my original post in the other thread:


as a former boxer i may be biased but looking at a few considerations:

ali's fighting weight was usually in the high 2 hundred and teen pounds.
lee weighed close to 100 lbs less. ali had MUCH more power and would have been much harder for lee to inflict damage on or put down than ali would find it to hurt or put down lee.

lee was fast but for a big guy ali could really move too. we're not talking about some lumbering bruiser here we're talking about one of the fastest most agile boxers in their feet ever despite being a heavyweight

lee was nowhere near 6 foot whereas ali was well over 6 foot. lee would have no choice but to get in close which with a disadvantage like his reach to ali's would be both extremely difficult and once he was in there, he's in boxing territory especially for body shots and uppercuts. even if lee blocked body and head shots i'm sure ali would still hurt him extremely hard at the same time and again, uppercuts are extremely hard to see coming or to avoid at close quarters especially when you're fighting one of the greatest boxers in the world.

people saying lee would hit him so much ali would eventually just curl up and take it till he went down have obviously never seen him roll 7 rounds of goerge foreman's (a disgustingly hard hitter even by heavyweight standards) best hits right off of him only to KO him with one lightning quick flurry or go 12 rounds toe to toe with frazer with the both of them trading blows like a rocky fight.

plus the fact ali was a competition fighter, lee is known as a movie star. as much as he trained in martial arts, it's much easier to win when the guys are choreographed and paid to be knocked down especially when taking into account that predicting what throws your opponents going to throw is half the battle of any fight.

ali is used to that, lee is used to goiing: 1 punch 2 step to the side, 3 flip bad guy 2, 4 stamp on ribs, 5. spin and kick bad guy 1 etc.... aliis used to going: he drops his shoulder, i know what he's going to throw next, he drops his right arm everytime he throws that left jab , ill get in there next time etc...


i really don't think lee would stand a chance.