@clippedszn After his retirement in 81, he was completely out of the limelight cause of his parkinsons and yet 40 years later, he is still arguably one of the most famous sportsperson there is, up there with ronaldo and messi where globally his picture would get recognised anywhere
@clippedszn Ali’s fights had literal billions worldwide becoming some of the most viewed television events of all time. He also was no doubt the most famous man in the 70’s after foreman and also was in Guinness book of records for the most written about man in the 80’s.
@TheUnderdogDO@skynajib3 Lmao but you put Mike Tyson on that list who lost to bums. Also out of Foreman/Ali, Ali was the one who triumphed against him in his prime.
Ali has the greatest heavyweight resume out of everyone you listed maybe aside from Louis, he fought everybody and avenged his losses.
@DenisBordeanu@shibambambaby@OllRad Basketball, Football, NFL. I think you over estimate boxings popularity today and under estimate boxings popularity from the past. Heck the biggest fight of the year was mike tyson vs paul. Boxing makes more money now because it’s what prioritised now(ppv), before it was free
@DenisBordeanu@shibambambaby@OllRad I agree but in regards to competition you also have to look at the fact that boxing was at its peak during the 60/70’s. All those freak athletes of today are in different sports now as there is no incentive to become a boxer. In the past, a heavyweight champion was a huge deal
@DenisBordeanu@shibambambaby@OllRad This was not true for heavyweights at the time. You had Henry Cooper from England
Oscar bonavena from Argentina
Karl Mildenberger from Germany
Joe Bugner from Hungary
You also had the likes of Jimmy Ellis and George Chuvalo who were from Canada.
@PhoenixRestored@SeMiHAL9000@royal_bobby24@HappyPunch But the thing is, Ali fought Frazier when he wasnt im his prime. In the first fight in 1971, Ali had just come of a 3 year layoff and wasnt the same fighter he was in the 60’s. Tyson always struggled against quick agile fighters which Ali was in his prime.
@CryptoFarmer44@MikeSturdy1@JimKarasBoxing Absolutely not, most boxing historians still rank Ali as one of the greatest. He was hugely influential yes but his skill and resume has largely still been unmatched anyone. Compare the stats against any other heavyweight, you’ll see Ali is minimum top 3.
@MikeSturdy1@JimKarasBoxing He has one of the best resumes in boxing imo, fought everyone and beat everyone despite his losses. Its a toss up between Ali, Joe louis and lennox lewis for top 3 based on resume.