People forget Ali had trouble with guys like Cooper, Doug Jones, Norton.
Even today. Mayweather is great, but in his prime [in the lower divisions] he had problem with guys like Castillo [in both fights, the second fight was 5 rounds to 7].
Usually when a fighter has a great record people forget how much they struggled on the way to get that record and that they weren't invisible.
Ali was and is the real deal..the greatest
Watch this and tell me he isn't one of the greatest if not the greatest. The guy could slip punches either way, bob, weave, lean back and had an incredible boxing brain.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jkhpZoPOfZI
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really, I always thought he was a braggart and never cared for him
ima big ali fan but it seems to me his legacy is a bit overrated his fights with ken norton are controversial i watched all 3 a while ago but i just remember the first 2 i thought ken won the first but ali won the second but i dont remember who won the third also he won a very close decision to doug jones his 2 fights with sonny liston were quite controversial and he apparently fought a shot cleveland williams
