The feinting, & reach for whenever Ali got in mid-range at 3:20 to mess up the angles of the counter right hand were VERY effective. Solid counterpunchers can really be thrown off by feints, alongside a taller/rangy fighter's jab with different levels to change.
Everytime I watch Muhammad Ali's matches it always feels like a big brother sparring with his lil frustrated bro while holding back. You can easily notice how comfortable he is in the ring while other boxers seem worried and wary of his moves.
Every time? He lost a fair few, and some of the fights he won on points there's been doubt about. Also, some of his opponents were bigger than him. Zora Folley was a very good fighter, but hardly counts as one of the all-time greats. Joe Frazier does, and in his first fight with Ali, he was the big brother--even though he was smaller. "Hey big bro, watch me knock you on your conceited ass!" ;)
@@christopherlyons5900 Joe might have knock Muhammad down (which was a lucky knock down by the way plus Muhammad was up by the count of three) however Muhammad still hit Joe two times & at times three times more than Joe hit him not only in their first fight but in all three of their fights.
@@user-bj2cv3ii9u But not nearly as hard. The power of the punch counts as well. Light jabs don't score as high. Look at Ali's face when he gets up after that knockdown. One side of it is swelling like he got stung by a hive full of angry bees. Ali never had that kind of power. Ali was off his feet in the previous round as well, though that was ruled a slip. Frazier was wearing him out. He was making mistakes. Getting sloppy. He just got beat. And this wasn't even the best possible version of Frazier, since as Ali knew at the time, Frazier had been diagnosed with high blood pressure, for which he was hospitalized after the fight. Put the best possible Frazier in against the best possible Ali, I think Frazier's much more likely to win, because his style is a huge problem for Ali, and he can take Ali's best punches to deliver his own, which are just a whole lot stronger. Ali was an accurate puncher, his right had some power, but he was a percentage player. Frazier was a damn wrecking machine. He broke George Chuvalo's face. He could have done the same to Ali, if they'd met when he was in absolute top form.
Nobody Deana to this day I've never seen another fighter match Ali's skills some were close though like Roy Jones, but he didn't have the longevity in the sport of boxing like ali. RIP champ!!!
Ali’s stamina is just absolutely insane to watch. His insane genetics combined with his relentlessness were what made him one of the best boxers of all time!
Dancing and bouncing through out a fight could easily take a toll on one's energy. Most fighters dont do that. But Ali was different. Dancing and the same time throwing some stinging punches was his trademark even during 14th and 15th rounds. I couldnt recall any other fighters that could do that, except Ali. Amazingll
Indeed and Exactly Hambdan!! ALI was diagnosed by a Dr at 14 with crippling Juvenile Arthritis and Bursitis in both hands, something very few people still know till this very day!! Advised to give boxing away and just jog etc to keep fit. Ali said with all due respect Dr, I only want to learn to defend myself, and whoop whoever stole my bike!! AND I'll just have to learn to use fast stinging punches instead of hitting hard!! The Dr said ure Trainer told me u snapped a chain on his speed ball!! ALI said, ohhhh that was just a Fluke Doc!! Anyway the point is we'll NEVER know how just HOW Hard he'd have really hit if it wasn't for that!! As u said, He could dance and go from being right in front of an opponent, to 6gt away, and As Joe Bugner told me...UUUU try hitting a Bantom or Featherweight foot fast Ali Pete!! AND HE was faster than anyone in the world including light weights on his feet!! I got and rocked him with a straight right at full force..BUT!! He retaliated with 8 more left right combos I lost count of at 5!! AND HE ROCKED ME 6XS AS MUCH!!As I rocked him...ANNND I saw STARS for at least 30 seconds!! ALI had lightning fast hands and I swear he had a 3rd arm at xs because I just didn't see it coming!! I'd be looking at both of his gloves then, out of the nowhere yet ANOTHER punch landed on me!! I'm so proud I lasted the full 15 Rounds both fights BUT!!, I knew by the 8th in both he had me beaten and, streets ahead on points!! God bless you Ali!! I'd LOVE to kid myself I'll see his like a again, but equally I know I won't!
@@peterstorck5349 You people will find any excuses to protect your demigod. Now Ali is faster moving compared to featherweights and he was born with weak hands. Clay/Ali lost 30 quality retirement years because he was never a "Power" hitter. He was simply a one dimensional outside roadrunner boxer that always hit on the end of his punches, never causing his opponents severe concussions, broken bones or knocked out teeth. His style was never tailored to deliver body blows or inside fightin and his low-power right cross cost him dearly.
