a young kid dynamite would’ve had trouble with the movement a little bit but he’s more than capable of knocking out a prime Ali who can’t keep his right hand up to save his life
They did not reconcile, and that was because Joe Frazier carried his anger and resentment of Ali to his grave. Frazier could never forgive Ali for all of the incredibly cruel insults and taunts that he directed at Frazier when the two fighters were rivals. Ali called him “Uncle Tom”, “big ugly gorilla” and a number of other things. What Ali never seemed to realize was how deeply Frazier was wounded by the insults. For Ali, it was just part of the game. And the resentment that Joe held stemmed from the fact that Ali was worshipped by millions of people around the world. Meanwhile, Joe Frazier never got the respect that he felt he deserved and he did have a legitimate beef. Case in point: his adopted city of Philadelphia commissioned a statue of a fake heavyweight champion from a movie while ignoring the existence of the real life champion they had in Joe Frazier. And something that Frazier said in response to a reporter's question reveals just how bitter he remained some 20 years after he and Ali fought for the third and final time. Ali was chosen to light the Olympic flame for the 1996 Summer Games held in Atlanta and Frazier was asked how he felt about his old rival receiving the honor. Without a moments hesitation, he spat out the following reply: “I hope he falls in”.
@@robertcuratolo5339y’all have an excuse for every one of Ali’s opponents, you hate Ali that much? I don’t hear any of you complain about the arthritis Ali had in both hand from the age of 18…
One of Ali's strengths which made him unique among boxers was his ability to fight very effectively while moving backwards. It takes incredible coordination and not many fighters can do it.
How Ali maintained his good looks is beyond me. He fought everyone. In the end, in his final photograph, you could still see his grace and humanity in his eyes. What a man.
With his habit of standing over a fallen opponent and raising his arms, he failed to display any true grace. He didn't do it in every victory but he did it often enough.
@@57highland Don't confuse what he did in the ring and before, during and after boxing matches as being his personality. That was all about show business, selling tickets and TV rights. I remember him standing up for what he believed in and his biggest fight against the draft. "My conscience won’t let me go shoot my brother, or some darker people, or some poor hungry people in the mud for big powerful America, and shoot them for what? They never called me nigger, they never lynched me, they didn’t put no dogs on me, they didn’t rob me of my nationality, rape and kill my mother and father. … Shoot them for what? How can I shoot them poor people? Just take me to jail.” And that cost him his livelihood and his titles. That's grace and humanity.
I agree…there’s only one “Sugar Ray”…Robinson that is. Ali was peaking. He dropped Williams with that same punch (phantom punch) he dropped Liston with.
It's all been said a million times before .. totally amazing ,unique and a joy to watch . incredible how much he was moving backwards and it total control . mesmerising. He was special.and transcended boxing .
The greatest of all time, Ali at his absolute peak prime. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, their hands can't hit what their eyes can't see....
People go on about todays heavyweights fury boxed 6 times since 2018 wyte chisora wilder wallin schwarz forgot other bum fury 30 to 35 ali from.72 to 77 30 to 35 boxed 22 times defended title 10 times in 3 yrs boxed norton frazier foreman lyle shavers in that time bums today
Ali peak prime that we saw. Ali really would have hit his peak some where between 67 and the early 70s. We were robbed of that. He would have been gaining more experience and still been so youthful. He would have destroyed any heavyweight of any era. Joe Frazier was a great fighter but if Ali and Frazier had met when they were really supposed to. Frazier wouldn't have had a chance against him. Ali's reflexes were elite human capability.
100 percent correct i met brian london 15 yrs hearns duran sportsman dinner he told me ali unbelieveable is hand speed could not see punches coming he told me he got a great purse thru ali made is life 1966 the fight
That might be the greatest performance by a heavyweight of all time. Ali hit, but did not get hit. You can't pitch a shut-out in boxing, but in this fight, Ali did just that. What an athlete!
Brings back great memories of watching these fights as a teenager with my dad who was a huge boxing fan. He always said that Ali was, and would always be known as "the Greatest" and he was right.
I didn't know Cleveland, but Ali made him look so average in this bout. I'm taking nothing from Cleveland but just another testament of Ali's greatness.
@@awesomefaith9965 it was clear that Williams would rather have been anywhere else but in that ring that night. Can't say I blame him either - this is the best version of Ali we got to see, but he was still improving and had yet more to give, but was robbed of his best years by the powers that be. He was never the same boxer upon his return to the ring after his enforced 3 1/2 year layoff.
Even though Cleveland Williams was past his prime in this fight the Heavyweight division had never seen a fighter of Ali's size, speed, movement and punching ability. To think Ali was only 24 years old in this fight.
