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why wasnt ali an entertaining fighter??and why did he run so much??

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    #31
    Originally posted by smasher
    The fact that Ring's FIGHT OF THE YEAR is usually voted on by a substantial number of KNOWLEDGEABLE people in the boxing world it means a hell of a lot.

    The very fact that Tyson had huge numbers for a fight against Peter McNeeley demonstrates the intellectual deficiencies of that sectre of the buying public who likely piss away their expendable income on The Best Of Monster Truck DVD's and Girls Gone Wild videos...

    hey ppv's and ticket sales and purses dont lie

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      #32
      Originally posted by mystyal2k5
      hey ppv's and ticket sales and purses dont lie
      It all depends on what constitutes excitement to you. Pesonally I don't get excited watching a guy get steamrolled. I was pretty pissed wasting my money on the Spinks-Tyson non-fight.

      I prefer an action fight featuring TWO WILLING AND SKILLFUL combatants. Give me an Ali-Frazier fight instead of Tyson-Williams or Tyson-Bruno anyday.

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        #33
        Originally posted by mystyal2k5
        ring mag can kiss my ass. but ne way in primes how many great fighters did he fight? cause he didnt fight frazier in his prime,nor did he fight george,shavers or ne 1 of those. and how many ass being put in the boxing seats also proves who was more exciting
        ali drew more corwds than anyone.

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          #34
          Originally posted by butterfly1964
          ali drew more corwds than anyone.

          show me some proof and i'll give u half your money back.

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            #35
            Originally posted by butterfly1964
            ali drew more corwds than anyone.
            in the 70's yes
            in the 60's he was one of the most hated fighters of all time

            when i was watching the Superfight they were talking about Ali at the beginning of his career, and Dundee (of somebody he was with at the time) asked how can we bring more sales in?

            and Ali said i got it i got it, and he was smiling

            he said "you could have me kidnapped"

            so he wasn't always the most popular fighter but in the 70's he drew in crowds

            especially
            Ali-Frazier I,II,III
            Ali-Foreman
            etc

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              #36
              Originally posted by RockyMarcianofan00
              in the 70's yes
              in the 60's he was one of the most hated fighters of all time
              uhmmm, and that's why he sold seats. so they could watch him get knocked out.

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                #37
                Originally posted by smasher
                It all depends on what constitutes excitement to you. Pesonally I don't get excited watching a guy get steamrolled. I was pretty pissed wasting my money on the Spinks-Tyson non-fight.

                I prefer an action fight featuring TWO WILLING AND SKILLFUL combatants. Give me an Ali-Frazier fight instead of Tyson-Williams or Tyson-Bruno anyday.

                sooooooooo in other words u like decisions. u really dont like ppl to get knocked out cause u dont wanna waste your money? is this right. but yeah i give it to ya i know alot of ppl that were pissed when tyson ended the fight's quick and they lost 50 bucks in the matter of 6 minutes.ahahaha. but all i gotta say is u know what he does. he tries to take off heads as quickly as possible. its jus a risk i guess

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by smasher
                  The fact that Ring's FIGHT OF THE YEAR is usually voted on by a substantial number of KNOWLEDGEABLE people in the boxing world it means a hell of a lot.
                  THE RING USED TO CHOOSE FIGHT OF THE YEAR BASED MORE ON EVENTS AND SIGNIFICANCE RATHER THAN HOW GOOD OF A FIGHT IT ACTUALLY WAS. THEN THEY RECENTLY STARTED TO PICK MORE FIGHTS OF THE YEAR BASED ON HOW GOOD THE FIGHT IS, EVEN THOUGH THEY STILL HAVE SOME CRAPPY CHOICES.

                  THEY PICKED ALI AS FIGHTER OF THE YEAR IN 1978 BECAUSE HE BECAME THE 1ST TO WIN THE HW TITLE 3 TIMES, BUT IN ORDER TO DO SO, HE HAD TO LOSE TO AN INVISALIGN NEEDING, ******* ADDICT WITH 7 PRO FIGHTS.

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by Hydro
                    THE RING USED TO CHOOSE FIGHT OF THE YEAR BASED MORE ON EVENTS AND SIGNIFICANCE RATHER THAN HOW GOOD OF A FIGHT IT ACTUALLY WAS.
                    CLAY-JONES
                    CLAY-LISTON
                    FRAZIER-ALI
                    ALI-FOREMAN
                    ALI-FRAZIER III
                    SPINKS-ALI

                    I don't know what your issue is with these choices. CLAY-JONES AND CLAY-LISTON bore little significance at the time they were fought. In '78 the runner-up HOLMES-NORTON would have been my choice but the other 5 fights were deserved of fight of the year. Both Ali-Frazier fights are often regarded as top 10 fights of all times while I have seen Frazier-Ali listed as the greatest fight of all time. Are you suggesting these fights were not good enough to be voted on as fight of the year?

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                      #40
                      Originally posted by mystyal2k5
                      sooooooooo in other words u like decisions. u really dont like ppl to get knocked out cause u dont wanna waste your money? is this right.
                      No it's wrong.

                      Hagler-Hearns was a fight. Pryor-Arguello I was a fight. Leonard-Hearns I was a fight. I had no problem paying money for these because these were actual fights with two willing and capable fighters.

                      Tyson-Williams was not. Tyson-Berbick was not. Tyson-Tubbs was not. Tyson-Spinks was not. Do you get it?

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