Larry Holmes vs Muhammad Ali

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  1. boxingmemories

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    What a sad moment...seeing Ali in his corner, retired and beaten up...
     
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  2. Mitchell Kane

    Mitchell Kane WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    I watched the 30 for 30 of this fight on ESPN not too long ago.

    http://30for30.espn.com/film/muhammad-and-larry.html

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    I recently saw that.

    "Count Dracula meet Frankenstein on HorroahdasdsdasdhsahafFn Mountshjadhsd asdshad"

    Sad.
     
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    It's interesting, Ali was popping pills to get his weight down because he had bloated to over 250 in retirement... when he weighed in at 217, a lot of sportswriters got excited (sentimentality outweighing sense) and enthusiastically picked him to win

    "All I could think of after the first round was 'I've still got 14 more to go!'"
    --Ali
     
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  5. Ramonza Soliloquies

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    No one (not even the likes of Hopkins, or Foreman) can beat Father Time. Ali was no exception.
     
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    You can beat beat him once or twice, the problem is he's got an indefinite number rematch clauses.
     
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    Ali was suffering from a hyperthyroid condition that night. It could have been fatal.
     
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    Eloquently put, friend.
     
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    Ali has no one to blame but his damn ego. He should have retired long before he did.
     
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    I think Ali was green in this fight

    by "green" i mean from the standpoint that he was green in fights where he was overweight, old and slower..
     
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