Muhammad Ali or Wladimir Klitschko - Who Is The More Exciting Heavyweight?

[kadyo's]

I mean this thread is like more than 2 years ago but it's a question with a very obvious answer. I mean we are talking about Ali smh.

[croz]

Ali was stylistically a naturally boring fighter. People tend to forget that. They think just because he was charismatic he also must have been an exciting fighter. He would also use that charisma in the ring to camouflage the lack of excitement in his fights. That said he was still in some of the greatest heavyweight fights of all time, though that might be more down to Joe Frazier than Ali. Nothing like that can be said about Wlad.

[kadyo's]

Ali was stylistically a naturally boring fighter. People tend to forget that. They think just because he was charismatic he also must have been an exciting fighter. He would also use that charisma in the ring to camouflage the lack of excitement in his fights. That said he was still in some of the greatest heavyweight fights of all time, though that might be more down to Joe Frazier than Ali. Nothing like that can be said about Wlad.

How old are you? Ali was stylistically a naturally boring fighter, are you serious?

[Jedi Vader]

ali beat the lineal champ 3 times wlad 0
ali beat the #1 contender at least 5 times wlad 1
ali beat 16 guys ranked 1,2, or 3 wlad 4
ali beat 30 top 10 ranked fighters wlad 10

it's close! let's do vitali he's prob better right?

ali beat the lineal champ 3 times vitali 0
ali beat the #1 contender at least 5 times vitali 0
ali beat 16 guys ranked 1,2, or 3 vitali 2
ali beat 30 top 10 ranked fighters vitali 6

These stats just sum up the vast gulf between Ali and the Klits.

[croz]

How old are you? Ali was stylistically a naturally boring fighter, are you serious?

You should actually watch his fights some time.

Ali did not have a crowd friendly fighting style. For example you can count the exciting moments of this fight on one hand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFFDe9FQL3s

Old fighters aren't held to the same level of criticism as today's fighters. New boxing fans will automatically praise old fighters just to fit into the crowd so inevitably they become untouchable. If Ali fought today we'd be talking about him in the same way we talk about Mayweather.

[Simurgh]

Ali boring?!

He is definition of excitement - most of his fights were pure beauty.

[joe strong]

talking about old times?

this thread is from 2010...WTF? was new years eve that boring? then again i was out cold by 9pm...woke up to fireworks at midnight!

[Mushroom]

Ali has been in far better and more exciting fights than Wlad has. Not even debatable imo.......

[T.Horton]

what exciting wlad fights have their been where we wasn't knocked out or at least on queer street?

[bojangles1987]

You should actually watch his fights some time.

Ali did not have a crowd friendly fighting style. For example you can count the exciting moments of this fight on one hand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFFDe9FQL3s

Old fighters aren't held to the same level of criticism as today's fighters. New boxing fans will automatically praise old fighters just to fit into the crowd so inevitably they become untouchable. If Ali fought today we'd be talking about him in the same way we talk about Mayweather.

Dude, Ali was Wlad on steroids from an excitement level. A few of Ali's most one-sided fights were twice as exciting as any fight Wlad's had. Incredible speed, incredible combinations, he's constantly talking trash, it's always a treat.

Then you throw in that Ali was in some of the greatest fights ever with Joe Frazier and George Foreman, this question is insulting to Ali.