Ali: A Life by Jonathan Eig writes; "Ali encouraged his sparring partners to hit him in the head to build up resistance to head shots, similar to calluses." (☠️) Using scientist Eig reviewed footage of all Ali's fights, "he was hit about 200,000 times, half of those blows were to the head." Eig continues, "He absorbed way more blows than the average fighter because part of his strategy was to allow his opponents to him. He thought he could wear down his opponents by letting them punch him in the head, then wait until the late rounds when they're tired and beat them, similar to the Shavers fight." (☠️) "Ali's speech slowed by 26 percent between the ages of 26 and 39," said Johnathan. Eig's study, conducted by Arizona State speech scientists Visar Berisha and Julie Liss found that Ali's speech slowed by 16 percent after a 15-round bout with Ernie Shavers in 1977. Shavers, a brawler, landed 266 punches throughout the fight. If one fight had to be picked, Ernie Shavers inflicted the most damage. To even consider featherfisted Ali as the greatest ultra Super Heavyweight Fighter that ever lived is absolute nonsense. Mathematically Eig just proved it and you witnessed it ..it's not how you start IT'S HOW YOU FINISH
9:10 What makes me respect Ali the most was how he never hit his opponent while they were going down. He knew when he would win and would never inflict more damage than necessary. What a champion, there is no other way to describe this man other than "champion".
i agree. not like fights these days. especially in mma. i can’t stand when I see someone waiting to hit someone when they’re going down or when they are down. it’s cowardly.
Mystery then I wonder whether in the end Ali wd have won against Georges Foreman , coz ALI did traine as hell to face BIG GEORGES !! Knowing how Georges did KO Norton and FRAZIER ! !!!
He never hits out of his aim unnecessarily. But he had been getting some hits on his chest and even abdomen too. And after the match, see his affection to his opponent. What a man !
I could not be a bigger fan of Ali, rest his soul. I listened to the first Liston fight on the radio with my older brother when I was 10. We were huddled over that radio in the dark and when it was over my brother, who was 6 years older, slapped me on the knee and yelled out HE DID IT! What a memory for a young kid in a very small town in Illinois. I am commenting because in the years since I have watched every fight on tv. I was in college when he lost to Ken Norton. I remember leaving the tv room in the dorm before the fight was over because I could not handle watching him lose. The Zora Foley fight is unusual in the sense that Ali could not summon an ounce of ill will towards his opponent. My recall is that he referred to Foley as a nice man. Contrast that with his savage beating of Floyd Patterson, who he kept on his feet just to torture him for 12 rounds much like a cat keeps a mouse alive for the fun of it. Or Ernie Terrell, sneering “what’s my name” repeatedly throughout the fight. When you look at pictures of Ali landing a punch, the look of vicious intent is unmistakable. But, at the end of this fight, after the knockout, you see Ali with his arm draped over Foley’s shoulder for a long time out of respect. Then you see him follow Foley to his corner I believe out of genuine concern to see that he was ok. What a great man.
"If god is with me, nobody can beat me" - Mohammed Ali محمد على "When Allah is with you, nobody can beat you" - Khabib Nurmagamadov حبيب نورماجمدوڤ Two true Muslim believers inspired everyone may god give them mercy
I’ve read he had some natural advantages, similar to Bruce Lee, that made him better. He wasn’t proportioned the same as most heavy weights of his time as his legs were a little bulkier and his torso thinner, so he could move around faster. Lee had longer-than-average arms for his size (he had the arm length of a man about 4 inches taller than himself), so these things just made it easier, in addition to their training and drive, for them to win.
You will never see a boxer with so much elegance in the ring as Ali. It flowed effortlessly,,,,he fully grasped the science if the sport. 🥊🥊 Ali,,,,the greatest 🥊🥊
What amazes me the most when I see young Ali fighting is his ability to seamlessly change from defense to an offense. All he needed is to land one good counter, and then he's all over you. So talented and smart.
