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53. It wouldn't have been close. Tyson had trouble with taller fighters

Fri Jun 3, 2016, 11:03 PM

Jun 2016

Ali is 6'5", Tyson, 5'10". And Ali had the fastest, and arguably one of the best jabs of the heavyweights (Larry Holmes' jab was also great, stiffer and heavier than Ali's flicking jab), anyway, all Ali had to do was keep Tyson away with his jab until it was time to take him out with a flurry.

Remember Buster Douglas, another tall fighter, shocked the world by beating Tyson using his jab and pushing him off with his longer arms.

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