Call me crazy, but I think Canelo would have beaten Ali

[Gideon lock]

Jesus christ what are you smoking bro.

[lopetego]

Is this the Ali that fought Larry Holmes? In that case I agree

[Butt stuff]

Great thread

[Boxing-1013]

I guess there are different ways to look at it. But Ali is probably the last 'great' HW that I would pick against vs a little man. Obviously the big punchers like Foreman, Wilder, Shavers etc you would favor heavily as well. But I feel like possibly a 'great' little guy could go 12, running around and avoiding shots, and potshotting his way to a win. Maybe 1 out of 50 times. Most of the time they get stopped though.

But Ali excelled at HW because he had elite hand and foot speed, and couldn't be hurt. How is a smaller guy going to matchup with that? Ali would just batter a smaller guy for 12 or 15 rounds before the fight is called. He is basically just a bigger, tougher version of the best small guys ever.