We gonna be waiting a long time...

What about jake paul

@@LayLoow 😆😆😆

​@@LayLoow yea jake single handedly dragged boxing down to the lowest level it's ever been at.

Got close In the 90s

truely the greatest, people still in awe til this day

True ... This was not the first time Ali waved a ref in to stop it . Yes , a great boxer , but an even better man . Watch his fight with Jerry Quarry ... Quarry was cut .... beaten .... Ali signaled for the ref to come in and stop it ....

Terrible and slow stoppage. Inept!

@@rpomex SLOW stoppage? The ref actually got criticism for stopping the fight at all. Most people thought Lyle was winning, and he was ahead on the cards. I thought the ref stopped it at the right time. Unfortunately, Lyle had stopped fighting. Hernandez gave Lyle a couple of chances to regroup, and resume fighting and blocking punches, and when Lyle didn't do that, Hernandez stepped in.

​@@highnrisingEvet. Hakem için zor bir karar. Ama bu Muhammed Ali'nin merhametsizce saldırmadığı gerçeğini değiştirmez. Musliman kişi Allah cc için merhametlidir, asla gaddar olmaz. Biz Muslimanların nihai hedefi bütün insanlığın ve bütün canlıların bu dünyada zulme uğramaması ve sonsuz olacak olan ahir hayatta azaba uğramayıp Ebedi Cenneti yakalayabilmesini sağlamaya çalışmaktır.

francisjtuk yep

Big dog, big nuts.

If Ali was today.. He would dominate heavyweight for two decades

Jaecht88 yes ez win

One of the few boxers that really have a good names on their record for example Ray Leonard; Benitez, Duran , Hagler , Hearns Holyfield; Foreman , Holmes, Moorer , Mercer, Bowe, Tyson Lewis; Holyfield , Tyson , Morrison , Klitschko , Mercer , Briggs Chávez; Laporte , Rosario , Camacho, Mayweather , Taylor , Randall Pacquiao; Morales , Barrera , Márquez , Cotto , Bradley, Mosley, Thurman

John Mills ali could have killed any one else fighter from any era what a great man !!!

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John Mills not perfect but will we see one man with so many attributes ever again!!!

@@farhatqureshi8562 absolutely not!! Ali was a FREAK! a one time freak!!

@@baddazzgarage2953 Agreed

Watch the Ron Lyle, George Foreman fight wow power against power.

@@dontbetonit813 you are correct sir!!

He fought Sonny Liston at the age of 22 as well. Ali was fearless.

It has to be said again.. The champ could take a punch.. Some of the shots he took any other fighter would have been out til Tuesday...

No doubt

You can't be serious peckerhead.

great fan of Ali.....but"without being rude" what Ali are referring to ?

he was rude to "Magilla". He could also be vicious to weaker opponents --e.g. the way he jabbed Jerry Quarry senseless

@MANCHESTER UNITED SOCCER is massive in more countries. Just as Mac Donald ! MASSIVE BUT FAR FROM THE BEST

Mark Crawford it’s boxing, you’re suppose to win, what the fuck was he suppose to do? let Jerry win?

Larry Holmes did the same thing the night he beat Ali like a drum.

@@nasedo3129Mike Tyson didn’t tho when he beat Larry like a dog

​@@mfRamkissoonHmm Mike was beaten the same way though. Everyone who gets old goes through that..

@@suhail_69 why are you telling me and not the other guy

@@mfRamkissoon Because Mike was being beaten badly late in his career. I don't remember Larry Holmes or anyone taking that kinda beating..

Very true. He made good fighters like Lyle and other's look mediocre.

@@stevecvino What? Lyle was out boxing Ali and was well ahead on points at the time of the stoppage.

@@bigboris5774 you need an eye doctor

Or trash talking.

Ali keeps his hands down I don’t wanna fight that style either…

Lol

George Foreman said it in his interview, the fact that Ali didn't hit him when George was going down proves that he is the greatest in George's opinion.

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Larry Holmes did the same thing the night he beat Ali like a drum.

