Is Muhammad Ali the Michael Jordan of Boxing?

[CodeBreaker]

Is Muhammad Ali the Michael Jordan of Boxing?

 

[Fluffernutter]

Can he hit a curve ball?

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

The closest fighter I've seen to a prime MJ in boxing was a prime RJJ. Though the Ali comparison is valid IMO. Both Ali & MJ transcended their respective sports.

 

[Boxiana]

Why is a horse watching a boxing match?

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

Why is a horse watching a boxing match?

He's part of their stable

 

[Hagler]

MJ didn’t strike me as an athlete deeply involved in politics.

 

[Boxiana]

He's part of their stable

 

[Nova44]

Why are there 3 horses in the crowd?

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

Why are there 3 horses in the crowd?

That's the trifecta

 

[danny23]

It’s the opposite.

Jordan is the Ali of basketball.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

It’s the opposite.

Jordan is the Ali of basketball.

Chronologically speaking

 

[burningspear]

No. Being a great sportsman does not put you in line with Ali, he was much more than that. Damn, Jordan is meant to be one of the most selfish fuckers ever by many accounts.

 

[Stormtrooper85]

Michael Jordan is the Travis Lutter of Basketball

 

[defjaam]

Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant & Lebron James combined are the Kubrat Pulev of basketball.

 

[Cariñito]

No. Being a great sportsman does not put you in line with Ali, he was much more than that. Damn, Jordan is meant to be one of the most selfish fuckers ever by many accounts.

Jordan's surpassed that you foreigner.
When MJ dies, this world will stop just like it did for Michael Jackson 2pac and Ali.

 

[Street Samurai]

Nah. Jordan was huge, but ali had a much bigger impact on the world politically speaking. Not a lot of athlete can change their society, i can think of Maurice Richard, but that was obviously on a much smaller scale

 

[aries]

Nah Ali was the baddest man on the planet before MMA was a thing. Something that many little boys dreamed of being. Being great at basketball is special but it's on a different level imo.

 

[djacobox372]

The closest fighter I've seen to a prime MJ in boxing was a prime RJJ. Though the Ali comparison is valid IMO. Both Ali & MJ transcended their respective sports.

I think MJ's mentality on the court is closer to Ali's in the ring than RJJ.

That said, MJ was an introvert with the personality of a wet-rag... not comparable at all to Ali.

 

[Boxiana]

Did MJ ever tell the US government to go fuck itself and get sent to prison as a result?

 

[burningspear]

Jordan's surpassed that you foreigner.
When MJ dies, this world will stop just like it did for Michael Jackson 2pac and Ali.

You made a point without realizing. People outside of the US have heard of Jordan but they don't give a fuck about him. Ali is an icon for the progression of the civil rights movement, Jordan is a hoop guy.