Originally posted by NoLove
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What's Muhammad Ali's most underrated feature?
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if he didn't have a great chin he would have been oft stopped.
he gets tons of credit for it in hardcore boxing circles, but outside of them it's never mentioned. ali had a great chin.
he wasn't actually as hard to hit as people make it out, especially after his layoff. he had great range and physical and mental speed, but he had some fundamental flaws in his defense. he used to pull straight back from punches. henry cooper, for instance, hit him with the left hook.
ken norton broke his jaw
frazier beat the snot out of him in the two fights they had that were close. they beat the snot out of each other, to be fair.
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Originally posted by Sugarj View PostI wouldn't say his chin was underrated. Most would say that he had one of the best abilities to hold a punch in heavyweight history.
I think his power might have been a touch underrated though. He isn't thought of as being a particularly concussive puncher. But he certainly hurt and knocked out guys with decent chins, through more than just a combination of speed, accuracy and timing.
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Originally posted by NoLove View PostYou realise there are other weight divisions besides heavyweight? There are easily 30 guys better than Ali throughout history.
Originally posted by kendom View PostLOL man you made a foolish post, we all do that from time to time just back down, you're not going to name me 30 greater fighters than Ali
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