​@@nasedo3129Larry holmes fought shadow of Ali, and Ali get in to the ring that night only for money.

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Facts

He was my hero and after moving to Vegas at age 27, I was fortunate enough to meet him on 3 seperate occasions, but most boxing insides would say that Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest boxer of all-time. 173-19-6 (2 no contests) with 108 knockouts in 200 professional bouts.

@@samuraibushido3837 some people go off of stats, others entertainment and stories. Ray was a very sloppy boxer, very much like Mike Tyson. Missed a lot of shots. Alis boxing rivalry in Fraizer was, I believe, alot more vicious than Robinson/Hearn. Robinson/Mayweather Snr was probably the best 12 round fight I've ever seen. But yeah. There's no such thing as crowning someone the greatest of anything. Just doesn't make sense

Boxing, unlike other sports, hard to tag the goat. Best you can say was greatest of an "era". Would Ali at his best beat Tyson at his best? All you can do is guess.

ALSO he didn't hit Foreman with the last hit. He left Foreman to fall alone :-)

The same thing with George Foreman he could have hit hit at least four more times before he went down and Ron Lyles up against the ropes this is why Ali the best of all time

Ali made you laugh. Tyson made you sick. Ali would have easily beat Tyson. Tyson could punch, but he had no balance, footwork, or style. The Buster Douglas fight was no fluke. Up to that point, Tyson hadn't fought anyone who could actually hit him back or had the smarts to not go toe to toe with him. Plus Douglas wasn't afraid of him. I think Shavers would have flattened Tyson. I'm not saying Tyson wasn't a good fighter; he was, but he wasn't this 'invincible' monolith that the press (and himself) had made him out to be. Look at the fights with Holyfield. Especially the 'bite fight'. Tyson got so mad because he couldn't get to Holyfield, and resorted to biting his ear??!!

And then there is floyd mayweather who sucker punches his oponents proof that money cant buy class

Ali was an anti American racist bigot. .

Repunza you are very beatiful

Repunza I agree 💯!!!!

Yes, in many of his fights he looks as if he's just sparring lightly, not fighting, so great is the difference in abilities.

Lol, lol 😛😂 hell yeah he is...Babah Baybeeee!

Yes, I agree with you. If boxing is a sports, then it's an art also. I like Ali, Foreman , Lewis etc because of this. Compare to them Tyson is nothing but a Street fighter. I cannot enjoy him.

Humanity and compassion.

well said ! this shows his mindset and not the will to damage his opponent or tho hurt him after he finished him. Maybe there is not intention to harm without purpose. As you said others would punch and punch and maybe feel good, as the opponent breakdown. No need to torture his rival. He was unique.

Also displayed when he had a chance to hit Foreman as he was going down and chose not to

True, some fighters when they box they like to put that fear in their opponents by beating their former opponents silly. Ali is a gentleman for not damaging him when he was out of it

Esp tyson lol

I felt like he was in much better shape and lighter on his feet here than he was with Foreman.

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too funny he was a showman for sure ...its like WWE but real

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It was the last fight before the Thrilla in Manila. In the previous interviews, Ali says that he has been practicing this "technique" of punch absortion because he was going to use it against Frazier. If you see the complete fight against Lyle, you'll find it a little boring because Ali does that during half of the rounds. He just covers his face with his arms and waits for Ron's punches. Anyway, he's the f*****g GOAT

@@nicolasdellacquila7379 Crazy dude

Agreed

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You think that's bad. Sonny Liston was 36 (and possibly older) when he fought a 22 yr old Ali. A year after he KO'd his way through the top 10 contenders to take the title.

I think many of them wouldn't have been as great of fights had Ali been in his twenties. They would have been one sided

Sonny was 31

Bakr R. Totally agree, he talked the talk and walked the walk RIP champ was blessed to be born in your era

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That is true but the ropes saved him there at least twice from hitting the deck

Check out his fight with Foreman

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Not as much damage as Lyle got in his next fight from taking one punch from Earnie Shavers. (And Lyle came back to win that fight.)

