I stumbled across this video while on youtube which spurred me in turn to the article.
I am sure most of us on here are old enough to remember Ali, who my father insisted on calling Cassius Clay . But even my racist old father was rather in awe of Ali. I recall Ali's trash talk, which was unequaled. The black Superman:
Either one of them had the ability to win a single match against the other. I'd bet on Ali for two out of three.
Re: A fight I would actually have paid to see.
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 1:28 am
by dales
Those tit-for-tat along with back and forth verbal sparring with Howard Cossell were legendary.
Re: A fight I would actually have paid to see.
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 6:19 am
by MajGenl.Meade
Re: A fight I would actually have paid to see.
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2020 1:17 pm
by Big RR
I used to get sick and tired of Ali's verbal barrages and self praise (but nowhere near as much as I got sick of Cosell--I used to watch Monday night football with the sound off and, often, the radio on), but he was a hell of a fighter and I gained a lot of respect for him after he refused the draft, especially after seeing what he lost.
As for Ali/Tyson, as Buster Douglass showed, so long as a fighter could take a couple of Tyson's punches, Tyson couldn't go the distance (and Ali took at least the same amount of punishment at the hands of Norton). I'd take Ali on either a TKO or points; I doubt he'd knock Tyson out.
. But even my racist old father was rather in awe of Ali. I recall Ali's trash talk, which was unequaled. The black Superman: