Muhammad Ali vs Lyle Alzado - The Greatest vs The NFL Great
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- A look back at the Muhammad Ali-Lyle Alzado exhibition bout of 1979. Alzado's helmet throwing incident occurs after this exhibition but I've included it to illustrate his intimidating reputation.
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That was actually a far better fight than the so called heavyweight championship fights we get these days,
Thanks for uploading 👍
Yeah no
Absolutely better than Ali's last official fights!
My pleasure, Mr Moon.
Rich you are truly a fight historian your knowledge of the sport is incredibly deep.Its easy to see the passion you have for boxing.
Thanks very much, A-bove A-ve-rage
@@RichtheFightHistorianI don't think I've seen anyone with the knowledge of the sport that you have
Better than some recent heavy weight fights I've seen.
RIP to Lyle and Ali!!🥊🙏🏾 Denver Broncos#1🏈🏈
Lyle was doing very well for his debut.
He would give alot of Fighters trouble back in the day
Great Presentation Rich , Interesting anecdotal story..
Thank you, John.
Awesome Rich!!!
Never even knew about this one. I was only a few months old when it happened. Two great athletes who always gave back to their fans and communities.
Thanks, Calvin.
I don't know this thing...always pleasure discoveries on this channel...thanks ❤🙏
Sure thing, Guido.
Thanks for the video, RICH THE FIGHT HISTORIAN
Alzado could whip alot of heavyweights today
Lyle was actually a pretty good boxer. I saw some impressive head movement in the second round. He showed up in great shape and Ali was just going through the motions for a quick payday and totally out of shape. I never bothered watching it until now and I thought Lyle gave a good account of himself. RIP both legends.
Alzado was terrible. He pushed every punch. Zero weight transfer in any of his punches. Stationary as a tree. Legs out of position to get leverage. He knew nothing about boxing at all.
@@jorndoff2002 No YOU know nothing about boxing, if you can't tell that Alzado knew his way around a ring.
Thanks once again!!!
Sure thing, harold.
That's funny Rich i pulled up this fight the other day after an Alzado video came up in my feed. Reminded me that he boxed Ali. Pretty comical now but at the time people couldn't get enough of Alzado!
Yeah, the original Darth Raider.
Lyle was nuts from roids
Actually he was probably nutless from roids. Raisins at best.
I remember that.
Ali regretted not being shape almost instantly, treated it as serious as death, and barely made it through. That won't stop the hero-worship addicts from gushing, without ever watching the fight, about how he performed like a benevolent and merciful god.
What the fuck are you blabblering about? Ali had parkinons by 74' and was totally unfit for any fighting by this point. Ali did go easy on him and would have knocked him down dozens of times if it had been in the 60's. Lyle tried to hurt ali a few times here and was getting pissed because of the roids and still couldn't do anything
How could Alzado only weigh 243.. He looks like he's about 280-300 pounds
I thought this Lyle was supposed to be some foul mouthed Thug .... He was very Gracious toward Ali at the End .
You should do a video, perhaps even a series, on all the shady managers/agents etc. who have ripped off and often ruined the careers of so many fighters.
That’s an interesting idea tbh . 💯👍
What - 3 x 1 hour specials you mean 😯
Ps Don king for 1 hour exclusive
Hey Rich, have you profiled Wilbert "The Vampire" Johnson yet? That would be an interesting watch.
Not yet and I agree. I have to get more footage on him though.
Lyle was a graduate of Lawrence high school where I graduated rip champ!!!!
Another one? Richie my guy you are spoiling us , this should be interesting 👍
A NFL player would be a problem for anyone some of those guys are 300lbs and can move like a freight train.
How old where they when this fight happened Richie? He's a big unit that guy
37 Ali and 30 the NFL player beat you to it lol
Ali was ahead of his time he did what is happening today with boxing, boxer Vs UFC , r.i.p 👑
Stopped himself knocking him out for the thumb in the eye absolute legend, good exhibition 👍
I heard Lyle lost lost a ton of dough on this.
Lyle did well... had he ever been a boxer by profession and had the 20 plus years of boxing experience Ali had, in my opinion, he would have beaten Ali. He was too tough to be phased by Ali's punches and just needed more training. The announcers were all biased toward Ali's performance. Should have been the other way around since he came out of nowhere to fight the champion of the world! Ali would have gone down if they were both boxers.
By all accounts Lyle was a PHENOMENAL athlete!! However he tried performance enhancing drugs and became addicted or dependent on them. Plus he was always pushing the envelope on the drugs he took, the duration and the dosing. He had Hall of Fame talent.
Rich you ought to show them the Jack Dempsey vs Cowboy Lutrell fight.
I'll do a Dempsey video at some point in the future, yes.
"Ahead on smirks" lol
Make a video on Ali collab with WWE ( if you haven't).
the OG jake paul
I remember this "exhibition fight" to me Lyle won this fight.
From what I saw Lyle beat Ali.
Ali looked pissed off that Lyle went that hard on him. He went to talk to Ali at the end and Ali didn’t say anything back and turned his head. But even old and out of shape, Ali’s footwork and ability to keep Lyle at range was crazy.
Why should Ali be pissed? What did he think this was? Rollerblading?
@@TheBatugan77 He thought it was just for show. lyle got pissed and tried to hurt him as if he was worth fighting Ali at all, so Ali got mad. Lyle was extremely lucky he was fighting an old out of shape decaying Ali.
Pls do len wickwar
Alzado lost to journyman Ron Stander in the amateurs. He believed that his weight training and the fact that he was juiced to the gills (by his own admission) would allow him to easily handle Ali. He was wrong. Ali was very very strong and of course was far more skilled.
I couldn't have said it better myself.
Immeasurably more skilled you mean - Ali on another planet in comparison.
To me I think that was a terrible exhibition even though alzado did not look bad in the Ring
Nice Sideshow 😂
Ali was very entertaining
At the end Ali really showed Alzado has no business in a boxing ring. Letting the guy know there was no way he could hurt Ali even if Ali put his hands down
Thats the same routine he pulled in damn near every fight, and Alzado pulled on him all night. Clearly Alzado, who was regional Golden Gloves semi-finalist in his amateur days, did have business being in a boxing ring. Curb your religious hero worship.
Ali, even out of shape was clearly playing with Lyle.
Of course.
Just like if Ali donned shoulder pads, Alzado would probably cripple him.
No more than Lyle was playing. Ali was out of shape, and regretted it from the first seconds.
This is original Fury-Ngannou fight. Ali was obviously old and terribly out of shape but the fact that he could not beat a guy who was not a boxer made boxing look bad. As he was still considered top Heavyweight at the time. No wonder boxing fans do not want to remember that this thing ever happened.
What in the blue fk are you babbling about?
Ali was The Greatest, but when Fury puts on a fight against the champion from a different fighting style - some claim he was making a mockery of the sport!!!
They're prize fighters, fans should respect when they can get the biggest prize.
Critics will always be such.
Clay was such a fraud. He copied a wrestler, then jack johnson and a half of his fights were rigged.
Smarty pants over here
I bet you have no evidence to back up your claim about "half his fights being rigged", which would make you a fraud.
He is not my favorite boxer but why so much hate lol? In my country we might say to you : "He owes you money or what?"
You're the fraud bro. Can't see Greatness even when it triple jabs you in the face!
Are u bitter,old or both?😂