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.
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
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!
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.
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 !!
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.
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 🥊💪🙏. czcams.com/video/i4U9katfBGg/video.html
"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
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 !
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 🥊🥊
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 ! !!!
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 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.
@@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.
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‼️👍🏽‼️
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.
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.
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.
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
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!
"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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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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!!
As an Ali fan this was hard to watch, Foley dives twice, calmly stops his fall because hes fully conscious both times, pretends to stumble but is then very firmly on his feet when the fight is over :/
2:09 jajaj como se burla Ali 2:15 wow! 3:14 esos golpecitos inesperados hacen a Ali *Muhammad Ali* 5:30 nunca te burles de Muhammad Ali... 9:10 es tan espontáneo que ni te lo esperas jaja
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.
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?
Only maybe in the mid to late 70s crowds completely changed. It went from white men and some ladies in formalwear to the whole family wearing sneakers and multi colored Shirts. You can see it in Ali's fights
“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
In the era of digital world... We are lucky to have witnessed something like this in our living memory... And with the direction world is taking, m pretty sure we would be the last generation....
@@user-eb4io1bt4c because people don't like the winners, they rather be for the loosers... That's why so many peopla are hating on Mayweather, or Lebron or Ronaldo...
This fight, along with the Cleveland “Big Cat” Williams fight, are the BEST versions of Ali, PHYSICALLY, we will ever have the pleasure of seeing box. He was 25 & just starting to enter into his prime when he was “forced” to stop boxing. R.I.P. G.O.A.T. 🥊
For all of you saying that Zora Folley took a dive and Ali couldn't have knocked him out because he dont have no power....You guys absolutely have no clue about boxing!!! The punch that knocks you out is the punch YOU DONT SEE COMING.....Ali timed Folley coming in and was in perfect position to land that quick straight right....remember, its all about angles...Folley simply did not see Ali's right hand because 1. once he threw that jab to body, he left himself open...at that moment Folley was thinking OFFENSE 2. Timing...boxing is split second timing...so Folley did not have time to anticipate Ali's counter...thus lights out!!.....
It was not a right handed body shot that he set up Foley with. It was a right over Foley's left shoulder counter punch followed by a second lighting fast right.
The greatest sports show man ever simply the GOAT beautiful man inside and outside as for his boxing and dancing and reflexes and other great fighting abilities that’s a whole book 😄 Rest in peace champ
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Ali spends a round or two dancing around while figuring out your timing and then takes you apart, masterful.
so beautifully said
Bruce lee copy m.ali dancing style
Notice every time Foley threw that slow left jab Ali shot his right hand over top of foley slow left jab. He touched him every time
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.
Yup. And people got the nerve to say Floyd just runz. Lol 😀. No one ran more than Ali
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.
He isn't "comfortable" it's a boxing match where you'll get your teeth knocked out. He's just figuring out a timing
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!"
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@@christopherlyons5900joe is the greatest after Ali and foreman
@@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.
I met Ali when he visited Afghanistan in 2002. I still remember him and love him! He is the greatest man and boxer for ever!!! ❤
Ali really is the best of all, i love him
@@Mr_silly_guyme too
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@@SamuKanime_190this has nothing to do with gay stuff they love him because he is good in boxing
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!
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@@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
nobody can bounce like ali and not get tired. the greatest of all time
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!!!
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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!
❤❤❤Agreed 100%
i see it
Muhammad Ali is not the greatest❤ I AM greater than muhammad ali I'm the best my name is masjedul reza omeo❤😂
@@Projectmuaythai what 💀
رحمك الله يا محمد علي و أسكنك فسيح جناته 🤲🏼
Amen bro
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 am the greatest of all time !!
@@MuhammadAli-fg2bw don’t you dare disrespect a dead man by pretending to be them
@@lochkecraftforge5231 This is a quote man, I not disrespect him, I am only a big man who show it.
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.
Kinda like Lawrence Taylor. He always made the play instead of trying to injure a football player.
There will be never a heavyweight that could dance like Ali
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Soon u will hear the name Steven Carter who dances like ali
He understood the art of fighting, its not a battle of who can hit the hardest, but who can last the longest
Those have been my words for a while now!
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 !!
Damn watching Ali videos in 2018 is like poetry in motion, you see the real true art of boxing
Tazmanian Devil your right
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Ali is art.
This is what true boxing skill looks like. Ali's footwork as he jabbed was a joy to watch.
Compare to the big heavy momies we have now sure you are right
Always amazed me how light on his feet Ali was, for such a big guy. Being so beautiful too. Like Tyson said, "God was showing off when He made Ali."
Sometimes I forget how big Ali was, only by the way he moves, physics don’t apply to him, so agile.
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.
