Democratic Primaries

My friends thought I was nuts. It was walking on a Thursday night from one unsafe area to another. I didn't care at all. No way I was missing that fight.

Fight should be in parentheses. One of the downer moments of my life. That event was anticipated for months and all the reports out of Ali's camp were positive. As mentioned by the OP, Ali looked great physically but it was like a cupcake...glitzy on the outside but nothing of substance -- anymore -- underneath.

I remember I brought I notepad and pen to score the fight and take notes. I gave up during the third round. Instead I wrote, "Ali just an old man," and never wrote another word for the remainder as I watched in numbed silence.

Along with Ali my favorite boxer was Roy Jones Jr. That's another example of hanging far too long. Speed fighters decline more rapidly and fully than the brawler types. Jones could have been an all-time legend if he quit after the Ruiz fight. Instead he sadly kept going and now his reputation is below his actual ability.

I believe Roy Jones still holds the all-time record in terms of percentage of scored rounds won. If not, he did for a long time and it was a huge drop off to second place. But admittedly I haven't followed things like that in the past decade or so with some of the recent guys who fight maybe once every two years.