Indeed, quite a spectacle. It's one of the things that made Ali special, he completely dominated the game in his younger years with speed and nimbleness that ha

Indeed, quite a spectacle. It's one of the things that made Ali special, he completely dominated the game in his younger years with speed and nimbleness that had scarcely been seen before in the heavyweight division. Then he went to jail because he famously refused to fight in Vietnam ("No vietcong ever called me a ngr"), which was quite brave as if he had served he'd be loved by the vast majority in the US, continued to box, and never have to fight or risk his life, as he would be doing boxing exhibitions for soldier morale, campaigning etc. He refused purely out of (political) ideology. Anyway, all that aside, what I wanted to say is what made him special is that when he got out everyone considered him to be too slow. He changed, he wasn't fast any longer, and older. Yet he was able to still dominate the weight class with a completely different style, at the expense of his body. It's not often we see that. Most fighters who lose their speed never stand a chance to even lesser fighters. It's like Mayweather losing the shoulder roll and still dominating. And it surprised many at the time, it's hard to imagine but Ali, unlike the champions we think of today (like tonights fight) went into many of his later fights as an underdog, the fight against Foreman being the most famous. Foreman was considered an absolute beast, knocking out within 2 rounds (brutally) people like Norton and Frazier, amazing fighters who Ali himself had already lost to. Add to that an Ali way past his prime who had lost his greatest asset: his speed. That was remarkable. The Ali in your video against Williams was as great as the Ali against Foreman, but completely and totally different in style, strategy and capacity. It's one of those things that don't show up on the scorecards (of say a Mayweather, who never lost and has been a world champ for like 17 years in a row now, compared to Ali who retired with 5 losses), reasons for which most boxing experts don't even have Mayweather in their top 20, no joke, while ali regularly makes a top 5, even though Mayweather is an absolutely brilliant fighter, too. Thanks for the vid, good memories :)