We now know that when a boxer trains in the gym ,he trains for a right handed fighter in one stance,so when a fighter changes his stance to south paw ,that totally throws his opponent off his plan,and then they become easy targets ,this was why Ali trained to fight on either side as did Manny Pacquiao
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Awesome. I m ready to fight Mike Tyson soon 🥊💪🙏. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-i4U9katfBGg.html
There has never been a boxer that moves quite like Ali. He dodges quite a few blows effectively, yet he isn't afraid of being hit; in fact inviting some blows just to size you up, I guess. Uses the whole boxing ring; even the ropes to his advantage. On top of that he's got the energy of a child and keeps moving endlessly, with the uncanny ability to hit his target at will; and knowing when and how for the kill. It's clear this man Ali fights first and more with his head before his fists, no wonder he was so great.
I was on my afternoon break at work some years ago and read in the local newspaper that Muhammad Ali would be doing a book signing at Dillons Books in Nottingham UK that same night.I couldn't afford to buy the book but asked my boss If i could go home an hour early. I went home picked my wife up and drove to Nottingham.Waiting outside in the crowd I could see the great man inside and was just happy to have seen the greatest boxer ever to live in the flesh,so to speak. He came out to his car around 7pm and shook hands with many of the crowd , including me and my wife.I was ecstatic to say the least. What a great champion ,but not only that ,a great man !!
@@ness_vibe Gustavus is 100% ,anyone who knows boxing can see that Ali was untouchable between 66 to when he was ban and when he came back ,he was very touchable and was missing a lot more when he punched.
@@rexrexrex67 no that’s correct, and it wasn’t gustavas that said that. he deleted his comment because even he knows how ludicrous and ignorant his comment was.
I used to hate Ali I thought he was to brash but with time I was won over because nobody did it better I fought in the golden gloves in Louisville in 1977 in the same high school gym that Ali fought in
KING Fury has the skills of Ali but so much more like 6 feet 9 inches and 277 pounds with an albatross like 85" reach. A focused Fury is boxing evolved to it's highest state ever, 277 lbs of brutal jabs, excellent speed and strength, snappy punches, slick head movement, great footwork and defensive skills, insane stamina and high ring IQ.
Giant Gypsy King is a titan amongst mere mortals. Generations of dna forged to create the perfect super heavyweight boxer. I'm just so grateful i get to see it in my lifetime. All hail the Gypsy King, Greatest Of All Time. Light heavyweight gold medalist Cassius Clay did not have the size or power.
I still think this was the closest thing we got to see to Ali at physical peak. We got to see the very end of his physical peak (72-73) (while actually out of shape) and his strategic peak (72-75) in his 2nd return.
hope u r well el perro.. i am amazed that the so called experts who said, & still say that the Champ, threw a Fathom punch when he beat sonny Liston, in the 1965 rematch, in round 1.. first if Liston was going to throw the match, he would have made a much better job of it, like when he did not leave his stool, in the 1st fight, because of a so called sore shoulder... I wonder why, these experts never looked at this knock out, as Folley was not just knocked out he was flattened, with exactly the same, almost nonchalant punch to the jaw bone. that KO'D Liston & when Sonny tried to get up, he just fell back... ..That type of blow, can cause temporary delayed concussion, no matter, how strong fit & talented some of these great boxers were throughout the centuries, as its all to do with anatomy.... . i wish it was 2018 all over again, but if you get this reply, then please take great care of yourself & those you love & cherish , as this plague still wreaks havoc.
Joe wouldn't have had a chance because of his style. He always performed poorly whenever older Ali danced in their fights, and punished his body whenever Ali had to rest. Prime Ali, who was faster and could dance much longer, would have beat him fairly handily.
@@redrain860 so true, in their first fight Ali didn't "dance" much, probably wanting to conserve energy knowing it'll probably be a long fight, but yeah in the second fight he moved a lot more but it was still a tough fight because of Frazier's relentless pressure, plus Ali is 32 at that point and it's hard to keep up that stick and move strategy all night.
@@maverick_cod Its sad to see fanboys without facts double down on projecting their own feelings only to be scoffed at until there is no more Utube. What a fanboy believes he sees.
One thing was very clear throughout and after this fight. Namely Ali's deep respect for his opponent. Zora was in his time a very talented heavyweight boxer. Sometimes he seemed to lack confidence or run out of steam. At other times he could be deadly dangerous with that right hand of his and he was always a good stylist. Ali gave Zora a chance he ought to have had many years before when Zora was at his own peak. Afterwards Ali consoled a crying relative of Zora's by saying "Don't cry. He was just too old" and Ali hugged Zora. It was all about respect!