@@amosdraak3536 Well Bruce Lee did pattern his moves from watching tapes of Ali
The length of him was 190 cm I mean Mohammad ali
I'm write Mohammad like that because I'am from arab and like that saying and writing
@@boellinger Float like a butterfly....
Heroes are remembered, legends never die!!!
HE BOTH AND THE GOAT HE EVERYTHING 🐐❤️💯
❤absolutely CORRECT and true
Paix à son âme. Il a laisser un grand héritage pour l’humanité dans ce sport. Un grand Respect pour ce champion.
❤absolutely CORRECT and true
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
Awesome. I m ready to fight Mike Tyson soon 🥊💪🙏. czcams.com/video/i4U9katfBGg/video.html
yea
Love the commentator: "Champion Ali is always a show, no matter what he's doing".
very true words. Ali could be drinking a glass of water and it'd still be exciting 😂
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The late great Don Dunphy. He is in the hall of fame. His radio work is even better.
oml commentator said that whilst i was reading this comment
"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
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 !
❤well said and well OBSERVED
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 🥊🥊
Angelo Dundee said the sad thing with Ali’s boxing career is that we never saw him at his peak, the years 1967-70 would have seen him at his pinnacle.
Storm Hawk ...Angie was one-thousand percent right!
I don't think Joe Frazier would've stood a chance against prime ali.
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 ! !!!
@@kinggoodvideoofthelion2913 I can't understand what you're trying to say!!!
King good video ! Of the lion what? He beat George Foreman
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.
how to say you havent watched box since the 1970s-80s without actually telling it
@@usurper55 Anything after Tyson era is a joke. What else is there to watch after the 80s? lmao
@@xAsceticx how so?
Would have been amazing if MMA existed during his time and Mike Tysons time. Would love to see how either of them do with Wrestling and BJJ and kicks.
@@usurper55 I think Tyson or Ali would smoke Mayweather. Most heavyweighta in the UFC or Boxing STILL cannot move like Tyson. LOL.
When everybody knows Ali was a notorious headhunter, but opponents still fall for the feints to the body - that's greatness.
His faints and unusual timing is incredible. Its like he hits you once and before you know it 3 or 4 slip through, truly a master of the sport.
The speed,the stamina,the agility,the dedication still unmatched.... THE GREATEST 😍😍😍😍
Mike Tyson would take him down
@@marcusrasborg6874 So would Floyd
@@Clinton325i I haven’t seen much of Floyd maywether, but isn’t he a middleweight boxer?
@@Clinton325i 😭😭
@@Clinton325i lmao you trippin about Floyd. Ali was fast enough to hit Floyd and not get hit by him.
Ali’s physique in his prime was insane
Stamina for days.
in jail?
I know my mother had the hots for him. LOL. She thought he was beautiful.
@@ihatetrump3603 lol. Ali was a ladies man.
@@JahleelX-xx9wd Can you blame him?
I saw this video in September and ever since then I loved boxing and Muhammad Ali, this video made me love boxing and I’ll never stop loving it
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.
Watch how Ali used to just canter like a stallion around his opponents, he was beauty, strength, courage and power all combined.
@GustavusAdolphus1 66/67 ali is a diferent fitgher from 71/74 ali
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Your comment is so ignorant it hurts
He had the pants of the Italian stallion so thats one thing
@@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.
The atmosphere at Ali’s fights must of been electric he was a true professional.
I tell you. Over here in Germany many people stood up in the middle of the night to watch his fights. And so did I.
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
Mohamed Ali is the best the greate a phénomène nobody Can wine him
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.
Who is watching this in 2024
You got one
Your mom
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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‼️👍🏽‼️
The absolute peak of Ali, his reflexes were still pristine and he was experienced. No boxer in the history of the world could beat 1967 Ali.
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@@WhoAmI-wn7nn Mayweather fans lol
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Known for being the best quality in a Muhammad Ali fight
???? Whaaat did you see his fight style??? Wtf
@@Babushka_82 he means video quality smh
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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.
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.
❤absolutely CORRECT and true ❤
His peak was from liston fight to exile
Это было красиво, и как всегда огромное уважение к оппоненту
60's Ali movement, speed and reflexes are amazing, would love to see this prime Ali against prime Frazier. Ali always seemed very patient.
@Venancio Rodrigues Damn you are right. Fuck man.
What an era!
@Dominique Rodrigues great content, subscribed
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.
An intelligent 200+ pound heavyweight moving like that with reflexes like that and a chin like that could beat anybody ass in the history of time.
Put him in an MMA ring different story. Vice versa though Haha each good in their respective sport
@@whatughbeast495 Well....duh??
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
for real, Buford got lost on the way to the tired ass old MMA vs boxing argument on the MMA pages.@@davidcampos2615
@@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
It's amazing how good Ali was with not throwing any body shots. His cardio was insane level !
