Muhammad Ali Averaged Two Victories A Year In The ’70s
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Maybe two victories a year doesn’t sound like a lot, but if you consider how many times a year major matches happen, you’ll understand just how impressive Ali’s feat was. He defeated 20 opponents in the 1970s on his way to becoming the greatest boxer of the decade.
Is one decade enough to make him the greatest of all-time though? We can’t answer that for sure, but he’s at the top of the conversation. His matches were so legendary they even got named. The Thrilla in Manilla and Rumble in the Jungle happened one year apart in 1974 and 1975.
