Pre-Fight Moods ~ "Muhammad Ali vs. Ken Norton I"

[BoxBuzz]

Hey how about this logic....since you say he fought Bugner 6 weeks earlier.....you will undoubtedly agree with me that it's pretty amazing that he beats Bugner, and comes back and has such a strong competitive fight with Norton just 6 weeks later.

If it was anyone but Ali, we'd be pretty darn impressed with that reality.

So...I take it your pretty impressed. Get's his Jaw broke early, and still turns in a very respectable and competitive loss. And wasn't that a split decision? So one judge saw that fight with a diverse opinion. So let's just call it a draw....whaddya say?

[BoxBuzz]

Yeah....and came back fighting another top 10 competitor 6 weeks later.

And did very well for someone who had the unfortunate luck to discover he was facing a genuine "perfect nightmare of styled & trained opponent" & received a broken jaw all in one go. And still have one judge say...hmm I think he won this fight.

So...you're Impressed....right?

[BoxBuzz]

Well he had his mouth broke......and for Ali, that's big. So it probably hurt more than it would the average talkin' fella.