When should Ali have hung up the gloves?

[El_Cholo]

Agree Rock, they are good wins. And if Ali was to retire after one of those fights, that would've been fine too.

He should've never fought Larry Holmes. I think that was the one that finally ruined his life.

then there was the needless gym wars he had.

I stated similar on another thread.

[King Koopa]

After regaining his belt against Spinks...that should've been it.

The fight against Holmes should not ever happened, and Berbick...no comment

[Syf]

The sad fact is he wouldn't be considered quite as great if he hadn't literally given his life to boxing.

If he had retired right after Frazier...there would be a bunch more second guessers to his legacy..

He retired to duck this and that fighter...etc.

[dans]

After regaining his belt against Spinks...that should've been it.

The fight against Holmes should not ever happened, and Berbick...no comment

Both correct. After the Spinks fight would've been good too. You're right, anything before Holmes would've been fine.

The sad fact is he wouldn't be considered quite as great if he hadn't literally given his life to boxing.

If he had retired right after Frazier...there would be a bunch more second guessers to his legacy..

He retired to duck this and that fighter...etc.

Sad but true. But I agree with the guy above who said after the Spinks fight. If he retired after that, he would be considered just as great, if not greater.

[Adamantium]

imo after the 3rd fight with Frazier.

He was butchered in that fight, even his doctor said it was the end of his career.

Ferdie Pacheco eventually walked away, I think it was after the Ernie Shavers fight. I would say after the third Frazier fight, that fight was way to hard.