If Ali were selfish, he would never have suffered dementia… And if he were self serving, maybe he never even loses. When Ali boxed, he didn’t think “self preservation”.
Now, as far as I’m concerned, never losing isn’t the measure of greatness. That tells me more of your level of competition (compared to your own talent) than anything else.
Not that the undefeated aren’t great; they truly are. There just always seems to be that one conundrum… the same thing you can point to on all of the undefeated greats’ records…
Lack of great/in their prime, competition.
You can’t be the greatest just because you never lost. Especially so if you get to choose your opponents. Taking a fight that’s “best for you” over a fight that’s best to the sport.
There is something absolutely spurious about this behavior.
Times I think it’s a greater feat to defeat the man who defeated you, than to go undefeated.
Losing and coming back to avenge that loss tells me much more about a fighter’s character (or greatness) than never losing.
So tell me, what’s harder… going undefeated, or avenging a loss? Besides Marciano, (who was reportedly considering a comeback when the tragic plane crash that took his life happened), the only fighters to go through their careers undefeated are modern day fighters. And that’s probably because they fight who and when they WANT to fight. Not who and when they HAVE to fight. (I do think Rocky is an exception to this rule, but in his day it wasn’t like that.)
Of the top 20 boxers of all time, only two of the 20 undefeated fighters are on that list. If my math is correct that’s 10 percent: Marciano and Mayweather. And although absolutely great, you’d have a very difficult time proving either fighter to be the GOAT… to a person well-versed in the savage nuance of the sport.
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