Your forgetting Cleveland was injured from a gunshot and lost alot of his muscle,speed,stamina,agility he had nerve damage , lost some his kidney and lost some of his intestine the the bullet was still in him theres a few other stuff I dont remember that happend but ppl need to know the truth.
An interviewer once asked George Forman to name 3 of the hardest punchers he ever encountered in his fights. George said: Ron Lyle, Gerry Cooney and Cleveland Williams.
This Ali was almost unbeatable…superhumanly fast, elusive, powerful, instinctive. This Ali would be too much for peak Tyson. Ali is truly the greatest heavyweight talent ever.
I don't know now lol You have to think that's a different style all together that's like this fight with the pugilist style being time to move over just think Who was it that they got to whip Holmes because of the respect Holmes didn't give lol I honestly believe Tyson would have held a lot more records than he did if not for the death of Cus and the arrival of the vultures like Don King that man has no business in the boxing world he is the Christopher Columbus of boxing and if you think about what I mean by that you will get it by the way I'm Red Stick People and Cherokee 😂
@@tripleffarms2872 tyson struggled with mediocre boxers with ali style, tyson never touched holmes until the knockout either, and holmes could barley dance, ali would take prime tyson out of there by round 10
@@GrubKiller436 Tyson struggled against Tyrell, he used Ali style but Tyrell was mediocre compared to Ali and only time he touched him was when Tyrell got tired and Ali never tired, Ali always destroyed a peek a boo master, flyod Patterson. Tyson even struggled against an old holmes until holmes got caught
@@Razah. This is false because Mike Tyson won every round against Tyrell Biggs. The same can be said for Larry Holmes, which you say "got caught." Yet he got knocked down, not once, but three times.
It would be amazing to see this Ali vs Frazier instead of 1971 or vs Foreman instead of 1974. It is really sad Ali lost 3 fucking year for nothing in his prime ...
no boxer in history could have beaten Ali that night ...he was devastating ...his combination punches and beautiful footwork was truly a boxing lesson for all
Ali i like how he dances around,,he is havn fun out there. HE IS TRULY THE REAL DEAL,,THE DANCIN N PRANCIN DADA,,ONE LOVE CASSIUS,,,ONE LOVE MUHAMMAD,,,ONE LOVE ALI,,,,LOVE JOSHUA HENRI❤
Ali and Robinson were I think the only fighters I've seen who could knock a guy down while moving backwards. And given that Ali was known as a lighter puncher for his weight than the prime Robinson, I believe that prime Ali's movement and timing were the best ever in any weight class. In this fight, he seems to levitate - making hitting him literally like trying to connect with a puff of smoke.
And that is what Jaguaresque feline ferocity looks like inside a boxing ring , grace and elegance mixed with incomparable aggression . What a sight to behold .
Ok soo this was incredible, not because of this fight (because I’ve seen it a billion times), but mainly because on a couple occasions there were a couple angles of this fight that were shown that I never even know existed!!
@@FatherofMan25 the differences I noticed were that, for the 2nd knockdown of Round 2, the camera wasn’t zoomed in close like I’m normally used to see; it was from the same distance and angle as knockdowns #1 & 3. And then also in round 3 when he wobbled Williams in the 3rd, it once again wasn’t zoomed in.
That night Ali delivered the best rounds of any heavyweight ever in history.He basically did not take any punch from Cleveland Williams. Apart from the knockdowns he caught Cleveland several times off- balance. This was Ali at his absolute best ever. What an injustice that not long after this fight his career was put on hold robbing Ali and the world of his best years.
Stopped Liston twice. KO’d Foreman and got the better of Frazier over 3 fights……..all outside of his peak years. No HW has anything close to his record.
Several of Cleveland Williams' opponents stated that he had a very strong punch. Muhammad Ali was typically in no rush to finish his fights. With Cleveland Williams it was different. He must have experienced Williams' strength and decided to end the fight early.
People comparing Ali to Tyson I think is unfair. Generational talent is just that. Best of your generation. However due to his longevity and the great era of fighters that Ali faced Foreman, Frazier etc I think it’s fair to call him the Greatest of all time.
When watching this you realise you are watching greatness. This was Ali at his sublime best a masterclass of pugilism. Unfortunately, we missed his peak years 1967-1970 and when he returned to the ring some three and a half years later he had lost a little of that mobility that he showed in this fight. Not only the greatest heavyweight performance of all time but perhaps the greatest performance by any man in a boxing ring - a master of the craft of boxing.
@@Olds_Pwr Damn dude Rocky wouldn't have stood a chance. It was a different sport back then. It was just 2 guys trading blows until one guy went down. You watch any of Rock's fights and he spends most of the bout with his head resting on the other guys shoulder taking five seconds to dial up that hammer punch of his. Look at this fight? Ali spends 90% of it four feet away from Williams stepping in when he feels like it. Marciano would get dominated under this style of fighting especially given he was 5'10 with 68 inch reach and Ali is 6'3 with a 78 inch reach. It would be a bloodbath. Marciano would struggle to even land a glove on Ali.