@@temurmelik8021kesinlikle

I'm not interested in all that prime bullshit,you can either fight or you can't!he can clearly fight so what fucking prime?

Is Wladimir Klitchko in his prime?is Floyd Mayweather in his prime?fuck prime man!you can either fight or you can't!

onlyjoetee well a fighter with 35 isnt as athletic as with 25 no? Every fighter has his prime. By some of them it holds longer and by some its a short time for example Tyson...

Samsun55 Wladimir Klitchko is 39 Floyd Mayweather is 38 they are both better now than they were 10 yrs ago!!!Tyson was a pig and a junkie for yrs,im 43 yrs old now im far fitter than I was 10 yrs ago!!

onlyjoetee The Klitschkos are fighting in the worst era of HW Boxing. And Floyd is definitely not the same Floyd as for 5 years. He isnt as quick as before and his footwork got slower. He got more hits in his last fights than in his whole career...

Lil green eye p, that is so beautiful, your words for the greatest are amazing, thank you, he is also my hero, growing up half way around world, all of my friends and I loved the man, RIP in heaven champ🙂

whaoo!! beautiful..

Ali deserves more than a bed, will be more a castles for him and he beloved many.

what a wonderful remark, i'm touched

Oh my little girl iam crying... He was my all time hero ... When god try to show himself he made ALI ... How great he is .... HAT'S OFF.. 💕💕💕

Ali,The greatest.

@@nagarajanvengadasalam4778 OF COURSE

He died?

This is Ali post Foreman fight. I mean Ali was always confident, but after The Rumble he was on another level...

@@quantumpotential7639 yeah in 2016 if I remember correctly. Had complications from the compounded illnesses he had.

Yes you've Deontay Wilder.

I DO Too! But like Billy Crystal said at his Memorial Service , Ali was lightening in a bottle! How often do we get or see that? I know for sure you only get one for a generation, and maybe not even that. I wont get to see the likes of him again in my lifetime. Ali said we would miss him when he is gone... And oh, how so right he was. I am glad the world as a whole accepts him as the GOAT!

@@dilaverali05 sorry definitively not, at least in my opinion. Wilder is strong and tough but there are worlds between them! Not saying anything against wilder but to compare Ali with Wilder and to say " he is like Ali" i would say no way. Maybe stronger and harder puncher but technique movement elegance mindset, all speaks for the Greatest.

@@dilaverali05 Wilder ? If he was born in 70s 80s he will be top50 not even close to this legends

@zenoist2 Sorry dear nOt further At all; The Only Md.Ali♥♥♥♥♥ RiP Real Champ♥♥

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That’s impossible to say, really. Ali was special, and Frazier was a bull whose style Tyson emulated. Foreman was perhaps the hardest puncher. But aside from these three I think AJ, Klitschko and Fury would match up ok with the others.

May he rest in Peace and find eternal happiness.

He did outbox Ali for 10 rounds (score cards) before the 11th round tko. He's an inspiration for me. So tough. Had lots of heart. Not just powerful but in his good days, almost impossible to knock down. And even if he did, he got back up. Had underrated skills in defense and started late, at 29. Hit like a truck. Amazing boxing skills, to outscore the Greatest for 10 rounds.

@@m.ali.67. he hit Foreman so hard! The boxer I knew that made Foreman kiss, lick, and eat the mat! Ferocious!

@@Coleknox67 Yes. Foreman was genuinely stunned by the power. "Ron Lyle was one guy who could you do hard it didn't hurt... No one else did it."

My dad used to always say that back in the early 1970's.

cocotimbo and he wasn't even in his prime

will bill Exactly!

cocotimbo couple of divisions lower? He’s faster then light heavyweights he’s as fast as featherweights for god sake.

cocotimbo 9

Yes, and sadly, he is no where near his prime as he was when he fought Sonny Liston.

Joe Darcy Man is in Heaven becoming legendary all over again

N when ali beat Liston.. He planned to fight every 2 to three months...he never ducked anyone...

@@shaynelahmed6323 Well, he didn't give rematch to Foreman.