Me after watching baki anmie😂😂
me too bro 👊
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!
Shavers vs Ali when
A. 29
All the comments praising Ali are right, but you're right to pay respects to Zora, a very decent fighter who wasn't intimidated by the greatest
This is my first time seeing an actual Muhammed Ali fight and I'm damn impressed..he is like butterfly and wasp at same time in the ring.. beautiful
Fly like a butterfly, stint like a bee! Your hands can't hit, what your eyes can't see! - Muhammad Ali!
@Venancio Rodrigues one day we will be too
@BigPP Johnson lol bad typo, but thanks
@Venâncio Rodrigues not really theres stil a chance someone is alive in the crowd
Thanks for the video🙏🏽👌🏾😎❤️
2024 gang right here👇
R.I.P Muhammad Ali the King :(
Repose en paix ❤
Allah rahmet eylesin ❤
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MURO L'KTR aynen
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"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).
Thanks for posting that -- it was awesome to read. Do you have any idea what Ali said to Folley after the 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.”
It's really cool to hear that article. A lot of people don't know Zora Folley was a pretty good fighter; he gave Prime Liston a very hard fight.
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.
Lo mejor fue el abrazo de ambos contrincantes genio total ..
R.I.P to Muhammad Ail he will be loved and missed ❤️ 🙏 😢😢 the goat of boxing
The way he came and comforted him after the knockout shows his soul.
Actually it shows Foley stayed on script.
@@abcall-timesboxingchanneln7076 cry
@@maverick_cod typical Ali fanboy no brain responce
@@abcall-timesboxingchanneln7076 better than your English though. Go cry
@@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.
9:10 How’d he land this combo so smoothly?
Right S Right S Left Jab 💯💥
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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.
Ali's spring steps incomparable and his unique style printed on mind of humanity
The way he dances around the ring is a beautiful thing to watch, it’s why I will forever say “The Greatest of All Time”..❤️❤️❤️
Just look at Ali's footwork. Absolutely incredible
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Hugh Jass IS NOT ALSO THAT FOOTWORK WHICH WILL MAKE HIM ABOVE ANY ATHLET? In his category? FOR EVER ???
@kurt neill Define "Hard time"
I think Ali dominated "this guy" (who was a worldclass boxer)
Copied Bruce Lee
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2024. but we miss the GOAT MUHAMMED ALI😢
“Floating like a butterfly stinging like a bee”
-Muhammad Ali
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.
well said
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.
Thanks for that!
and the same punch against liston of course!
Ali Tyson would not have been clear cut, imho. 50-50?
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.
Mas falso que cachetada de will smith, flor de tongo!
@@angelvintage6992 quiet karen
@@angelvintage6992 no es falso..
How old are you?
@@mercilessagent005 I am 70 years, 6 months. I was in grade 10 in March, 1967.
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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.
Ali usually dance when he felt the punch he received.
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
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"Dance like a butterfly and sting like a bee"
Muhammad Ali
Ali never tries to kill opponent. Sports spirit is always present
Muhammad Ali always full of athletic Spirit.
May his SOUL RIP 🙏🏻
Ali is in some great shape here. Bigger than in the early 60s but still lean and very quick with the crazy footwork
Proud to be an Muslim ❤ ❤❤🎉🎉 Thanks Muhammad Ali❤❤
Dancing ali😂
Only one God Jesus Christ amen
Quien ve todavía esta belleza 🤩🤩👏🏻👏🏻🥊🥊
Float like a butterfly sting like a Bee
Hanma yujiro
his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see
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.
It's just opinions
Froutu like e butterfry, sting layk e bee.
-Hanma Yujiro.
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.
Prime de Muhammad Ali, boxeo en su máximo esplendor.
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??..."In July 1918" the TV wasn't invented and man walked on the moon July 20,1969.
I know it's just a mistake.
The Greatest at his greatest. You shook up the world Ali. May perpetual light shine upon you
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!
@@rexrexrex67 lmao jealous kiddo
@@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.
@@rexrexrex67 must suck for you🤣🤏🏾bringing up Duran and Chavez having more fights but Ali is still more remembered than both lmao
@@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!!
As an Ali fan this was hard to watch, Foley dives twice, calmly stops his fall because hes fully conscious both times, pretends to stumble but is then very firmly on his feet when the fight is over :/
fixed fights with Liston also
Fighting Ali is so frustrating and annoying, the guy keeps bouncing like a soccer ball , what an energy. Respect
Beautiful footage - it's shot almost like a movie.
