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Originally Posted by taeyoung92
IMO I believe Ali is the greatest of all time, and probably the greatest athlete of all time only second to Jordan. Many factors will play into a discussion like this. Like comparing records, opponents, adversity etc. I agree with the comment above about how Ali was a cultural icon for what he did inside and outside the ring. The classic bouts he had with guys like Frazier and Foreman were incredible to watch. You cant knock mayweather for saying hes the best ever thats just his competitive spirit as a professional athlete. IF mayweather does beat pacquiao though hes going to be silencing a lot of critics about how he ISNT the best because all they had was that he didnt fight pacquiao. And my last point is that it comes down to the era these boxers have fought in. I mean nobody can say tyson fought harder guys than Ali, same can be said about Roy Jones and how he had no competition either besides James Toney, where as Ali was really going up against top level fighters that were all a huge threat to him,which you cant blame the fighters for. Theirs something about the heavyweight fighters that just have an awesome excitement about them. Its sad that in our era today heavyweight boxing is pretty much dead. I mean how many people watched klitschko vs jennings? lol
I think for future fights, the fights I think will bring lots of excitement are GGG vs Cotto/Canelo or Cotto vs Canelo. GGG just been knocking everyone left right and centre
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100% agreed; who we view as the GOAT is purely subjective.
Btw, Klitschko vs Jennings pulled some pretty astounding numbers on HBO while almost selling out MSG
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Klitschko vs Jennings peaks at over 1.7 million viewers on HBO - Bad Left Hook