Ali in 66 67 no heavyweight beat him any era wrong what they did taking is titles at 25 coming into is prime frazier norton foreman no chance v ali in 66 67 ali win nearly every rd
One ting about Ali - his punches were really accurate, even at a distance. I guess his power punches were fast enough to close the distance before his opponents could move out of the way.
@@trinihammer it is a form of fighting boxers are fighters kick-boxers are fighters, soldiers are fighters, swordsmen are fighters it’s all fighting in different forms.
@@paulneville8172 i agree with you 100%. narrowing down a bit no boxer could have beaten ali that particular night. it was boxing at its most perfection.
I was always very amused/impressed by the way Ali didn't bother to put his hands up to defend himself, but instead, just moved his head out of the way of punches. Those fists would go whistling past his head.
On this particular night, no boxer past or present was beating Ali. I'm not saying he'd knock out everyone but he most certainly would not have lost. Displays of godlike perfections such as this fight make the sweet science unmatched. Rest in peace King.
@@sidharthk2793I think this fight took place before his 3 years suspension... against Jones he was still on his learning curve while against Frazier (1st fight) he was definitely ring-rust
@@unknowpeople1614 Are you sure. his next fight was title shot against Liston. How can you claim such bizzare things? Nobody is a novice when he is the number 1 contender.
Liston in his prime beats this Ali. People forget but look at how Sonny Liston dismembered cleveland williams when williams was in his prime. Ali is the second best heavyweight of all time
The best Ali ever looked. Slippery, lightning quick, powerful, able to throw power shots from angles totally unexpected and even while going backward. I don’t know what HW ever has a chance against this version of Ali. Frazier? I don’t think he’d have the same success here. Norton? Lewis? Getting chinned. Louis? Doubtful, too plodding in terms of foot movement to deal with this Ali. Tyson? Just don’t see him being able to land what he needs to. Foreman? Lol, he couldn’t even beat a worse version of Ali. Holmes? Not happening, Holmes never looked as good as this. Holyfield? I mean, he won’t get knocked out, but he’ll lose big on the cards. Liston? This version of Ali already beat him twice.
Una magistral clase de boxeo del rey de la maxima categoria , sublime, extraordinario ,una de sus mejores victorias ,sino ,la mejor , fue perfeccion en todos sus movimientos.
Cleveland Williams was 9 years older and couldn't train properly the entire year because he was in a hospital after a .357 magnum bullet hit him point blank in the stomach then lodged in his right hip. Williams had to undergo four operations in the next seven months. Williams right kidney had to be removed in June 1965. Doctors could not extract the bullet, which had broken his right hip joint and caused partial paralysis of some of the hip's muscles, he also lost over 10 feet of his small intestine, and sustained nerve damage which affected his left leg above the knee and caused it to atrophy as a result. Williams hung on and survived, his weight went down to 150 lbs during his recovery stage. A shadow of himself, 10 feet of intestines and one kidney removed, limping with nerve and hip damages, he was a physical and mental wreck but needed the money. The Texans in the boxing business knew Williams had virtually no chance against Ali. But it was Williams one-shot at the title, so he took it. It was a vomit inducing display of point and shoot for Ali, probably the low point in his heavyweight run. Image if Ali had been gut-shot with .357 magnum and almost died 4 times on the operating table, and was fighting a year or so later. Ignoring any and all facts his fans stand firm in their beliefs that Ali was magical the night he fought Cleveland, striking him like ⚒️-THOR-⚒️ and moving around with the speed of ⚡-FLASH-⚡Some eyewitnesses even swore it looked as if Ali was floating on 🌊-WATER-🌊. He was faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, Ali was Super-🦇-Man.
Liston kod prime williams look what ali did too liston ali speed hands feet before exile never be matched no heavyweight beats ali 66 67 only exile stopped him making many more defences
@@thebaddestmanontheplanet1871 little Leon Spinks humiliated-im. little Joe Frazier knocked-im into la la land. little Kenny Norton snapped-is jaw. Larry Holmes smashed-im lik-a 🍇 grape. Actually Norton beat him all 3 times and Ali eventually admitted it. Shavers actually beat him also!!!
@@Maria.Isabella.Sanchez Did Spinks win the rematch? Did the fight of the century with Joe Frazier take place within months of Ali's return? Did Frazier give him the rematch? Did Ali fight Norton the entire fight with a broken jaw? Was Ali fighting Holmes with Parkinson's already ravaging his nervous system?
Cleveland Williams 69-6-2 10 years older than Ali! Williams was shot by police 2 years prior with a 357 magnum ( bullet stillin his body) couldnt train because he was hospitalized with kidney; and nerve damage his intestines and 1kidney removed only a shell of himself took the fight because he needed the pay he only weighted 212 when is normal weight is at 232 lbs
@@joetrieAli lost the best three years of his career as you know, look at Usyk similar height and weight, and he is very good, but he ain't beating Ali as long as he's got a hole in his arse, same goes for Fury and Joshua. At that time the greatest then/ before and since. Imo.
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This was Ali at his imperious best ..No boxer in history could have dealt with him at this point ...
Agreed
I forgot how fast he was, absolute masterpiece of boxing.
a young kid dynamite would’ve had trouble with the movement a little bit but he’s more than capable of knocking out a prime Ali who can’t keep his right hand up to save his life
@@hal2k19 Tyson hits about 5 times harder than Frazier don’t act like you don’t know
@@hal2k19 Tyson has better footwork, defense, and Ring IQ than both and i can keep going fr
Ali, the man that gave to box the art, the voice, and the face. We miss you, champ.
Uyy
Absolutely CORRECT and true.
They did not reconcile, and that was because Joe Frazier carried his anger and resentment of Ali to his grave. Frazier could never forgive Ali for all of the incredibly cruel insults and taunts that he directed at Frazier when the two fighters were rivals. Ali called him “Uncle Tom”, “big ugly gorilla” and a number of other things. What Ali never seemed to realize was how deeply Frazier was wounded by the insults. For Ali, it was just part of the game.
And the resentment that Joe held stemmed from the fact that Ali was worshipped by millions of people around the world. Meanwhile, Joe Frazier never got the respect that he felt he deserved and he did have a legitimate beef. Case in point: his adopted city of Philadelphia commissioned a statue of a fake heavyweight champion from a movie while ignoring the existence of the real life champion they had in Joe Frazier.
And something that Frazier said in response to a reporter's question reveals just how bitter he remained some 20 years after he and Ali fought for the third and final time. Ali was chosen to light the Olympic flame for the 1996 Summer Games held in Atlanta and Frazier was asked how he felt about his old rival receiving the honor. Without a moments hesitation, he spat out the following reply: “I hope he falls in”.
😟 Let's say something nice about Williams who was shot by the police couple years before this fight. Many operations and suffering he came back.
@@robertcuratolo5339y’all have an excuse for every one of Ali’s opponents, you hate Ali that much? I don’t hear any of you complain about the arthritis Ali had in both hand from the age of 18…
One of Ali's strengths which made him unique among boxers was his ability to fight very effectively while moving backwards. It takes incredible coordination and not many fighters can do it.
❤exactly
How Ali maintained his good looks is beyond me. He fought everyone. In the end, in his final photograph, you could still see his grace and humanity in his eyes. What a man.
Barely a scratch on is face
With his habit of standing over a fallen opponent and raising his arms, he failed to display any true grace. He didn't do it in every victory but he did it often enough.
@@57highland Don't confuse what he did in the ring and before, during and after boxing matches as being his personality. That was all about show business, selling tickets and TV rights. I remember him standing up for what he believed in and his biggest fight against the draft.
"My conscience won’t let me go shoot my brother, or some darker people, or some poor hungry people in the mud for big powerful America, and shoot them for what? They never called me nigger, they never lynched me, they didn’t put no dogs on me, they didn’t rob me of my nationality, rape and kill my mother and father. … Shoot them for what? How can I shoot them poor people? Just take me to jail.”
And that cost him his livelihood and his titles.
That's grace and humanity.
@@57highland
Don't forvet WİNNERS ARE GRİNNERS !!
One handsome man!!
Untouchable at his peak. Evokes memories of the original Sugar Ray.
We never got to see him at his peak.
@@dontbetonit813 Saw glimmers of it. Have to be thankful for that.
I agree…there’s only one “Sugar Ray”…Robinson that is.
Ali was peaking. He dropped Williams with that same punch (phantom punch) he dropped Liston with.
It's all been said a million times before .. totally amazing ,unique and a joy to watch . incredible how much he was moving backwards and it total control . mesmerising. He was special.and transcended boxing .
the first knockdown punch while he was backpeddling, just amazing
The greatest of all time, Ali at his absolute peak prime. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, their hands can't hit what their eyes can't see....
i had never seen a display of skills like this before or since,and against a pretty great fighter
People go on about todays heavyweights fury boxed 6 times since 2018 wyte chisora wilder wallin schwarz forgot other bum fury 30 to 35 ali from.72 to 77 30 to 35 boxed 22 times defended title 10 times in 3 yrs boxed norton frazier foreman lyle shavers in that time bums today
Ali peak prime that we saw. Ali really would have hit his peak some where between 67 and the early 70s. We were robbed of that. He would have been gaining more experience and still been so youthful. He would have destroyed any heavyweight of any era. Joe Frazier was a great fighter but if Ali and Frazier had met when they were really supposed to. Frazier wouldn't have had a chance against him. Ali's reflexes were elite human capability.
100 percent correct i met brian london 15 yrs hearns duran sportsman dinner he told me ali unbelieveable is hand speed could not see punches coming he told me he got a great purse thru ali made is life 1966 the fight
@@peterhanson3391Was about to say the same thing. This was him going into his prime. We never saw what his real prime.
That might be the greatest performance by a heavyweight of all time. Ali hit, but did not get hit. You can't pitch a shut-out in boxing, but in this fight, Ali did just that. What an athlete!
Superb ali speed skill power also the ali shuffle
Ali the the best the greatest
Ali was great
That is the Ali I would have liked to see fight Tyson. Oh, what a match that would have been!
He did fight Tyson. In frayser😅"and Foreman. "you can't hit what you can't see!"@@guardsful
When Boxing is called The Sweet Science. The Best exhibition in history of boxing.
Exceptional...Skills, speed, movements, timing, etc. He was just too FAST to be a heavyweight boxer. 🐐
This is peak Ali and at his peak he beats everyone.
💯. Exactly what I was thinking
This was Ali at his best and Williams at his worst
Only fight I’ve ever watched more then a thousand times
This should be the standard of a fight
Standard? This is the absolute peak masterclass.
Brings back great memories of watching these fights as a teenager with my dad who was a huge boxing fan. He always said that Ali was, and would always be known as "the Greatest" and he was right.
That lead hand is coming from every angle,the feints .up and down,Rhe pivot off the check hook.The hook off the stab.This some elegant shit.
Cleveland William one of the greatest forgotten boxers ❤
Yes
Cleveland Williams, Zora Folley ...
❤
I didn't know Cleveland, but Ali made him look so average in this bout. I'm taking nothing from Cleveland but just another testament of Ali's greatness.
@@awesomefaith9965 it was clear that Williams would rather have been anywhere else but in that ring that night. Can't say I blame him either - this is the best version of Ali we got to see, but he was still improving and had yet more to give, but was robbed of his best years by the powers that be. He was never the same boxer upon his return to the ring after his enforced 3 1/2 year layoff.
very fast and sharp. His footwork is out of this world
Ali makes boxing beautiful !!❤❤
That man was just a gift !!
Is like dancing 💃🏾 ballet 🩰 boxing game with Ali no one will be able to dance like him ….
Even though Cleveland Williams was past his prime in this fight the Heavyweight division had never seen a fighter of Ali's size, speed, movement and punching ability. To think Ali was only 24 years old in this fight.
the fact that Williams was shot with a 357 missing intestine s and a kidney makes this just a sad story
@@joetrie Yes but he had been winning all the same- 4 fights in 66, and then ko'd his next 3 opponents after this in the 1st round
Your forgetting Cleveland was injured from a gunshot and lost alot of his muscle,speed,stamina,agility he had nerve damage , lost some his kidney and lost some of his intestine the the bullet was still in him theres a few other stuff I dont remember that happend but ppl need to know the truth.
@@AXL664 he only weighted 212 when his normal weight is at 232 lbs
@@joetrie Again he lost alot of body weightt
An interviewer once asked George Forman to name 3 of the hardest punchers he ever encountered in his fights. George said: Ron Lyle, Gerry Cooney and Cleveland Williams.
Prime Ali, from age 27 to 30 when he was stripped of his title. Can you imagine how good he would have been in those prime years. What a fighter.
This Ali was almost unbeatable…superhumanly fast, elusive, powerful, instinctive. This Ali would be too much for peak Tyson. Ali is truly the greatest heavyweight talent ever.
I don't know now lol You have to think that's a different style all together that's like this fight with the pugilist style being time to move over just think Who was it that they got to whip Holmes because of the respect Holmes didn't give lol I honestly believe Tyson would have held a lot more records than he did if not for the death of Cus and the arrival of the vultures like Don King that man has no business in the boxing world he is the Christopher Columbus of boxing and if you think about what I mean by that you will get it by the way I'm Red Stick People and Cherokee 😂
@@tripleffarms2872 tyson struggled with mediocre boxers with ali style, tyson never touched holmes until the knockout either, and holmes could barley dance, ali would take prime tyson out of there by round 10
@@Razah. Like who?
@@GrubKiller436 Tyson struggled against Tyrell, he used Ali style but Tyrell was mediocre compared to Ali and only time he touched him was when Tyrell got tired and Ali never tired, Ali always destroyed a peek a boo master, flyod Patterson. Tyson even struggled against an old holmes until holmes got caught
@@Razah. This is false because Mike Tyson won every round against Tyrell Biggs. The same can be said for Larry Holmes, which you say "got caught." Yet he got knocked down, not once, but three times.
