I wouldn’t call ali the best of all time either. The best since color television maybe.
Joe louis
jack dempsey
Sugar ray(the first one)
These guys were better than ali. But ali certainly was the most unusual, most entertaining, most surprising, most exciting, and most charismatic.
I watch old movies of ali’s fights over and over and I still can’t believe he wins them. It really is amazing. The guy is a miracle in the ring...a real life pretty boy that fights big tough guys using his brain...AND FREEKING WINS! That is a favorite storyline in movies, but in real life it never never almost never ever happens. It just doesn’t.
And yet, with ali, it does.
I honestly think that had ali never been born, boxing would’ve died out 25 years ago or more. It would’ve gone the way of bowling.
It has been dead almost that long. Aside from Tyson stories, when is the last time you saw popular culture and media cover boxing?
I won’t watch this UFC crap. It’s nothing but animals. But I would love to see one of those “bad asses” get in the ring with Big George in his prime. One punch from that huge right hand and it would be over.