Keinen Kampf den ich je vergessen würde……ebenso das ganze drum und dran was dabei jedesmal mit meinem geliebten Vater abging ! Es waren Momente die mir auf ganz spezielle Art wie „heilig“ vorkamen…… Ali hat mich sehr geprägt……..bis HEUTE‼️👍🏽‼️
Never understand how ali could just MATRIX most punches lol he could just stand there, and move his bidy sround and dodge everything. He had it down to an art. Such a legend ,and an amazing human being.
Blah blah,. Nobody wants that tired ass old subject. you are on the wrong page Buford. nobody talking MMA here, this boxing, just that, Like baseball. Nobody argues who wins a fight between a baseball player and a boxer. a sport. Ali the best ever I his sport.. Boxing. Now fuck off and go argue with you MMA meathead buddies.@@whatughbeast495
@@kleinequietboykleinequietb7126 What a stupid thing for that dude to bring up lmao. Lebron James would get destroyed by Joshua or Ali.... duh?? Theyd lose at BBall. They are both combat sports but they arent the same
"The right hands Ali hit me with just had no business landing-but they did. They came from nowhere. Many times he was in the wrong position but he hit me anyway. Blatt! and the punch connected. I've never seen anyone who could do that. The knockdown punch was so fast that I never saw it. He has lots of snap, and when the punches land they dizzy your head; they fuzz up your mind. "The first time I went down, I wasn't hurt, but I didn't know what had happened. Suddenly I became aware of the noise and then I saw Ali standing over me, and I figured I was down. So I wheeled around to look at my corner, to find out the count. I kept thinking, was that a right hand he hit me with? So what did he do but hit me with the same punch again in the seventh round and knock me out. I can't believe it, but that's what he did. "He's smart. The trickiest fighter I've seen. He's had 29 fights and acts like he's had a hundred. He could write the book on boxing, and anyone that fights him should be made to read it first. Zora Folley RIP to two great fighters
An honest and humble testament to one great boxer from another. And this is the Muhammad Ali of whom Angelo Dundee said that if he hadn't been stripped of his title and made to fight a three and a half year legal battle, he would have improved even further and beaten everyone in his path for years, and we would have seen him at his best (which never happened, as he never regained the form he had at the time of this fight).
No, but probably good things that showed he respected Folley both as a boxer and a as a person. Folley’s son. who was 14 years old at the time was present at the fight. "I cried after that fight,” he recalled for the Arizona Republic twenty years later. “I think any kid would have. Ali told me to be proud of my father. He said if that fight had been 10 years earlier for my dad, the outcome might have been different.”
I remember this fight. Ali had nothing but good things to say about Folley. That was unusual for Ali. He never called Folley any names or showed any disrespect. Folley was a gentleman.
I watched this fight in March, 1967, with a few friends. As the fight went on, we all realized just how talented and clever Ali was, as a fighter. Zora Foley did give him his toughest challenge, to that point. Ali gave Foley great credit as a boxer, but recognized he was too old. That happens to many boxers, including Ali, Holmes, Tyson, Joe Louis, and more.
To all you doubters and those who have never been in a fight, and certainly never in the ring.......Ali did NOT play with him. He did not play with anybody. "playing" was part of his strategy. Part of fighting. Folley was a solid fighter. He was world ranked, and hit Ali with some good shots in the early rounds. But Ali found Zora's rhythm by round 3. Ali had one basic goal plan with all his fights; he needed to get in position to throw his right over your left shoulder and hit your temple, jaw, or eye. the entire fight and every move is designed to allow him to get to that "killing angle" just in range and just outside your left lead foot. Watch in slow motion the last 20 seconds of the last round. Ali lands a good jab, he moves right, feints a few times, Folley jabs low and leaves the jab out there. Ali throws his best punch; a quick hard right over the left shoulder to the temple, Same punch he stopped Foreman with. Folley is stunned; Ali, in one amazing fluid move throws THE SAME EXACT PUNCH AGAIN to the same spot and Folley is unconscious before he hits the canvas. A DOUBLE RIGHT LEAD TO THE TEMPLE. Nobody can do this anymore. No pro heavyweight has ever had this unbelievable speed, balance, strength and ability. The best fighter I've ever seen. I sparred one round with Ali before the Evangelista fight in Maryland in the 1970's I think it was 76 or 77. I could not block his job at all and I could not get to him at all. He did whatever he wanted. Ali was the fastest and best heavyweight I've ever seen. Would've beaten Tyson easily. Would have taken Klitchko out in 5 or 6. Even Lennox Lewis would not have had the speed to deal with ALi.