As a kid I remember listening to this fight, on my transistor radio.
Ali's head movement was phenomenal.
Evidence of just how fast Ali was.
This is my favorite boxer the Goat also my Dad’s favorite too miss you Champ my hero.
Nobody in the history of boxing beats Ali that night 11/14/66.
100 percent correct speed power skill big solid muscle just so damn good beats any heavyweight any era nov 1966 ali
It would be amazing to see this Ali vs Frazier instead of 1971 or vs Foreman instead of 1974. It is really sad Ali lost 3 fucking year for nothing in his prime ...
This Ali would have moved a lot more, frustrating a charging Frazier who couldn’t reach him and hitting him from different angles.
Discusting, for nothing.
Mohammed Ali the greatest boxer of all time we miss you ali we really do.
Just watching michael parkinson paying tribute to ali when he died he said ali extraordinary human being
As violent as boxing is this superb display of boxing by Ali makes you forget how violent this sport is.
Exactly is becoming like dancing game dancing sport
He was the Elvis Presley of boxing no one better❤
I can't believe Ali finished this fight without receiving a punch.
no boxer in history could have beaten Ali that night ...he was devastating ...his combination punches and beautiful footwork was truly a boxing lesson for all
He was absolutely destroying his face. It's almost completely painful to watch.
Ali looks like a teenager in the face but when he's fighting in the boxing ring he looks like a grown man point blank period
The footwork of Ali OMG😢😢
Nobody, and I mean nobody could have beaten Ali that night...NOBODY.
Yeah, especially since Ali was already fighting someone else.
All from the first world champion till the current world champion.
Ali i like how he dances around,,he is havn fun out there. HE IS TRULY THE REAL DEAL,,THE DANCIN N PRANCIN DADA,,ONE LOVE CASSIUS,,,ONE LOVE MUHAMMAD,,,ONE LOVE ALI,,,,LOVE JOSHUA HENRI❤
Ali and Robinson were I think the only fighters I've seen who could knock a guy down while moving backwards. And given that Ali was known as a lighter puncher for his weight than the prime Robinson, I believe that prime Ali's movement and timing were the best ever in any weight class. In this fight, he seems to levitate - making hitting him literally like trying to connect with a puff of smoke.
And that is what Jaguaresque feline ferocity looks like inside a boxing ring , grace and elegance mixed with incomparable aggression . What a sight to behold .
I've seen this fight many times but this video's is crystal clear.❤
No one else can be like Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali will remain the all time Hero!!
Ali easily destroyed the best fighters of his time; what an amazing champion he was !!!
The dancing is what blows my mind,you will never see a heavyweight dance like that again!!!
Muhammad Ali prime👊
Ok soo this was incredible, not because of this fight (because I’ve seen it a billion times), but mainly because on a couple occasions there were a couple angles of this fight that were shown that I never even know existed!!
I confirm. Thanks I think you know really this fight.
Do you know if there are alternate camera angles of other Ali fights? I always wanted, for example, to see Ali - Frazier 3 from another angle…
@@FatherofMan25 the differences I noticed were that, for the 2nd knockdown of Round 2, the camera wasn’t zoomed in close like I’m normally used to see; it was from the same distance and angle as knockdowns #1 & 3. And then also in round 3 when he wobbled Williams in the 3rd, it once again wasn’t zoomed in.
@@corytclarkexactly
That night Ali delivered the best rounds of any heavyweight ever in history.He basically did not take any punch from Cleveland Williams. Apart from the knockdowns he caught Cleveland several times off- balance.
This was Ali at his absolute best ever.
What an injustice that not long after this fight his career was put on hold robbing Ali and the world of his best years.
List the top opponents Ali beat against any other heavyweight. He beat more top quality opponents than anyone else in the division.
Stopped Liston twice. KO’d Foreman and got the better of Frazier over 3 fights……..all outside of his peak years. No HW has anything close to his record.
The best boxing entertaint ever showed
Extraordinario maravilloso el más grande ALI
The combination that starts around 4:25 is a thing of absolute beauty.
Una delle migliori prestazioni di ALI'🥊🥊
Ali on this particular night was the best heavyweight ever and no1 from any era would of beat him
Quelle classe,quelle élégance,juste magnifique!
People who say Ali never went to the body need to watch this.
Ali was a very intelligent BOXER
That's champion boxing....masterclass!
Several of Cleveland Williams' opponents stated that he had a very strong punch. Muhammad Ali was typically in no rush to finish his fights. With Cleveland Williams it was different. He must have experienced Williams' strength and decided to end the fight early.
The greatest. Ever.
❤ Pure, magical talent
People comparing Ali to Tyson I think is unfair. Generational talent is just that. Best of your generation. However due to his longevity and the great era of fighters that Ali faced Foreman, Frazier etc I think it’s fair to call him the Greatest of all time.
