I don't have any gripes with these things, but I do give some credibility that a self marketed boxer with a big media persona garners more overall attention than his peers. Add to that America was and is boxings home in terms of the biggest fights and in some respects fighters, I think you had an unique gem in the great Ali.
He was extremely talented, fought everyone out there, is an inspiration and is undoubtedly one of the greatest ever. However for all of the same reasons noted, I do think they to lend themselves to a credible scenario that he is too, a little over rated, in terms of purely in the ring.
He picked up too many losses prime or not, he had some very close decisions some of which he could have rightly lost also.
I think one of the fights which endeared so many people to him, and inspired them to convey how amazingly talented he was, was the Foreman fight. He soaked up punishment on purpose and defeated the odds, which will always be a unique, inspiring, legendary performance and also, perhaps over rated. Had the gamble not worked out you wonder just how much less hype he'd have gotten.
Not taking anything away from him, he's one of the greatest ever maybe even the. But for these reasons I voted yes, a little bit over rated. Some people will just always refuse to credit that, Ali is a maverick whom will always begger extreme praise, he's held that highly regarded by all. Just how it is.
He was extremely talented, fought everyone out there, is an inspiration and is undoubtedly one of the greatest ever. However for all of the same reasons noted, I do think they to lend themselves to a credible scenario that he is too, a little over rated, in terms of purely in the ring.
He picked up too many losses prime or not, he had some very close decisions some of which he could have rightly lost also.
I think one of the fights which endeared so many people to him, and inspired them to convey how amazingly talented he was, was the Foreman fight. He soaked up punishment on purpose and defeated the odds, which will always be a unique, inspiring, legendary performance and also, perhaps over rated. Had the gamble not worked out you wonder just how much less hype he'd have gotten.
Not taking anything away from him, he's one of the greatest ever maybe even the. But for these reasons I voted yes, a little bit over rated. Some people will just always refuse to credit that, Ali is a maverick whom will always begger extreme praise, he's held that highly regarded by all. Just how it is.
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