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Muhammad Ali's Greatest Moments Tier List

In the ring and outside it, The Greatest had more iconic moments than most whole sports. Which one is really number one?

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The crowd's ranking

S: Rumble in the Jungle vs Foreman (1974)

A: Lighting the Olympic cauldron in Atlanta (1996), Thrilla in Manila vs Frazier (1975), Standing over Liston, the phantom punch (1965), "I shook up the world" vs Liston (1964), Refusing the draft (1967)

B: Dismantling Cleveland Williams (1966), "What's my name?" vs Ernie Terrell (1967), Winning at the Supreme Court (1971), Fight of the Century loss to Frazier (1971), Rome Olympic gold medal (1960)

C: Third heavyweight title vs Leon Spinks (1978)

D: Ali vs Inoki (1976)

F: Loss to Larry Holmes (1980)

Discussion

sean.c86: Cleveland Williams in B is criminal. pitch perfect performance, the shuffle and all
BoredNoodle: Fight of the Century being a loss and still high is fair. I've never seen a crowd flip like that one did
moosedad6474: Inoki in D is generous
MegaBurrito: Rumble is S and it's not close. Foreman had just flattened Frazier and Norton in two rounds each and Ali walked in and told him he would whoop him
noodlegamer47: Refusing the draft should be S for me. he gave up three years of his prime and still came back to beat Foreman

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