Totally amazing. This showcased it all.

Plus the way every other fighter loved him and respected him. Norton, Foreman, many others considered Ali their best friend. Chuvalo, Lyle, Quarry, Shavers, Holmes, all of them speak about the impact Ali had on them as a boxer, person, friend, and human being.

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exactly . NO KO

I don't know how Bugner lasted that long, honestly. He looks out of his league here.

@@NuisanceMan Joe and Ali were friends he had lessons in late 60s how to box defence and use your jab from ali only thing Bugner lacked was agression a boxer died in amature against Bugner had he got a knock out punch but wouldnt use it watch bugner knock out Dunn in 1 round only time he was really mad.

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the boxe was nothing in 60 and 70 just sqtolen bugner beat easy ali its a match stolen and racist again marciano marciaéno beat him easy it was a joke

@@guillaumefrenkel6993 Are you serious?

@@guillaumefrenkel6993 did u even watched the fight

Haha worst era

The golden age of boxing was the days of Joe Lewis, Rocky Marciano and Jersey Joe Walcott not Ali's time 8n the ring.

He also could really dance .. best brit ever ... so underrated .

I remember something about him coming out of retirement in the 1990's, but honestly I cannot remember whether he won any of his return bouts. I think I only knew this about him, because he migrated to Australia to live.

Bugner and Norton are in a class of their own.

@@randallridnour8954 I believe when he returned in the 90s, he won the WBF and PABA heavyweight titles, and won his final match at nearly 50. Man had some serious skill even in his old age

Not in Ali's same class

I being in the minority did appreciate Bugner but the majority of others disliked him simply because he beat our 'enery and they never forgave him for that, Bugner knew that and I believe it was large part of why he emigrated to Oz as he was better appreciated there

Aussie Joe Bugner won the WBF heavy weight championship in 1998

VERY PERCEPTIVE AND well said. It used to sicken me with all the sh*t he had to put up with from the press and public, and that made me cheer him on more. At least it never SEEMED to affect him. Good luck, Joe.

This is great to watch. Such colorful characters, Ali of course, Cosell, & Sammy Davis Jr right there in the ring after the fight ! Lol.

He had a bit of Irish in him later on he cane yo county Clare to acknowledge his Irish telative s

@@jimmurray9032 That may account for the poet in him. 👍

And bricks of muscles and fat...

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ali was the most intelligent boxer in history. very ring savy

@@trinihammer - Dale you may be right. He’s up there for sure with the smartest. Plans to adjust to different styles. Thats why I dont rank Frazier as high as many others do. He pretty much had one plan.

@@timothyduzenski1386 i agree with you 100%

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I noticed how quick he changed his style

@@Corina_June_Cunningham Yeah, just think, those guys must have hit allot harder than Foreman, Liston, or Shavers?

@@whoneverknow9588 Frazier? It was a different era, where size wasn't a decider in fights. There were no giant HW's and those who tried, couldn't fight a lick.

@@blite13 ali> todos os boxeadorws de hoje em dia

@@Corina_June_Cunningham Ali was more graceful than any of those fighters you named. They couldn’t match Ali hand speed

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Former Cassius Clay changed his name to a false prophet who had black slaves and called them raisin heads! His parents named him after a White abolitionist who hated slavery! Someone should have educated him!

yeah you right ali said before the fight that he wasnt jiveing around tonight. thats black man talk for i am taking this serious.

Agreed...unfortunately, as you point out, Holmes didn't fight the "real" Ali.....he fought a man who had stayed too long, and sadly had the beginnings of his Parkinsons......I firmly believe THIS Ali could have taken him.. I really wish Ali had retired for good after the Foreman fight in '74....at that point, he had nothing further to prove, and (maybe) he would have avoided his illness. (Granted, he'd already taken plenty of shots....but...who knows)

@@Tull1996 agreed, especially after the 3rd Frazier fight in '75. I watched the '80 fight vs Holmes again recently and Ali actually tagged him with some rights, and rolled with punches pretty good a couple of times. The straight right was an Ali weapon for years and Holmes was vulnerable to right hands, I think if Ali really lets his hands go he would decision Holmes. I see Holmes in pursuit and getting tagged on the way in. Ali did look wobbly even before the first bell, honestly he looked drunk ha. Of course he was a shot fighter long before '80 but if he wasn't messed up on those pills or whatever I think Ali would've won a few rounds. If I remember right he almost won the 7th round I think, he was moving and jabbing to the body but I think Holmes landed some shots towards the end of the round. I don't think Ali threw anything the last two rounds. My respect for Holmes went way up seeing him obviously holding back on Ali the last two rounds. He saw Ali wasn't firing back and a sitting duck, but no need to humiliate him by going all out, but just coast to an easy decision win. Sad seeing Bundini trying to keep Dundee from stopping it, I think he still had faith in Ali that he could pull out a miracle, probably in denial about Ali being shot as a fighter.

Ain't nobody had chance against prime Ali in boxing

Just like sugar Ray Leonard they'll never be another Muhammad Ali

This was not his prime

he was a good solid pro. definitely better than henry cooper.

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What does that even mean? You write, "Not with intention to kill in the ring." Exactly how was Ali even capable of killing Bugner when he didn't have the Power. Ali hit Bugner with EVERYTHING he had and only managed to cut his eyebrow. Ali NEVER broke bones or knocked teeth out cause he was Low-Power!

