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Jim Brown Wanted fight Ali???
- Thread starter Mudfoot
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Yes, that's 3100 degrees F. Nine yrs of hard work.
I think it could of been a tough one for Ali against Brown, for the Thriller in Manila was a tough bout for Ali against Smoking Joe. But with lots of training, you just never know.
against the man who was smooth as a butter fly and stung like a bee?
we'll never know, but my money would have been on Ali, Brown would have needed alot and I mean alot of training and where could he get the kind of experience that Ali already had in the ring.
*Don`t do it*
we'll never know, but my money would have been on Ali, Brown would have needed alot and I mean alot of training and where could he get the kind of experience that Ali already had in the ring.
*Don`t do it*
I thought Bob Arum summed it up quite well...
"So I went to talk to Ali," Arum recalls. "He says, 'Jim wants to do what? Bring him here.' So I took him to Hyde Park in London, where Ali used to run. Ali said, 'Jimmy, here's what we're going to do: You hit me as hard as you can.' So Brown starts swinging and swinging, and he can't hit him. He's swinging wildly and not even coming close. This goes on for, like, 30 seconds. Then Ali hits him with this quick one-two to his face. Jimmy just stops and says, 'OK, I get the point."
"So I went to talk to Ali," Arum recalls. "He says, 'Jim wants to do what? Bring him here.' So I took him to Hyde Park in London, where Ali used to run. Ali said, 'Jimmy, here's what we're going to do: You hit me as hard as you can.' So Brown starts swinging and swinging, and he can't hit him. He's swinging wildly and not even coming close. This goes on for, like, 30 seconds. Then Ali hits him with this quick one-two to his face. Jimmy just stops and says, 'OK, I get the point."