# The Clay/Ali fights..ESPN Classic

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**Created:** [May 8, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clay-ali-fights-espn-classic/302956 "2005-05-08T20:40:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clay-ali-fights-espn-classic/302956/1 "2005-05-08T20:40:38Z")

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Has anyone been watching these?

It’s a pleasure to watch him box. He could jab at will and when the time came put his opponent down.

Clearly the best heavyweight ever.

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clay-ali-fights-espn-classic/302956/2 "2005-05-09T00:32:21Z")

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Did you just get ESPN Classic? They have films a lot of great fights in the vault.

This morning they had “Great fights of the Early 60s” featuring the three Patterson-Johannsen fights, and the first Patterson-Liston fight.

You never need a VCR with Classic. They repeat often.

I agree that Ali was the best Heavyweight ever, but Marciano and Louis would have given him all he could handle.