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Well said bro! I will never understood why they let him boxe again. He had speech problem, thyroid problems, he couldn't see punches thrown to him... The only one who saw all this was Ferdie Pacheco who wanted to have nothing to do with being with Ali in his corner anymore.

Exactly what I noticed you are absolutely right

Holmes was Heavyweight Champ and 1 month shy of 31 years old when he fought Ali. When you say Holmes was young and hungry makes it sound like he was 23 and fighting his way up !! He was the Champ and had already defended the Title 7 times.

He barely got by an older and contemporary/healthy Ken Norton in a highly disputed 15 round split decision!

*Cicikoma* yeaa yeaa.. your comment is the truest comment here 🤘😎

and his aging did.......

Parkinson is undefeated what you expect

Cicikoma and father time

And time

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8 million dollars made him fight Holmes.

Should of retired after the thriller in manilla !

@@ants80 Foreman fight

+Jose Ochoa Hilarious!!! lol

Ali has my type of humor though lol :)

Jose Ochoa That's one thing Ali never lost. His humour and wit.

I LOVE IT LOL..

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Still lasted 12 round because Holmes didn't want to hurt him by punching with full power. Could knock him out if he wanted to.

And I think out of respect for Ali,Larry Holmes felt no need to destroy him.

@@racerpowershift6452 True. Larry could have knocked Ali into the next life. But he had too much class. And pity.

Yeah, Holmes actually took it easy on him, unlike Trevor Berbick, who was a very nasty creature.

Could be both the onset of parkinsons and CTE.... there is no proof head trauma causes parkinsons (although it is a theory so not wrong, nothing has been proven)

Gordon Shumway this video on 1980 not 1978 okay..

But because of this Mike Tyson was born

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@@KingofKings11312 they always say things will happen but they never do

Like what?

Ah, he said it TWICE!!!!!

He never left.

Gigantic mistake. Made his parkinson's even worse :(

Totally! There will never be another equal, not even similar

@Malachis Grace NEVER EVER GON BE ANOTHER 1 LIKE BUTTERFLY!! ALI ALI ALI!! NOT IN THIS LIFETIME!!!!

@Malachis Grace Don't be starting shit like an ignorant casual. Let people have their own opinion. Many people including even fellow boxers consider Ali the GOAT. If you don't then that's you.

@@handzofstone1152 theres no *best* in any sport

@Malachis Grace He's THE greatest not one of them. There's a difference in the meaning of both.

***** so it cud be conspiracy.. to silent this charismatic man.. who's name was too big to assassinate.

+Lapita Rai you fucking moron no one could tell Ali NO! it was his choice to continue no matter what everyone said to him! Angelo even quit and told him he would be with him any more if he continues and he did anyway! As much as Ali was a great man it was his pride in the end that bested him

Absolutely right. I said the same thing. His voice was noticeably weak and slurred. Yes he was a grown man that made his own decisions but it still shows you how some people review others as property or income. Dundee was the only one in his corner that seemed to put Ali's health above any other selfish reason.

He may have not been hit much in his prime but in his later career he took alot of powerful shots, Foreman in 74', Fraizer III in 75', Norton III in 76' and Shavers in 77' to name a few are fights that Ali took alot of shots, it's bound to take its toll on a fighter even if it is someone as good as Ali.

James Humbert Ali got hit all the time in the 70’s. Ali took enormous punishment from from the biggest hitting heavyweight boxers from arguably the greatest era of heavyweight boxing. Three fights against Frazier, three fights against Norton and an incredibly punishing fight against Shavers, who is widely regarded has the heaviest hitting fighter of all time. My word, the punishment Ali took was enormous. Ali should have retired after beating Foreman in 1974. After that fight he had 15 round fights against big hitting fighters. Plus Ron Lyle was on the Ali fight list after Foreman. Watch Ali’s fights. In fact going back to the first Ali/Frazier fight at Madison Square Garden in 1971. Ali took huge punishment in that fight. Frazier put Ali down twice with huge left hooks. In fact Ali was nothing like Floyd. Floyd was incredibly careful and defensive, which is an art in itself. Boxing is about hitting and not being hit. Unfortunately Ali got hit a huge amount.

three apponents , include thyroid vitamin trouble also, without thyroid vitamin side effect, he delivered his best again against trevor berbik who was also a great fighter, to know how good was trevor berbick, check his boxing record and watch fight b/w holmes and trevor

Three: Himself.

And old age 🤕

No he was facing three opponents homes Parkinson's an fathe time. But you no what all three could not put him on the canvas that night what a man he was he must be the GOAT to be able to stand on his fret after taking all those punches from homes for ten rounds

you can add to it his stupid ego so thats 3 on 1

I couldn't agree more, allowing him in the ring in his condition was criminal.

Much damage done to him- from 1977. In the Fraizer 3 fights, The fight a gaints Spinks- 1978-That was to much in my opinion.

should have quit after beating foremen in 74 . I thought his speech started to slow after after the thilla in manila in 75

Ye I think ur right. To many fights. U can see that there where changes after the fight in Manila. But surly the fight againts Spinks...And Holmes - Ali should not have fought this 2 fights.

You are absuletly right they should stop him cause you can see he already been affected by Parkinson. He wanted the fight cause he loves boxing not for money.

Ali wanted this fight. Larry absolutely did not want it. He was in a no win situation. Eventually $ makes it happen but Ali and his ego is to blame.

Rob Smith Absolutely, it's easy to see that the disease was already taking its toll, even over 30 years ago.

***** A lot of people have some amount of an ego too. Most sane human beings do. MrAitraining hit the nail on the head.

Rob Smith Man, don't you hate on Larry Holmes. Dude never asked for any of this. Sad situation all around.