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@@Corina_June_Cunningham lol

@@Corina_June_Cunningham you’ve been slandering Ali on every video showing the chanp’s performance. For fucks sake he was a heavyweight boxer. How could he stun a prime joe Frazier and knockout a prime George foreman? How could he stumble Earnie Shavers? How could he knock down the brave Oscar Bonavena? How could he TKO the rough Jerry Quarry? Your claims are silly. Yes he didn’t have the power of a Tyson but he has the fastest hand speed to compensate and in fact alis power is underrated

@@johnnysmithington3749 His fast hands with absolutely no defense left him in LA LA LAND

Aussie Joe won the WBF heavyweight championship in 1998 at the age of 48 against James "Bonecrusher" Smith. He was loved by all Australians.

​@kenchristie9214 He won the Australian heavyweight championship also, I heard, back in the day.

it's what happens when you get older and have been in many wars in the ring. One loses the desire to train, it happens to them all. Ali got a lot of favorable decisions in his later years because he made the money for everyone. If they would have made Ali lose, when he actually lost, maybe he wouldn't have fought all those fights late in his career when he was showing the signs of disease already. But, they kept pushing him out there, it's a very cruel business.

@@blite13 I don't think anyone was making Ali doing anything against his own will, I think he wanted to keep the glory and all the big paydays

@@youtoo2233 By that time, Ali wasn't thinking straight and he needed someone who CARED to make it stop. Angelo sure looks bad now, taking the money that destroyed Ali. Dr Ferdie told Ali to quit after Frazier 3. They told Ferdie to shut up and go away. Ali had to keep the money coming in because his 'management team NOI, had ran him dry. They used Ali up and he was destroyed when it was all said and done. Boxing is a horrible business, just ask Don King.

@@blite13 yeah after the Shavers fight in '77 Dr. Pacheco left. Ali definitely should've stayed retired after the second Spinks fight in '78, Ali had no business being in the ring those last two fights in '80 and '81. Glad at least Ali threw punches on a regular basis in the Berbick fight. Berbick showed no skills but Ali was not even a shell of his younger self. In the Holmes fight Ali looked drunk before the fight even started, kind of crazy eyes too, the thyroid meds made the shop worn Ali even worse.

@@youtoo2233 There is film of Ali at his cabin where he used to train, getting ready for the Holmes fight. Ali's speech was not good then and he looked terrible in sparring. But they wanted the money.....for the love of money is the root of all evil.

I've never heard Ali say that.

He said it on Facebook lol

@@simonodell2103 On Facebook...? Even if Ali did say it, he probably didn't mean it. Ali would trash talk tough opponents and would build up lesser fighters. He did the same with Richard Dunn. After knocking him down five times in as many rounds, Ali said Dunn had been a real contender...

@@ppuh6tfrz646 it's called humour !

@@simonodell2103 Humour is supposed to be funny, mate.

Not just the greatest heavyweight, but the greatest fighter of all time.

@@benjierodriguez6518 i think sugar ray robinson runs him close for greatest fighter of all time. however i think you are right ali edges it.

@@trinihammer You're absolutely right. Sugar Ray Robinson is right there with Ali. It's real close.

@@benjierodriguez6518 yeah, i think ali wins it by a nose.

@@trinihammer Yes, but we have to take into account the amount of fights that Robinson fought within a given time. . He turned professional in 1940 at the age of 19 and by 1951 had a professional record of 128-1-2 with 84 knockouts. From 1943 to 1951 Robinson went on a 91-fight unbeaten streak, the third-longest in professional boxing history. Robinson held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951, and won the world middleweight title in the latter year. He was fighting 12 times a year, that's insane where a fighter today averages about 3 fights a year. If we just go by the stats Robinson is the greatest, some historians have him as the greatest. However, this is quantity vs quality. It's always a hard debate. Ali has been the greatest I've seen in my lifetime. "Poetry in motion" is my best description of him. He was just so unique in his boxing, his defense, tough chin, perfect body, mental toughness and game. He had the most impact in boxing. He was an amazing fighter. It's a close one.

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yes he rarely threw body punch, I noticed that too.

He used to throw jabs to the body to set up the right hand and left hooks

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Two fights with Ali.

You mean the distance. His fight with Frazier was 12 rounds.

@@kramujo7087 his mother named him cassius clay, so that's who he is.

@@debbiehenson1096 Hilariously stupid comment. So do you go around calling Audrey Hepburn “Edda” or do you refer to Kirk Douglas as “Issur”? Do you call Elton John “Reginald”? Don’t you see how silly that is? When people change their name they are referred to and known by their new name, obviously.

you got it back to front its FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY STING LIKE A BEE, THE GREAT SMELL OF BRUT AND THE PUNCH OF ALI.

yeah i agree bugner was a very good boxer but unfortunately for him ali was on another level.

@@trinihammer JOE did much better going forward .

@@ronmailloux8655 yeah you are right, lets take nothing away from bugner, he went the distance twice with ali that was no mean feat. if i remember correctly i am quite sure ali talked quite highly of bugner. knowing how anti white ali could be that is saying something. incidently i saw bugner give an interview he looks pretty good has all his mental faculties about him and lives in austrailia now.

@@trinihammer Very true. Bugner was double tough and that mop of hair made every punch look worse. But he had size but lost the killer instinct after almost killing another fighter in London . This effected him in a way hard to calculate unless you re a prize fighter. Could he have beaten Ali no but he clearly lost something along the way.

@@ronmailloux8655 i dont think he could have beaten ali. but i think bugner could have beaten both tyson fury and anthony josua without a doubt. bugner's only fault is he became a boxer at the wrong time. if bugner was boxing now he would easily be heavyweight champion of the world now. however when bugner was boxing to beat the likes of ali,frazier,foreman,norton and holmes was a big ask.

That's true

Petecernan, Good question ! I don't know about that, but he probably was the only boxer to lose on points to both Joe Frazier and his son Marvis.

bugner was a fan of ali. even today doesnt have a bad word to say about ali. he lives in austrailia now.