I scored this fight tonight as 9-0-2 for Ali. That would be 110-89 on the ten point must system with the fifth round being a 10-8 round for Ali and the fight stoppage as a 10-7 round. Lewis was quite an opponent. He never really had a chance once he went down in the fifth, but he was still resilient. He just keep on going, and really had some strong rallies against Ali ... in spite of Ali keeping up the pressure. Lewis was exhausted by the 11th, similar to Shavers in the second Holmes fight. A game fighter that wanted to keep on going, but he just didn’t have anything left. I don’t think Ali carried him at all, he was almost a George Chavalo in terms of toughness; but Ali had him (Lewis) hurt several times after the fifth. I’m surprised the referee didn’t stop it sooner, even though this was still the early 70’s. With 15 years, Ali would have won by a TKO in the fifth. Lewis showed some toughness in the first three rounds, and it was hard to not score those draw rounds for Lewis. However, Ali was just dominant or edged-out Lewis in those early rounds. Ali never seemed in danger of losing, he rallied in the later rounds and seemed to give Lewis all he had. The TKO in the 11th seemed to be a tad strange, but Lewis (as I previously) said was looking exhausted while Ali looked like it was round 1. Another viewer once reported Ali tried to get a TKO in the 11th because he needed to use the bathroom, but I don’t know how true that is.
They should have stopped it in the sixth. Lewis was badly hurt and Ali was hitting him at will. What's more, it was clear that Lewis' wobbly legs had taken all the snap out of his punches. A fighter deserves every chance but Lewis was damaged, outclassed and having his brain beaten into pudding. Interesting to see Ali jabbing to the body and fighting flat footed so much.
Other boxers say that Ali is like a T-Rex in the ring. In a few fights like this one, you see him FULLY engage with the other boxer in a real showdown, struggle for dominance. It's Ali at his most awesome fighting. You can almost feel what he is saying to the other guy. It's like, Yeah? you want some of this? Think you can go toe to toe with me and win? Let me show you who's the boss !! Had enough yet? Want some more? Got it figured out yet? Who's the biggest butt kicker in the ring?
![Muhammad (Mohammed) Ali : Interview in Ireland (July 1972) [FULL]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/8QWvBBMtRak/mqdefault.jpg)
Greetings from Moldova, thank you for keeping Ali's memory alive.😊🌸👍💪👏
Cool, this is a version in better quality, with a nice clip b4.
I scored this fight tonight as 9-0-2 for Ali. That would be 110-89 on the ten point must system with the fifth round being a 10-8 round for Ali and the fight stoppage as a 10-7 round. Lewis was quite an opponent. He never really had a chance once he went down in the fifth, but he was still resilient. He just keep on going, and really had some strong rallies against Ali ... in spite of Ali keeping up the pressure. Lewis was exhausted by the 11th, similar to Shavers in the second Holmes fight. A game fighter that wanted to keep on going, but he just didn’t have anything left. I don’t think Ali carried him at all, he was almost a George Chavalo in terms of toughness; but Ali had him (Lewis) hurt several times after the fifth. I’m surprised the referee didn’t stop it sooner, even though this was still the early 70’s. With 15 years, Ali would have won by a TKO in the fifth. Lewis showed some toughness in the first three rounds, and it was hard to not score those draw rounds for Lewis. However, Ali was just dominant or edged-out Lewis in those early rounds. Ali never seemed in danger of losing, he rallied in the later rounds and seemed to give Lewis all he had. The TKO in the 11th seemed to be a tad strange, but Lewis (as I previously) said was looking exhausted while Ali looked like it was round 1. Another viewer once reported Ali tried to get a TKO in the 11th because he needed to use the bathroom, but I don’t know how true that is.
They should have stopped it in the sixth. Lewis was badly hurt and Ali was hitting him at will. What's more, it was clear that Lewis' wobbly legs had taken all the snap out of his punches. A fighter deserves every chance but Lewis was damaged, outclassed and having his brain beaten into pudding.
Interesting to see Ali jabbing to the body and fighting flat footed so much.
Other boxers say that Ali is like a T-Rex in the ring. In a few fights like this one, you see him FULLY engage with the other boxer in a real showdown, struggle for dominance. It's Ali at his most awesome fighting. You can almost feel what he is saying to the other guy. It's like, Yeah? you want some of this? Think you can go toe to toe with me and win? Let me show you who's the boss !! Had enough yet? Want some more? Got it figured out yet? Who's the biggest butt kicker in the ring?
I wonder if Ali knew of his being partly of Irish decent when he spoke about Ireland back then
Sccccccccccccc
A whole generation of heavyweights avoided Blue