Anyone Else Annoyed With All the Ali Fanboys?

[MACAQUEINBLACK]

The difficulty is we don't really know that much bout these fighters careers It's hard to judge. The most we can really do is look up a resume on boxrec.

There's a lot more reading besides.


You have to try and draw from both a variety of written accounts/contemporaneous testimony and what taped evidence you can find, to get a sense of what these guys (and the guys they made their names by fighting) were about.


I agree, it isn't easy. But you can start to get a strong sense of a fighter and his place in history, the magnitude of his accomplishments, if you immerse enough.


I don't pretend to have a thoughtfully compiled ATG list, just a personal favorites list. I was just wondering what you thought about Armstrong, since he wasn't among the names that other guy cited (Burley etc, the ones you placed below Ali). Thanks.

[Vadrigar.]

There's a lot more reading besides.


You have to try and draw from both a variety of written accounts/contemporaneous testimony and what taped evidence you can find, to get a sense of what these guys (and the guys they made their names by fighting) were about.


I agree, it isn't easy. But you can start to get a strong sense of a fighter and his place in history, the magnitude of his accomplishments, if you immerse enough.


I don't pretend to have a thoughtfully compiled ATG list, just a personal favorites list. I was just wondering what you thought about Armstrong, since he wasn't among the names that other guy cited (Burley etc, the ones you placed below Ali). Thanks.

Yes, don't worry, I'm no nutthugger. I do rate Armstrong very highly especially in p4p rankings.

[freakzilladark]

Ali was great but his fanboys are annoying sometimes. still Ali deserves the praise he gets today

[geribeetus]

it's annoying when they act like no one could beat him

it's annoying when people say that about any fighter though

[Vadrigar.]

Ali was great but his fanboys are annoying sometimes. still Ali deserves the praise he gets today

so does felix trinidad. He shut up that idiot Vargas. It was funny seeing him knocked around the ring like that.

[TheMagicMan]

Ali was a joke. Seriously he was good for his overrated era.

[check hook]

Ali was a joke. Seriously he was good for his overrated era.

his era wasn't overrated at all...........need proof.....look no further than Foreman coming back at 45 and KOing a good HW of the day to win a belt.

However like i mentioned earlier, you can make a very strong case for Ali being given decisions he did not win.

Alot of people wax lyrical about past fighters....and whilst i agree there are many like SRR, SRL etc etc who would cause havoc amongst the current crop, in general their exploits are somtimes overrated. For example modern day fighters are criticised for picking/choosing opponents and of diva like behaviour when compared to throwback fighters.

Comments like that show ignorance. SRR whilst he gets the tag of GOAT should also get the GOAT tag for diva like behaviour in negotitations. How about white fighters (like Jack Dempsey) not fighting black fighters?????
What about SRL avoiding a fight with Azron Pryor?? Many said SRR and others ducked Burley aswell..........these are just some (of many) examples.

People need to relax with this "ducking" ****. Whenever a fighter makes a decision not to fight another fighter in favour of someone else it is deemed a duck even though they match up at a later date. The incidence of ducking is far less than the members of this site will haave you believe. Everyday we have a fighter ducking another.....I DON"T BUY IT!!!!!

[The Comedian]

Ali was a joke. Seriously he was good for his overrated era.

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[Jim Jeffries]

The difficulty is we don't really know that much bout these fighters careers It's hard to judge. The most we can really do is look up a resume on boxrec.

Talk about self pwnage.

[KnockoutKings]

look I am not a nutthugger. I'm not afraid to post this video:



am I a nutthugger now?

Hey I was just busting balls. Honestly, if I had to pick one boxer to "nuthugg", I'd pick Ali.