Ali tryed to quit against Sonny Liston because he said that he could not see if not for Angelo Dundee Ali ?

Q: would have quit . Do you think Ali would be considered the the greatest of all time ?

A: Oh sure, good point. Ali needed his corner in this one. Boxing is a dirty game at times, and having smeared some nasty stuff on his gloves, Liston was using his own corner to try and get an advantage over Ali. He was losing, and he knew it. So, if Ali used his corner to help him along, that is fair. After all, one of the main functions of the corner is encouragement. Dundee was great for that, and has always been committed to his fighter's success. Dundee washed off his eyes, and sent him back in their with the advice to keep going, and avoid getting hit. Ali weathered the storm, and came back with a vengeance. Was he the greatest? Well, there have been been lots of fine heavyweights, many with greater strength, knockout power, and even skills in some areas, than Ali. There have been many with better defense. Ali also had several things beyond every other heavyweight: he was as fast as a middleweight, he had the strongest chin of all heavyweights, and along with his psychological game, he simply refused to lose. For these reasons, I believe he would have been very hard for anyone to beat in the history of the sport. Joe Lewis would have outhit him. Marciano would have outworked him. Jack Dempsey would have been meaner. A prime Tyson would have been just as fast. Jack Johnston would have been his psychological equal. But even of all these greats, the question is whether any one could have actually beaten him. In the physical reality, all of these mentioned, in their primes, should have been able to either beat him, or come very close. What made Ali great was he refused to lose. The great hitter Foreman said he hit Ali with the hardest punch he had ever delivered to an opponent, and he knew Ali was hurt by it. Ali responded by saying "is that you got George? I thought they said you could hit?" That's what made him great.

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