When Old Muhammad Ali Faced The Hardest Puncher Of All Time

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  @marktinkler6897 · 1 month ago (edited)

  I remember Joe Frazier talking about how he used to work on a heavy bag hung from a big oak tree.  He said that he hit that bag hard enough to shake the whole tree.  In their next fight, Frazier said he hit Ali harder than he hit that bag and Ali just stood there and looked at him!

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  @fibonaccisrazor · 2 months ago

  What struck me most about this incredible match was the respect that both fighters showed each other - right up to the last second.<br><br>In my view both were victorious. Points don&apos;t always mean everything. <br><br>Ali was always my favourite boxer but both gentlemen here fought a legendary battle.

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  @AAWGASHTADS · 1 month ago

  Ali was SO over the hill in this fight and still Shavers could not put him down . After this and older Shavers put a Prime Holmes down .

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  @guymorgan4930 · 3 months ago

  A smart boxer never fight&apos;s the way their opponents want them too.Ali lost two of his best years in the ring through disqualification and still beat the all. He Is the GREATEST of all time, Even to this very day.

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  @Creepy_Illusions · 6 hours ago

  Crowd cheered to shavers from the beginning, shavers counted stars in the end 😂

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  @myNifty350 · 2 months ago

  My earliest recollections of Ali was the late 60s and Me and dad watched him all through the 70s he was our favorite. At 60 I can tell ya that as you age, your reflexes are the first to go, and as you age you only see half of what you use to see coming. In his prime Ali would have slipped most of those punches from shavers.

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  @ishouldknowimachef4020 · 1 month ago

  Ernie Shavers was the ultimate professional in this fight. So respectful of the rules.

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  @robertmorris9998 · 2 months ago

  Apart from probably one of the highest ring IQs Ali could also take a punch. &nbsp;In this fight I think he knew he couldn’t knock Shavers out so he just peppered him with taps and racked up the points. &nbsp;IMHO the greatest…

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  @MarkUS25-h4b · 1 month ago (edited)

  Feel like I&apos;m watching Marvin Hagler against Ali. &nbsp;Ali still so classy, many more accurate punches, versatility, movement all the gifts. &nbsp;The Master even at the end.

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  @trwent · 2 months ago (edited)

  Ali won the 15th round, and that was the difference in the fight.

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  @terrenceperkins5282 · 2 days ago

  I love ali

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  @CFGrandWizard · 2 months ago

  Lo de Ali no tenía nombre, jugando con el hombre con más poder en sus manos

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