Posted on 10/24/2018 7:47:39 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Jimmy Young may have outpointed Ali but you can’t beat the champ by outpointing him on a few.
Ernie Shavers was pounding Ali and left an indelible memory of the hurt long after their fight. At the time, I thought Shavers won the fight. You can still watch it on YouTube.
It certainly was a fine group of great heavyweights.
I was just thinking about this the other night when I was watching (re-watching) an episode of Boardwalk Empire. In it, they have a revolving story line about the Dempsey–Carpentier fight.
It’s pretty amazing how the sport has pretty much disappeared. I think a unified belt would help bring it back, but then again, who knows if the snowflakes would watch either way.
Thanx.
Ali hit Frazier more, Frazier hit Ali harder. Different Ali ( bigger, slower ) than I remember in the 60’s.
I also saw one of their 2 followup fights (don’t remember which) on PPV.
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