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  • 07-10-2005 10:38am
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    GOAT_Ali
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    Greatest fighter of all time has got to be Ali????, greatest sportsman of alltime also.......any suggestions. Outside of he heavies I suppose Ray Robinson......


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    Big Ears
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    Robinson was better IMO , and although Ali was a great fighter if it wasn't for his holding behind the back of the head tactic (which wouldn't be allowed by any ref today) he wouldn't have had nearly the same success .


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    walshb
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    Holding behind the back of the head??, are you for real...boxing has and always will be a sport of pure skill, power, courage and clever tactics, legal or not. Ali would have been a great no matter what sport he was in and if he wasn't allowed hold behind the back of the head, which loads of fighters have done by the way he'd have found another way to win or negate his opponent. That is why Ali was the greatest of all time, his intelligence and his ability to adapt his style to beat his opponent....I cannot think of another athlete ever who comes close to Ali for his impotance in sport, for his chatracter, for his charm, wit, style, grace, influence....he was he MAN!!!!

    Reading your post you try make it sound like his career was based on this Holding tactic, have you not seen the man in his absolute prime, frightengly brilliant he was.....


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    walshb
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    Big Ears wrote:
    Robinson was better IMO , and although Ali was a great fighter if it wasn't for his holding behind the back of the head tactic (which wouldn't be allowed by any ref today) he wouldn't have had nearly the same success .


    Robinson was better?, look this will always be theory, Robinson was a great great fighter, but the bottom line is that he was a middle, dozens of guys would have KO'd him in his era...yes they were heavies and light heavies that's not their damn fault..it's nature....This debate of who the best p4p is is silly really. No one can ever really tell....it's a matter of opinion. What we can tell is that the heavyweight champion of the world during his reign was the best fighter in the world and the biggest name in sports...(when the title meant something)....So in my opinion heavies should be left out of the debate, they were and always will be the KINGS OF THE RING........


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