Muhammad Ali is Not the greatest (as he claimed) heavyweight boxer of all time. Maybe, he is the greatest boxing "showman" or "big mouth"!
Rocky Marciano is the greatest boxing heavyweight because he didn't lose - Rocky retired undefeated (which speaks for itself). While, Ali suffered some losses during his time.
Larry Holmes was much closer to retiring with no losses, but lost some matches near the end of his career. Plus, Holmes kicked Ali's a$$ in the ring.
There was a computer simulation in the late 1960's / early 1970's (and I believe this was shown on television then) that "plugged in" attributes of all of the great boxing heavyweights of all time. The "early version computer game" had Rocky Marciano knocking Ali out late in the final match. The tapings for the simulation were finished just before Marciano's death in a plane crash.
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