This EXACTLY this Ali would beat EVERY other fighter who is in the ring! This is the most Prime Ali which is possible! Truly the Greatest of all time!
cleveland williams fight too
BS lots of fighters would ko Ali
@@theinformationbomber7102 No one ever
@@denissssss8579 nope lots would have
@@theinformationbomber7102 stfu idiot
Ali feints with his feet, hands, shoulders- a master of his craft
2:09 jajaj como se burla Ali 2:15 wow! 3:14 esos golpecitos inesperados hacen a Ali *Muhammad Ali* 5:30 nunca te burles de Muhammad Ali... 9:10 es tan espontáneo que ni te lo esperas jaja
Великий профессионал, приятный, красивый и добрый человек. Вечная память у миллионов поклонников!
Que suerte tuvieron aquellos que pudieron ver en vivo a Ali, el mejor boxeador, con diferencia, de todos los tiempos
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.
Man Ali was something special so awkward yet smooth and that jab is so damn beautiful snaps out like a slingshot
And the most beautiful of all is his morality, as he did not hit his opponent when he fell and embraced him when the match was over
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!!!
Most modern heavyweights can recreate his style. He would get beaten by most now
@@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.
@@PHPMuzik but he isn’t around now. Your point is irrelevant
@@jdcommentary6556 he won against Frazier and Foreman, he could beat anyone.
@@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?
Notice how almost all the men are wearing suits and ties.
I think people were more elegant in those days. Maybe I'm wrong but the videos I've seen suggest it.
John Barry I agree that we’ve regressed
Philip Bourdon ladies got dressed up too. Boxing was classy in those days.
Anna Vajda journalists and posh people. They tried to keep poor people off tv as much as they could.
Only maybe in the mid to late 70s crowds completely changed. It went from white men and some ladies in formalwear to the whole family wearing sneakers and multi colored Shirts. You can see it in Ali's fights
“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
In the era of digital world... We are lucky to have witnessed something like this in our living memory... And with the direction world is taking, m pretty sure we would be the last generation....
You can tell the crowd wanted Ali to get knocked out!! Ali the greatest..
I did! But why?!!!
@@user-eb4io1bt4c because people don't like the winners, they rather be for the loosers... That's why so many peopla are hating on Mayweather, or Lebron or Ronaldo...
@R K thanks for saying what I was about to type for litchi. the times were right out of Jim crow.
@@kilkiller44
Le3-6 James not much of a winner
Or Rocky lol
Вот это был настоящий бокс , не то что щас. А самое главное уважение к сопернику есть !
танцевал весь раунд, зачем я это смотрел
@@Lover_of_Tea это стиль его был 👍
о каком уважении может идти когда человек позирует над соперником ?
Не то что великий боксер, но ещё и очень добрый Али.
Iconic performance, great display of his beautiful technique.
When u get hit by ali with that speed u don't need power it's the snap of the punch that u don't see and your brain turns your legs to rubber
Barney Miller Dear
Md.Ali had used his
pOwer according to
His Fight Techniques
What a Fighter He Was..
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Barney Miller yes you're right it's the snap of the bunch
Barney Miller the snap of the punch
Speed=power
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Ali once said, this fight against Zora Folley was the best of his prime years - his best fight ever. I remember the interview.
And it was fixed for Ali to win lol
Not the greatest at all then
Shite
Fight with Frazier was amazing. 25year old versus 32year old. Big muscles versus experience mith talent
@@jehangirhussain6280 Ali wasn't in his prime when he fought Frazier
This fight, along with the Cleveland “Big Cat” Williams fight, are the BEST versions of Ali, PHYSICALLY, we will ever have the pleasure of seeing box. He was 25 & just starting to enter into his prime when he was “forced” to stop boxing. R.I.P. G.O.A.T. 🥊
This version of Ali beats any fighter of any era. Fast, smart and coutageous
Just watching Ali dance around is entertaining itself, pure art, mesmerising. Then add super speed punches… amazing GOAT
For all of you saying that Zora Folley took a dive and Ali couldn't have knocked him out because he dont have no power....You guys absolutely have no clue about boxing!!! The punch that knocks you out is the punch YOU DONT SEE COMING.....Ali timed Folley coming in and was in perfect position to land that quick straight right....remember, its all about angles...Folley simply did not see Ali's right hand because 1. once he threw that jab to body, he left himself open...at that moment Folley was thinking OFFENSE 2. Timing...boxing is split second timing...so Folley did not have time to anticipate Ali's counter...thus lights out!!.....
It was not a right handed body shot that he set up Foley with. It was a right over Foley's left shoulder counter punch followed by a second lighting fast right.
rvvrn yea true
The way u ended it lights out 😂😂
It doesn't matter how Ali hit him. It's still totally obvious that he took a dive. Twice.
@@PaavoLammikko it is also obvious that you used to break open thermometers and drink the mercury as a kid...because you have brain damage
Who is watching it in 2036❤
The greatest sports show man ever simply the GOAT
beautiful man inside and outside as for his boxing and dancing and reflexes and other great fighting abilities that’s a whole book 😄
Rest in peace champ