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To the eyes of many boxing fans Muhammad
Ali, the man known to many as "The Greatest"Â is infallible. His
word is gospel, his skill unquestionable, his losses have been
excused for various reasons and his out of the ring behaviour has
been forgotten about (and won't be covered in this article). Various
historical points have been re-written or papered over, though was
Ali really "The Greatest"Â?
Born Cassius Clay 1942, he
would make a name for himself after winning a Gold Olympic medal in
the 1960 Olympic games as a skilled and swift teenager. It wasn't
until Clay, as he was still known, fought Doug Jones that the first
controversy comes into the fighters career. Clay would take a
unanimous decision from the judges against the experienced Jones who
had taken the great Harold Johnson 15 rounds in a Light Heavyweight
title fight. Although Clay had won the fight on the official cards
the, unofficial scorers working ring side for the press had the fight
for Jones (of the 25 ringside polled 13 thought Jones had won, 10
went for Clay and 2 for a draw). Included in those scoring it for
Jones were the Associated Press and the Oakland Tribune. (Source
boxrec.com).
Continued
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Ali, not that great </a>
Ali, the man known to many as "The Greatest"Â is infallible. His
word is gospel, his skill unquestionable, his losses have been
excused for various reasons and his out of the ring behaviour has
been forgotten about (and won't be covered in this article). Various
historical points have been re-written or papered over, though was
Ali really "The Greatest"Â?
Born Cassius Clay 1942, he
would make a name for himself after winning a Gold Olympic medal in
the 1960 Olympic games as a skilled and swift teenager. It wasn't
until Clay, as he was still known, fought Doug Jones that the first
controversy comes into the fighters career. Clay would take a
unanimous decision from the judges against the experienced Jones who
had taken the great Harold Johnson 15 rounds in a Light Heavyweight
title fight. Although Clay had won the fight on the official cards
the, unofficial scorers working ring side for the press had the fight
for Jones (of the 25 ringside polled 13 thought Jones had won, 10
went for Clay and 2 for a draw). Included in those scoring it for
Jones were the Associated Press and the Oakland Tribune. (Source
boxrec.com).
Continued
<a href="http://hubpages.com/hub/Was-Muhammad-Ali-really-that-great" target="_blank">
Ali, not that great </a>