Just when Muhammad Ali was reaching his peak when he was forced to take a 3½ years lay off form his livelihood of boxing. What would it be like if Muhammad Ali had he been allowed fight for those 3½ years? Muhammad Ali would have had an even greater Boxing Career as there wouldn't be any fighter alive to beat Muhammad Ali. Many has compared Joe Louis' a 4 years lay, but he was kept in practice with exhibition bouts, compared to Muhammad Ali's 3½ forced non-activity. There can be no comparison. Joe Louis was active performing exhibitions for those 4 years away from competition matches and therefore he did not lose much of his timing, where as, Muhammad Ali was not allowed to do any exhibition matches. Those 3½ years robbed Muhammad Ali of his timing. Had Muhammad Ali not lost his timing, he would have made mince meat of Joe Frazier in their clash in the match of 1971 billed as "The Fight of the Century." This site is all about the people who have achieved in sport of the pugilist fight game. Great fighters like Jack Johnson who became world heavyweight champion in the era of white Americans adversity on race. Joe Louis who also became a world heavyweight champion, his epic first round knockout of the German Max Schmeling made him United States of America national hero. The former world heavyweight champion along with Gene Tunney who retired as undefeated heavyweight champion. The slugger Rocky Marciano fought both Joe Louis and the legendary light heavyweight fighter: Archie Moore. Archie Moore though he wasn't an heavyweight champion, pit his wits against heavyweights boxers such as Ezzard Charles, Jersey Joe Walcott, Rocky Marciano, Floyd Patterson and Muhammad Ali as the young Cassius Clay. Archie Moore fought for an incredible 27 years and knocked out more opponents than any other fighter in the annals of history of boxing. Mike Tyson in his his day was a most fearsome fighter in the ring. Read the extracts from Muhammad Ali's quotes. Mike Tyson's quotes. Muhammad Ali: the greatest mouthpiece in the history of professional fight game in and out of the ring. Here is a man who stood up for his rights with no fears of being put in prison for what he believed was the right thing to do. Muhammad Ali did not fear of the instutionalised suppressors. Today Muhammad Ali is the most loved personality in the World. | 