since ali was...

[toshmurph]

If you meant to say, prime Ali would be the favorite in any fight, against any opponent in the history of boxing, then yes. Absolutely yes.

Look I'm a huge Ali fan too, I 100% feel he's the greatest heavyweight of all time! But would he favourite P4P against any opponent ever?? Nah, Sugar Ray Robinson would be favourite, maybe Willie Pep and Henry Armstrong also!

[mani1]

Ali would stop Louis

[toshmurph]

Come on man, on what basis?

Louis had power in his fasts but Ali was faster, threw more often, had better combinations, a better chin and better defence. I actually think ALi would make Louis look quite ordinary.

I agree with you here, Joe Louis was very good, no question, but a lot of guys shown they could outbox him, granted he knocked most out after..

Can anybody really see Ali pulling a Billy Conn and being knocked out late!? Nah, Ali had one of the ATG chins! Prime he was nigh untouchable and threw in beautiful combinations which were very accurate! I think that Louis would be behind by a long stretch on the scorecards and would get anxious trying to knock Ali out late and be countered and knocked out around the 13th or 14th round!

[Boxing Goat]

the greatest heavy weight ever...
is it safe to say he is the number one greatest boxer, as he IS bigger than all the other boxers who ranked higher than him on the p4p of all times?
happy birthday in 5 days greatest.

edit:
in other words
does prime ali beat any boxer in any weight class in any time frame of recorded boxing history?
i believe thats a yes.

No. He couldn't even beat Joe Frazier at times. (He really lost the 3rd fight seeing as how he was retiring on his stool at the very second the Frazier corner threw in their towel.)

[Boxing Goat]

the greatest heavy weight ever...
is it safe to say he is the number one greatest boxer, as he IS bigger than all the other boxers who ranked higher than him on the p4p of all times?
happy birthday in 5 days greatest.

edit:
in other words
does prime ali beat any boxer in any weight class in any time frame of recorded boxing history?
i believe thats a yes.

No. He couldn't even beat Joe Frazier at times. (He really lost the 3rd fight seeing as how he was retiring on his stool at the very second the Frazier corner threw in their towel.)