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A rest ???

As with these things it’s hard to nail what we mean. The “greatest”, the greatest boxer ? Heavyweight ? Sportsperson ? As decided by ?? For me Ali is up there certainly as a boxer both for what he did inside a d outside the ring. But of course it’s a subjective thing (although plenty of...

Yes. He didn’t fight at all between 1967-70 as a result and relinquished his title.

He was also prevented from boxing during his peak (25-29) and you don’t mention his run during the 60s cut short by the draft. Depends how you define greatness I guess but few in sport or boxing - even to this day - argue that he didn’t live up to being dubbed “the greatest”. But fair enough...

Hard to think of many but If horse racing counts then Frankie Dettori might want a word.- ie being good /top of your sport for decades.

Ha ! Explain why not ? (Does anyone in boxing dispute this ? )