"Muhammad Ali took Joe Frazier so seriously that he got back to his 1966, pre-exile weight to fight him. He tried every psychological tactic possible to get Joe off of his game. He came out throwing tons of punches to try and send a message and keep Joe off of him. But he couldn't do it. Joe kept coming, started timing Ali's quick hands, and countered with bombs. Once Ali went defensive, Frazier went to work on the body, and the rest is history. At the closest to their respective primes, Frazier pounded Ali into dust." - I think you've slipped on the facts here. Ali did not get down to pre exile weight. He was over his pre exile weight in that fight. Ali did not really take Frazier seriously in this fight. He was out of shape, was clowning around during the fight with unnecessary shuffles and taunts etc..
Frazier did not pound Ali into the dust. Ali took everything Frazier had that night and came back firing in toe toe-toe fashion. The fight was actually quite close on the scorecards. Also Ali's reflexes, stamina and dancing longevity had diminished after he came back from exile. It could clearly be seen in the quarry fight. Also you should pay close attention to some of the things Howard Cosell said regarding the physical condition of Ali.
"The 2nd fight was a wash, and either guy could have been given the decision, really. Joe's corner made a huge mistake and tried to have him switch between southpaw and orthodox; they tried to use more jabs, etc." - this is a ****** post. I have watched the fight and Ali won an easy 12 round UD. Ali was dancing and sharpshooting with clean effective punches throughout the fight, while frazier was hitting thin air most of the time. Ali also effectively blocked Frazier's left hand using his gloves. Although he couldn't get back his reflexes, stamina and dancing longevity he learnt from the mistakes he made in the first frazier fight.
Lol. i think you're the one who needs common sense. If you think their test is weak we should stop the sport and test all the athletes from basketball, football, tennis, ufc, baseball etc... Maybe all of them are on PEDS. Do you think Nate Robinson in Celtics are on PEDS? He's only 5'9 and he can dunk? Are educated at Mayweathers University?
Why do I have to be a HATER when before you start saying someone is great or is giving out certain awards let the man be tested to show he earned everything legally. Why are you so opposed to testing?
Pac took the same tests Floyd took in his last 40 fights. If you questioning those tests then you should questioning Floyd as well because there is no way he can prove that he is clean in those 40 fights by taking one OST test.
The dirty ***** don't deserve no awards until his Cheating ASS is tested! Like a commenter said in another article. They know the Mutha ****a is dirty they just don't care because they don't want him exposed! When his liver, kidneys, and ulcer's start to break down then they will know without having to tell us. It will happen soon
Somehow I imagine you to have the same speech impediment and mental-******ation like Mayweather Sr and Roger.
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