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recollections of this fight?

there were a few fights late in his career when Ali just held and kept bellowing "I am the greatest" and the opponent was so inept he could do nothing to disprove it. I THINK the Evangelista fitht was one of these. Could be wrong, but if this is the one I am thinking of, I thought at the time that in the days when commissions were strong the referee would have thrown them both out of the ring, declared the fight "No contest" and held up the purses. Maybe just Ali's purse, as Evangelista couldn't help he wasn't a good fighter,and it was Ali himself who made it a farce.

Ali's punch was all but gone by the time he fought Evangelista. To cover that up he joked his way through the fight and afterwards tried to make it sound as if Alfredo was the second coming of Rocky Marciano

I have it on tape.........not sure if I want to watch it - Ali was poking his tongue out towards the end wasn't he?

Shows the strength of the European Heavies at that time!!!!!!

Phil

No one calls Robinson the greatest because of his performance against Joey Archer either.

terap wrote: EVANGALISTA WAS knocked out in the FIRST ROUND IN HIS NEXT FIGHT.

Doesn't anybody ever notice that after novice Leon Spinks fought Ali (the greatest of all time?) for 30 rounds in two fights---

that as soon as he fought someone else (Gerrie Coetzee) Spinks couldn't even survive for ONE round.

But nobody ever called Coetzee the greatest of all time.

Puzzles me.

wrong about alfredo. he wasnt ever knocked out until 2 yrs after the ali fight, where holmes iced him in 7 rds.

v leon spinks ali was old and washed up and never a big puncher. leon didnt have agreat chin. he was going to run into trouble as soon as he stepped in v any big puncher.

ali not being a big puncher doesnt make him overated or not great.