Ali Said This

[downklown]

Float like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee.

[Boxfan7819]

[Scipio2009]

Ali was hated too back then. If he was an active fighter today with social media it would be 10x worse.

He would be a boring, runner, clincher racist.


That's why I say wait 5-10 years. At that time Floyd will be looked at in a totally different light. Look at Sweet Pea. He's called a master boxer and appears on every ATG list. When he was an active fighter? Oh nooo. He was a boring, clown who they couldn't wait to fall off the top.

The only reason why the general public started to hold Ali up in esteem is because he got sick (once the Parkinson's really started setting in, it instantly became pretty difficult for folks to deride him as the Louisville Lip). The same can be said for Jack Johnson (it took a racially-charged false sentence and 50 years in the ground before people started hailing his achievements).

If there's a heaven, Floyd Mayweather Jr will live a healthy and fit life, thrive as a person and successful businessman for at least the next 50 years, and go in the ground with the same butthurt haters finally seeing and accepting the man's boxing brilliance.

[golden247]

Ali was hated too back then. If he was an active fighter today with social media it would be 10x worse.

He would be a boring, runner, clincher racist.


That's why I say wait 5-10 years. At that time Floyd will be looked at in a totally different light. Look at Sweet Pea. He's called a master boxer and appears on every ATG list. When he was an active fighter? Oh nooo. He was a boring, clown who they couldn't wait to fall off the top.

Boring?? What a complete dìckhead you are! As another poster commented, this man stopped Frazier, KO'd Foreman, KO'd Liston ...... Are you ****ing serious!! You ****** muthafùckër! Go and wash your mouth out it's obviously riddled with your boyfriend Floyds ball bag. ****** shìthead

[ADP02]

Ali only has like 10 more knockouts than floyd

Oh, so now we are joking ....... Who did Floyd KO?

Don't come back with no sucker punch, no weight drain, not someone who jumped divisions to fight Floyd. Who?

Ali fought and KOd the guys that people thought he had little to no chance of even beating.

[Divine Hammer]

Ali stopped Liston twice, KO'd Foreman, knocked out Floyd Patterson twice and stopped Frazier in the Thrilla in Manilla.

"The Thrilla in Manilla" and "The Rumble in the Jungle" are part of the culture of the world and look how Ali performed in those fights. Floyd takes about 1/10th of the risk Ali does.

Exactly this. Ali put on a real show for a lot of his big fights. Even in the fight of the century he decided to move a lot less and actually trade with Frazier eating left hooks in the process. Ali's fighting spirit is 100000000000x greater than Floyd tag champ. This is why Ali's name and legacy live on forever meanwhile the majority of the public has chosen to forget Floyd.

I doubt Floyd's September fight sells well. No one is going to pay to watch that chump play it safe and play tag for 12 rounds.

[Divine Hammer]

Float like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee.

Against pac, Floyd was float like a butterfly, punch like a butterfly. What a fraud. Floyd is great at throwing a lot of pitty pat jabs and playing tag and head locking his opponent.

[ADP02]

I'm not denying he had some big moments/big KOs. But that wasn't his overall style.

Until he had that break, Ali was KOing almost all his fighters except for someone like George Chuvalo who had a good chin. When he came back, he was not the same fighter but still used it to beat guys like Foreman.

Ali, like he said, stings like a bee. Never heard that for Floyd. All we keep hearing is laughter when we hear his team say he will be different this time and KO the opponent.

Sucker punch KO? That is Floyd territory.
KOing the most feared opponents? That was Ali who did that.

[iLovesoccermoms]

Against pac, Floyd was float like a butterfly, punch like a butterfly. What a fraud. Floyd is great at throwing a lot of pitty pat jabs and playing tag and head locking his opponent.

and manny still lost...