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Originally posted by ThaGreatest_NK
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Anybody that thinks ThaGreatest will actually be good is a ****in idiot.
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the wepner fight is not a good example, wepner looked like a complete amature, there is no need to show that fight on classic, they also need to realize there are other then ali, he;s all they show, ali was the man though, complete package.Comment
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Machete dont keep going through all the threads and typing one sentence that only took you two seconds to think of .Comment
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Lots of fighters who took on Cassius Clay or "pre-Thrilla in Manila" Ali, whichever, thought they were trained well for his speed and movements - until they faced him. Every interview from them have always said "I knew he was fast but I didn't really know just HOW fast he was!"
Ali was great. And when his speed diminished with age, he still managed to win when he needed it most. He'd muster a flash of greatness when he was older and slower. His last fight before his first retirement with Leon Spinks, you can see he had no legs left. But he still managed to slip punches by tilting his head this way and that, all the while he's countering the younger Spinks and connecting. And in one of the rounds when Ali was exhausted, he did the same thing while walking backwards!
When he was the fastest punching, fastest moving fighter, he was the greatest. When he was no longer the fastest, when he was older and slower and more tired - he still managed to beat the odds.
That is why Mohammed Ali is the greatest and most loved boxer in history. The man was so popular, one of his fights delayed a bloody conflict in Northern Ireland! Ali's popularity trancended borders, language, culture, religious beliefs and several generations. Ask a kid today who Richard Nixon is and ask him who Mohammed Ali is. I bet you he knows who Ali is.
Some may say he's over rated but they can't say he's NOT the greatest.Comment
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