Dr Whatnot holy crap he landed a DOUBLE right hand lead?!? it was so fast and subtle i never noticed and ive seen this fight three times! that is insane speed for a heavyweight.
Ali dancing on his toes while punching amazing conditioning. Just try staying on your toes for 3 mins exhausting. Ali was so relaxed which is why he was so fast and powerful. The Greatest.
Even when you see Ali now you realise you are watching something special....the way he moved, his speed & most importantly his timing.....He was truly special......There will never be another.
H e was the only boxer you ever knew HAHAHAHAHA!OK Who had more knockouts?Ali or Julio Cesar Chavez?who had more wins?Foreman or Ali?Who had more fights Ali or Roberto Duran?lol!
@@getsugatensho02 I would never want to make a living getting my faced punched in the way ,Frazier did Ali.So why am i jealous?LOL!i HAVE BRAINS NOT BRAWN.
@@neegachu9074 Sucks to be you, you only know about one boxer in boxing history,You know nothing about any other boxers who had better boxing pedigree's than Mohammed Ali.If we met and talked about boxing that would last as long as it would take you to say Mohammed Ali.BORING!!
Rest in peace champ. You give me so much pleasure watching your incredible skills I don't tired watching your fights. Boxing not the same without you. You were blessed and you were true people's Championship.
Merramedi ali ,era mui bueno peleador,paece que foi o mejor. Poucos conseguiram pelear até o final ,da peleia, entre ellos ,oscar bonavena, ringo foi un grande ,15roudes con morramedi ali. Non es para qualquer uno. Grande bonavena. Saludos ..desde corazon de Brasil. 12 de outubro de 2021.
Post-Fight Comments "Folley bothered me for a while. He was taking his time and stalking me, but he wasn't fast enough." - Muhammad Ali "There is no one around today who can beat him. I should know, I've fought them all." - Zora Folley "He was a better fighter than Sonny Liston, or Floyd Patterson or Ernie Terrell. He was slick, tricky and a good boxer." - Muhammad Ali "I still think I can beat any heavyweight but Clay. I'm not ashamed of my showing. I fought well. I gave it all I had." - Zora Folley "Clay has to be rated with the great heavyweight champions." - Murray Rose of the Associated Press
“There's just no way to train yourself for what he does: the moves, the speed, the punches and the way he changes style every time you think you got him figured. Wendell Newton, my sparring partner, jumped around and he was awkward, but he wasn't Ali. Ali is something else. I fought middleweights, even smaller men and they weren't as fast. This guy has a style all of his own. It's far ahead of any fighter's around today, so how could those oldtime fighters, you know, Dempsey, Tunney or any of them keep up? Louis wouldn't have a chance-he was too slow. Marciano couldn't get to him, and he would never get away from Ali's jab. The only one who would have a good chance was Ezzard Charles, a real fast heavyweight who was smart and was perhaps the best combination puncher of them all." Zora Folley
I don't care what anybody says... Ali in his prime, would put any modern-day boxer down. Even though he's very well retired, I'm including Tyson. Speed, technique, precision and Power. Good God! Muhammad Ali's reach with 78 in.
He was more like a wasp... no chance given to the opponent. His greatest asset was his wit... he dared... he studied his opponents in beginning rounds. Also as to 'he can't hit what his eyes can't see" I understood that he practically never went for body shots...always the face... now I think, always the eyes of the opponent ...hence the opponent couldn't see...Ali wins.
Ali is the greatest!! Nobody will ever be able to surpass his superior footwork!! He didn't just float like a butterfly, but he danced around his opponents toying with them with his jab frustrating them into throwing a big punch that he would easily dodge and counter with shots so fast you couldn't even see them all coming. HE DIDN"T STING LIKE A BEE, HE STUNG LIKE A SWARM OF KILLER BEES!!!
@@jdcommentary6556 That makes no sense at all. He was the best in his era and obviously if he was in this era he would adapt to the new styles and destroy all the modern fighters. It's not just about fighting style, but confidence & charisma & the desire to win.
@@jdcommentary6556by the same logic your point is also irrelevant, since he isn’t around now how can he compete against the modern boxers who recreated his style?
