no point in his career, trained to gain mass 'he was always trying to boil down to his fighting weight. With the main objectives to improve his general base condition, endurance levels, and aerobic capacity' etc.

[HisExcellency]

No...he was a Flyweight

[QueensburyRules]

- - He was a 190lb Cruiser until age 20 where he cleared 200 vs 45 yr old Archie.

[famicommander]

He won the lineal heavyweight championship of the world three times.