+Rob Smith Ali v Holmes, consider, it was a good fight, both boxers had a tonne of respect for each other, Holmes cried after the fight because he knew Ali was not in a state to fight anymore, Ali knew he wouldn't of won, Holmes didn't want to win. Also, not sure if you know but Tyson was about 14 at the time of this fight and promised Ali he would beat Holmes in Ali's honour, years later Tyson v Holmes, Ali says to Tyson, "remember what you promised?". Tyson won on the 4th round. Going slightly off topic but it is good watching all the old videos of Ali in his younger days, the more of his fights I watch in order, the more sad I get because parkinsons started to take it's toll, and Ali wasn't fighting the way he was known on his last bunch of fights...end of his great career but the legend will always live on through out human history

As he said in this interview, he had a BAD dose of Thyroid medication, etc, so, EVEN with his obvious Parkinsons, he STILL could have made the Holmes fight VERY interesting if it wasn't for the faulty medication/vitamins dosage given to him before the fight, AMAZINGLY with the Parkinsons getting worse for the Berbick fight, he wasn't in as good of shape, but wasn't suffering from a BAD medication/vitamin dosage and made it...THAT CLOSE!!!!!!! Ali AMAZINGLY stood in there for 10 rounds with Holmes in the condition he was in, ANY other person would have been killed, but Muhammad is just, SIMPLY AMAZING, and without medication problems, but Parkinson's getting worse, and not as good of shape, but still decent, he REALLY gave Berbick some scares, if ONLY he had just A LITTLE bit extra in the tank...BUT without any medication problems, he COULD have SHOCKED THE WORLD, beating Holmes with Parkinson's, how INCREDIBLE would that have been, I'm just proud of how he survived and competed in the shape he was in!!!!!

Amin.

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LIAM64 yeah, he was still fighting when his reflexs were slowing down and he was aging. unbelievable to think had he been a healthy man how long he could have went for. there was talk in the late 70s as something being wrong with him. he says he went to the mayo clinic but they gave him a clean bill. he should have retired after the fight in Manilla.

It was a crime...

Pacman next to muhammad ali

@@superkarage5428 The closest Pacquiao will get to Ali is Ali signing an autograph for him

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He's got ALL of his faculties, charm, sense of humor, confidence...CHARISMA!!!!!!!!

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his eyes and his speech

Hey man i was just thinking the same.. you can se it clearly.. ali the best!!

Archie Moore.

Tyson!

Floyd Mayweather Jr. Once upon a time it was Mike Tyson then he and Roy Jones Jr....and once upon a time before that it was Ali

@@truthmanifestingtruth aye you’re forgetting other great fighters like Pernell Whitaker who actually taught Floyd how to defend

holmes didnt want to fight ali apparently but i think ali was too stubborn to quit or it was the boxing commitee trying to milk all the money out of alis fights.

I was happy Holmes won because Ali was still the Ring and Lineal Champion. Ring Magazine and the boxing powers did not recognize Holmes as THE TRUE CHAMPION until after this fight. Holmes was no longer in Ali's shadow. Ali by passed Holmes for Spinks and Evangelista from 1976 to 1978.

I still cry watching that fight. Its hard to watch.

@@76WestSports And 6 years later Mike Tyson Beat the hell of him..

Little known, but Holmes cried too.

Should've quit after Zaire.

Andreas Sjöberg nah he had great fights after zaire

I really wish Ali had quit after Manila. He would’ve spared us those six Rocky movies.

@@DackupDoo 😂😂

@@DackupDoo You don't like white people?

That scene in the Olympics (1996 Olympics in Atlanta) with him holding the torch and shaking uncontrollably from Parkinsons -- puts a lump in my throat. It took guts to do that - showing the world his illness and his human frailties despite his reputation as history's greatest boxer.

Angelo, all his corner men, his family were against this fight but ali was very stubborn like a child..he was on a very heavy medication in this fight..ali was very stubborn that's the reason dr fredie left his corner after shavers fight.

+Rahul Jobanputra dr Fredi knew ali must quit, but ali did not listen to anyone

"ali was very stubborn like a child.."

yopacific Holmes was an asshole and a very envious man. Watch the fight carefully. From the first second, when the bell rang, he ran to Ali to hurt him and hit him the hardest he could and later said he beat the champion! BS! He had beaten a man who WAS the HW champ and then became a very sick human being. Holmes the envious will always remain in Ali's shadow!

cocotimbo not true at all Holmes could've ended the fight much sooner but decided not to so he dragged it out and took it easy on him to let the refs call it

He cried directly after this fight.

I think he would've been too in love with himself to coach personally. haha.

... a trash talking type of coach.... i would've called him the "roach coach".

@Jason Voorhees yes.. because we are sinning everyday.

I said the same thing a few weeks ago. I cant put my finger on it, but there is also a different look in the eyes. He did not have that look in 74. wouldn't that be fascinating if someway you could pinpoint it tp the exact punch. Im gonna say probably Frazier 3.

He was still the same man, the damn Parkinson's was just taking over his system, but Muhammad was still MUHAMMAD!!!!!

yes, I wanted to say that the illness started to affect him, of course he was still the same man inside till the end

It was disease, not sickness

+igor taranchenko It's good to see people like you that notice that, it's amazing how he did considering everything!!!!!!!!!!

ali needed the money i think

You are right and it hurt watching it.

Yup, to pay for his divorce.

Holmes should not have agreed to fight if he really cared about Ali, both were more concerned about making millions !

He was a racist.

I agree with you

It's fucking tragic and should never have been allowed to happen.