I for one certainly do,watched the so called knckout dozens of times and for the life of me cannot see the slight clip knocking out the 60's version of Mike Tyson,for these and other reasons Ali was not the greatest..........showman yes,fighter no!!johnny
2007-12-21 04:07:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Boxing
Well Johnny, making an assumption only adds to your screwed up mentality of Ali not being a fighter, first of all, Ali never got involved with any of the Mob leaders even though he got many offers, the reason Ali would lose at time was so he can fight a higher ranked fighter for the title, even if he had to lose, he was a well confident man who never got involved with the crooked side of boxing for a few extra bucks, ill tell you one thing, your on the wrong section of yahoo!answers if you dont htink Ali was the greatest.
2007-12-21 04:14:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
The first fight was fair. Liston simply quit when he realized he couldn't handle Clay, but I think there was something fishy in the rematch. But we can't judge that though because most of the people involved in that fight, including Liston, are dead. As far as Muhammad Ali is concerned, he was definitely out there to WIN, be the heavyweight champion and back up his claim as the "greatest" ever so I'm absolutely sure he came clean in those fights, especially the second one. Liston most definitely took a dive in the return bout but for what reason we can never really tell.
2007-12-21 12:04:59 · answer #2 · answered by bundini 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The first fight between Liston and Ali was the real deal. Liston pulled a muscle and retired before the 7th. Liston did connect on several shots on Ali in round 4.
The second fight was a sham.
2007-12-21 07:07:27 · answer #3 · answered by gman 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
iv see it in slow motion on a documentary and you can see the punch land in slow motion. its possible that it did knock him down cuz it was a good short punch that took him be surprise. but he wasn't knock out.
for some reason Sonny acted and lost him self the fight. it plane to see he was acting the second time he rolled over.
wallcot didn't do the right thing as ref. see in Dempsy and Tunny 2 when Dempsy wouldn't go to the neutral corner the ref wouldn't start counting. that's the rules so Wallcot fucked up.
come on man , seriously this episode in Alis career isn't a reason anyway why people say he is the greatest. but the first Liston fight is one.
2007-12-21 05:58:01 · answer #4 · answered by uglyduck123 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If it was I do not think Ali was involved. However Sonny Liston may well have taken a bribe for he did appear to have gone down rather easily.
2007-12-21 05:23:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
no mate, you are way off target here i'm afraid, one thing certain about Ali, he would never be involvedd in that sort of crap.
2007-12-21 11:44:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