@@fiucik1 Ali certainly was wise enough, at the end of his career, to recognise his limitations and not give Foreman a rematch. Considering throughout his career he never ducked anyone, I think it's ok that he did, just this once. By the time he offered him a rematch he, foreman, was retired and refused. Georges comeback was spectacular...a helluva gladiator, and a truly great person too.

@@shaynelahmed6323 Good point. Though i can't help but wonder, how would it went, i mean Ali knew he couldn't pull rope-a-dope for a second time. What a fight would that have been...

Larry Holmes did the same thing the night he beat Ali like a drum.

Muhammad Ali fights like a cat. Always quick and always observing

Exactly, I am happy to see other people are noticing these tiny details which made him unmatchable... how quickly he smells blood (it took him a split second to know Lyle was in trouble and went in for the finish) , and how he perfectly moves to maintain distance as if he's mirroring his opponent down to the millisecond. Ali fought on pure instinct in a sport that is extremely technical. No gym in the world can ever teach you what Ali taught himself. Not even Angelo Dundee could ever teach him anything and was rather there as a consultant and not much more. In his fight against Foreman Dundee kept urging Ali to stay off the rope to the point where Ali got irritated and told his corner: "shut up i know what I am doing"... When this man claimed he talks to god every day after beating Sonny Liston at 22 years old the reporter laughed. I doubt Ali was joking, he was basically trying to say he learns from life itself and from no one else, and that genuinely seems to be the case.

Wilt

Meanwhile George Foreman put down _seventeen!_ hooks and uppercuts before Lyle went down when he was in that exact same spot. Sure, Ali may thought he had enough, but that steel mustache could take a hell of a lot more.

Ron Lyle, having the constitution of a horse, was incredibly hard to get down. He'd stand there, take punch after punch, but stay on his feet until the bell rang. The only way to end it without taking inexcusable health risks (or even death) was by a referee decision. Ali knew that : he could further pummel Lyle, but basically Lyle was out of control and Ali kept him in that position until the referee did the right thing. From a commercial point of view, the ref was under pressure to make the fight last as long as possible, so he made a brave and professional decision.

Karel Vandeschoor yup. I share the same thoughts on Lyle. He would stay on his feet and would have to be dragged out of the ring on a gurney dead before leaving the ring

That's true. He was the bridge between the boxing of old and the modern commercialized boxing of today. He was the perfect personality to take the sport into the new "closed circuit" and television arena. He created such an audience for boxing during his time as the most popular sports figure, that when he left, the sport was still in the public's conscious enough to give proper exposure to fighters like Leonard, Holmes, and eventually Tyson in the 80s.

The FATHER Of The Legends💗

marciano and dempsey have a lot to say about that strange comment, pal. lol.

@William Robert they're all pros bros so who didn't he fight? sstop just stop

@Yusuf Islam Marciano TORE through the heavyweight division and ended up undefeated @ 49-0 with 43 kayos. Clay/Ali had 5 losses, frazier, norton, spinks, holmes, berbeck. Marciano is the one who brought it up like Dempsey did. THAT'S a legend.

I made so much money betting on Ali! It was easy to get bets against him.

Larry Holmes did the same thing the night he beat Ali like a drum.

I have been watching sports since 1960s I would say nominations for greatest athlete, wilt chamberlain, Michael Phelps, Jim Brown, Usain bolt, but you are correct Ali beats them all !

Larry Holmes did the same thing the night he beat Ali like a drum.

Realize that some of these guys even had the same if not better reach than Ali. Ali just knew how to use his better.

james lucke Yea that's what I'm saying. He used it as an advantage when many of his opponents didn't understand how.

You forgot shavers

+quintaris sullivan No I didn't. Don't gotta name everbody.

second to nobody friend.

This right was quick like a lightweight. Amazing

Naroulin Hatake yea bro that y he the GOAT thst said tyson would do this that naaaah maaate he beat tyson all day along

Joe Louis literally fought everybody in his era what the fuck are you talking about only one

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Ali was fast because he does not put much power in his punches. So he signals the refere to stop the fight, because his punches are to weak, to ko someone like Ron lyle