There's two words that Ali is known world wide as The Greatest
The greatest boxing performance of all time.
When watching this you realise you are watching greatness. This was Ali at his sublime best a masterclass of pugilism. Unfortunately, we missed his peak years 1967-1970 and when he returned to the ring some three and a half years later he had lost a little of that mobility that he showed in this fight. Not only the greatest heavyweight performance of all time but perhaps the greatest performance by any man in a boxing ring - a master of the craft of boxing.
This is a peak moment. This is the best Version of a heavyweight boxer of all times... No one can beat this Muhammad Ali
A great boxer of all time ali, the greatest,
Ali’s most masterful fight.
No one in the past or in my (long) life could defeat this Ali.
Never be another
Rocky Marciano.
@@Olds_Pwr Damn dude Rocky wouldn't have stood a chance. It was a different sport back then. It was just 2 guys trading blows until one guy went down. You watch any of Rock's fights and he spends most of the bout with his head resting on the other guys shoulder taking five seconds to dial up that hammer punch of his. Look at this fight? Ali spends 90% of it four feet away from Williams stepping in when he feels like it. Marciano would get dominated under this style of fighting especially given he was 5'10 with 68 inch reach and Ali is 6'3 with a 78 inch reach. It would be a bloodbath. Marciano would struggle to even land a glove on Ali.
no one can beat ALI in his dancin feet mode 😂
agreed 100%
Ali in 66 67 no heavyweight beat him any era wrong what they did taking is titles at 25 coming into is prime frazier norton foreman no chance v ali in 66 67 ali win nearly every rd
Correct and I noticed 3 knock down he faced was when he was not dancing … Frazier Cooper and earlier one before his professional period. ..
Wow, how graceful and fluid Ali was when he was young! Cleveland was a hard puncher, but Ali danced around him successfully.
One ting about Ali - his punches were really accurate, even at a distance. I guess his power punches were fast enough to close the distance before his opponents could move out of the way.
This is the best Briliant prime artist Ali🎉
this is not fighting. this is how one does boxing. not fighting but boxing. there is a difference.
Boxing a form of fighting.
@@liamrigby3629 boxing is called pugilism
@@trinihammer it is a form of fighting boxers are fighters kick-boxers are fighters, soldiers are fighters, swordsmen are fighters it’s all fighting in different forms.
THE GREATEST EXHIBITION OF PROFESSIONAL BOXING I HAVE EVER SEEN.
No heavyweight any era beats ali nov 66 v williams prime ali
Ali before exile norton frazier shavers etc etc would lose comfortably
@@paulneville8172 i agree with you 100%. narrowing down a bit no boxer could have beaten ali that particular night. it was boxing at its most perfection.
@@paulneville8172 i am with you on that.
He was an entertainer...
Worth watching him fight...
Boxing perfection. Boxing as art .Don't you you love it.?
I was always very amused/impressed by the way Ali didn't bother to put his hands up to defend himself, but instead, just moved his head out of the way of punches. Those fists would go whistling past his head.
When he ain't playing and clowning around he's a pretty good boxer
What the hell are you talking about
Muhammad Ali was matrix this time
THE ONE AND THE ONLY...MUHAMMAD ALI
"Terbang seperti kupu kupu menyerang bagai lebah" Itu lah muhammad ali😊
He was a genius in a ring
Now I see what he means when he says float like a butterfly 🦋…masterpiece 🥊
Ali in his best prime magic🇵🇸🇲🇦🎉
All time Greatest 👌 ❤️ 🌹
On this particular night, no boxer past or present was beating Ali. I'm not saying he'd knock out everyone but he most certainly would not have lost. Displays of godlike perfections such as this fight make the sweet science unmatched. Rest in peace King.
Nobody beats this version of Ali
Joe Frazier did it.
Doug Jones came very close.
So it is actually an extrapolation.
@@sidharthk2793I think this fight took place before his 3 years suspension... against Jones he was still on his learning curve while against Frazier (1st fight) he was definitely ring-rust
@@unknowpeople1614
Are you sure. his next fight was title shot against Liston. How can you claim such bizzare things? Nobody is a novice when he is the number 1 contender.
Liston in his prime beats this Ali. People forget but look at how Sonny Liston dismembered cleveland williams when williams was in his prime. Ali is the second best heavyweight of all time
Welterweights out there couldn't move that fast and that balanced. Ali at his peak beats everyone, nobody could deal with what he had.
Goat 🐐
His Name is Ali, got it.
The best Ali ever looked. Slippery, lightning quick, powerful, able to throw power shots from angles totally unexpected and even while going backward.
