C'mon now. The proper foot work required to pull off Rope a Dope is in, of itself, extraordinary. C.C. had it in spades. Nobody moved like Ali and nobody ever will. Like I said, Ali is the greatest pure boxer of all time, but Tyson only needed that one punch (Foreman as well). As good as Ali was, I'm not so certain he could go a full bout moving on his feet without getting hit by that one Tyson punch. Tyson near the ropes and locked up = pure murder, so Ali would have been forced to center ring for most of the fight. I'll add that Tyson wasn't all upper cut; his strong left was ruthless. It put WAY more men down than his classic his upper cut. Tyson could work in very small spaces; was hyper- quick on the inside and could throw his entire body through his punches at point f'in blank range. You can run in circles for rounds upon rounds, but eventually he'd catch you inside and near the ropes. Nighty night.

I always liked Tommy Hearns.

Growing up in Tacoma, I got to meet some of the boxers that came out of Tacoma Boys Club then went on to have good Olympic and professional sucess.

Sugar Ray Seales, Leo Randolph and Johnny Bumpus come to mind.