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was in boxing news today, good question,did ali do pads?

Pads weren't invented till long after that mate

Dundee always said that Ali was a terrible gym boxer, in sparring he would use alot of it for fitness and just show his class in 10 or 15 second bursts

Old bones Ian wrote:Dundee always said that Ali was a terrible gym boxer, in sparring he would use alot of it for fitness and just show his class in 10 or 15 second bursts

Bet that wasn't the case when he was a youngster

Jeff Thomas wrote:Pads weren't invented till long after that mate

Been in and around the game for years Jeff but its not sumat ive really thought about. Would be interested to know when/who started using em?

manno wrote:

Jeff Thomas wrote:Pads weren't invented till long after that mate

Been in and around the game for years Jeff but its not sumat ive really thought about. Would be interested to know when/who started using em?

Yep I'm not sure either... Pads are such a staple these days but their not quite the be all that people seem to think - for my last fight I did precisely 5-6 rounds on the pads one afternoon. I get much more from sparring.