I don’t know what HW ever has a chance against this version of Ali. Frazier? I don’t think he’d have the same success here. Norton? Lewis? Getting chinned. Louis? Doubtful, too plodding in terms of foot movement to deal with this Ali. Tyson? Just don’t see him being able to land what he needs to. Foreman? Lol, he couldn’t even beat a worse version of Ali. Holmes? Not happening, Holmes never looked as good as this. Holyfield? I mean, he won’t get knocked out, but he’ll lose big on the cards. Liston? This version of Ali already beat him twice.
Any modern day top 10 HW will destroy Ali
What a stupid comment lol. This prime Ali would beat any modern top 10 hw today within a single year.@@joetrie
@@joetrie Hahahahaha I see we have a comedian in our midst - good one!
@@joetrie😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@iamtman1 You are Telling me that most feather fisted ch of all times 200lbs Ali who fought mostly cruisers handling today's super heavy weights?
Una magistral clase de boxeo del rey de la maxima categoria , sublime, extraordinario ,una de sus mejores victorias ,sino ,la mejor , fue perfeccion en todos sus movimientos.
That wasn’t a fight. It was a massacre.
Mohammed Ali, great boxer, great psychological strategist, and a deceptively great human being.
Muhammad Ali was bigger than boxing 🥊 all time greatest George foreman tall one time 💖💖
Muhammad Ali the greatest of all time!
Àli is the greatest ❤️
Such a pity we lost a few of his best years with this speed because of the military
How do you knock someone down backwards? Cleveland Williams must've felt like he was fighting three men at one time !
He outclassed than Ali, but he never gave up. What a fighter 👍
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Cleveland Williams was 9 years older and couldn't train properly the entire year because he was in a hospital after a .357 magnum bullet hit him point blank in the stomach then lodged in his right hip. Williams had to undergo four operations in the next seven months. Williams right kidney had to be removed in June 1965. Doctors could not extract the bullet, which had broken his right hip joint and caused partial paralysis of some of the hip's muscles, he also lost over 10 feet of his small intestine, and sustained nerve damage which affected his left leg above the knee and caused it to atrophy as a result. Williams hung on and survived, his weight went down to 150 lbs during his recovery stage. A shadow of himself, 10 feet of intestines and one kidney removed, limping with nerve and hip damages, he was a physical and mental wreck but needed the money. The Texans in the boxing business knew Williams had virtually no chance against Ali. But it was Williams one-shot at the title, so he took it.
It was a vomit inducing display of point and shoot for Ali, probably the low point in his heavyweight run. Image if Ali had been gut-shot with .357 magnum and almost died 4 times on the operating table, and was fighting a year or so later.
Ignoring any and all facts his fans stand firm in their beliefs that Ali was magical the night he fought Cleveland, striking him like ⚒️-THOR-⚒️ and moving around with the speed of ⚡-FLASH-⚡Some eyewitnesses even swore it looked as if Ali was floating on 🌊-WATER-🌊. He was faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, Ali was Super-🦇-Man.
Liston kod prime williams look what ali did too liston ali speed hands feet before exile never be matched no heavyweight beats ali 66 67 only exile stopped him making many more defences
@@paulneville8172Tell this hater Mohamed ali is the greatest boxer ever
@@thebaddestmanontheplanet1871 For being the greatest boxer ever he sure did lose a lot 😜 Mr fak name and fak picture lol 😂
@@thebaddestmanontheplanet1871 little Leon Spinks humiliated-im. little Joe Frazier knocked-im into la la land. little Kenny Norton snapped-is jaw. Larry Holmes smashed-im lik-a 🍇 grape. Actually Norton beat him all 3 times and Ali eventually admitted it. Shavers actually beat him also!!!
@@Maria.Isabella.Sanchez Did Spinks win the rematch? Did the fight of the century with Joe Frazier take place within months of Ali's return? Did Frazier give him the rematch? Did Ali fight Norton the entire fight with a broken jaw? Was Ali fighting Holmes with Parkinson's already ravaging his nervous system?
Bob Foster said that Ali's hand speed was 'unbelievably quick' - and that is a quote.
Lunatic
No one has ever boxed like that, a total one off, Williams was murderous, he just got rolled over, beyond awesome. Ov all times.
Cleveland Williams 69-6-2
10 years older than Ali!
Williams was shot by police 2 years prior with a 357 magnum ( bullet stillin his body) couldnt train because he was hospitalized with kidney; and nerve damage his intestines and 1kidney removed only a shell of himself took the fight because he needed the pay he only weighted 212 when is normal weight is at 232 lbs
@@joetrie Fair Play, Williams maybe not at his best, but still no one like Ali, the Ali shuffle.
@@joetrieAli lost the best three years of his career as you know, look at Usyk similar height and weight, and he is very good, but he ain't beating Ali as long as he's got a hole in his arse, same goes for Fury and Joshua. At that time the greatest then/ before and since. Imo.