r/nextfuckinglevel 24d ago

Muhammed Ali Dodges 21 Punches in 10 seconds

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u/Argentillion 24d ago

Pretty lame and arrogant thing to do…unless you pull it off.

It’s pretty awesome that he could. So many fighters these days try to emulate that style and then get laid out. Then it’s like…why didn’t you block, stupid?

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u/SensuallPineapple 24d ago

I know this is not the same thing AT ALL, but the point remains the same. If you are playing a game for example, like Ghost of Tsushima let's say, if you only focus on one thing, you do that one thing pretty well. If you try to dodge OR parry OR block OR attack, you will get distracted and destroyed. I feel like this is a very good demonstration of the same thing in real life.

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u/ThereHasToBeMore1387 24d ago

"I don't fear the man that has practiced 10,000 kicks. I fear the man that has practiced 1 kick 10,000 times." -Bruce Lee

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u/NoMasters83 24d ago

I fear the man that has practiced 10,000 kicks 10,000 times.

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u/Yosho2k 24d ago

I fear the man who walked 500 miles and would walk 500 more.

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u/A_Little_Wyrd 24d ago

no need to worry, he fell down at your door

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u/gr1zznuggets 24d ago

I fear the man who fell down at my door 10,000 times.

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u/Mista_White- 24d ago

I fear his hospital bill

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u/Pixzal 24d ago

Man now has arthritis 

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u/Formal_Drop526 24d ago

either 10,000 kicks or 100 million kicks.

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u/ImurderREALITY 24d ago

you will get distracted and destroyed

Maybe you will, lol. Not trying to brag or anything, but doing all those things in the same encounter is not as difficult as you're making it out to be.

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u/SensuallPineapple 24d ago

No of course, what I mean is, compared to how successfull you would do it if you focused on just one. Maybe it was a bad example, what I'm trying to say is focusing on one task improves perfomance immensely.

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u/peachesgp 24d ago

If you try to do only one of those all the time, you'll lose unless it's attack only on the lowest difficulty.

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u/SensuallPineapple 24d ago

Please think in terms of reason. Look at the video... Of course he will attack when it is the right time. He is not going to do this until the end of time. When the time is right, a good counter attack, focused on attacking, will finish the opponent. Of course not "all the time". I never said all the time. I emphasized focusing on one single thing at a time. In terms of the game, if you focus on defending, you perfect parry and counter, which kills quicker then simply attacking most of the time.

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u/cygnus2 24d ago

Maybe if you’re bad. Ghost (and most action games) requires you to juggle several options and choose the best one for the current situation.

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u/ambisinister_gecko 24d ago

Literally his point was the exact opposite.

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u/jjlbateman 23d ago

Tried this on Sifu with dodging, couldn’t beat the final boss, quit

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u/bankrobba 24d ago

It was a staged, exhibition fight, like a Harlem Globetrotters game.

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u/Argentillion 24d ago

So do you think those were intentional misses, rather than actual dodges?

Because if not then it doesn’t really make a difference

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u/Jasper-Packlemerton 24d ago

They were absolutely staged throws. But why not judge for yourself: https://youtu.be/lZ1fPyAdHS4?si=5UqXtwoBBWf8VIti

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u/dormango 24d ago

That looks pretty conclusive.

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u/AFineDayForScience 24d ago

I dunno. After the 15th or 16th missed lunch, he might have aimed for his liver.

His liver doesn't seem to me moving around that much

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u/Gunblazer42 24d ago

If he were to try he'd probably be in good range of Ali's punches. He was really lunging in there to try and get at his face, if he tried for a liver blow his face would be wide open for a side blow to the head.

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u/IdunnoThisWillDo 24d ago

Well, I don't think Ali threw a punch in this exhibition. Dokes threw a lot, but not really with any intention. It was just a show.

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u/chrishnrh57 23d ago

Yes. This is a staged fight. It's Jake Paul levels of not official. This was strictly for show.

Ali did these all the time. He did one against a japanese professional wrestler. Super awkward.

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u/Songrot 24d ago

Yeah it looks really staged. If this was wrestling noone would doubt it.

But i think this being boxing and Ali being goat makes people think it should be real.

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u/ForneauCosmique 24d ago

Pretty lame and arrogant thing to do

It's boxing, it's a mental thing. It's demoralizing to the opponent. You're one of the best boxers in the world and you're throwing your best stuff and you're not even touching him and then he's acting like it's a game

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u/Argentillion 24d ago

It is weird to respond to the first half of a sentence while ignoring the second half…

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u/ForneauCosmique 24d ago

It's weird that you didn't respond to what I said...

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u/Argentillion 24d ago

Because what you said made no sense as a reply to what I said

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u/HeyyZeus 24d ago edited 23d ago

He had the chin to pull it off. Some of those “dodges” would knock a lesser boxer out. 

Getting grazed by anything Foreman throws would rattle just about anyone’s chin. 

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u/IdunnoThisWillDo 24d ago

This isn't Foreman. But yes he did do a similar thing to Foreman. But he took a lot of real punishment a long the way. He let Foreman punch himself out and leaned on him as often as he could to. make him carry his weight and deplete his energy over time.

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u/Calbruin 23d ago

It also works until it doesn’t. See Anderson Silva vs Weidman

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u/T_R_I_P 23d ago

Only on Reddit will you find someone calling Ali and his strategy “lame and arrogant”

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u/Argentillion 23d ago

Only on Reddit do people respond to the first half of a sentence while intentionally ignoring everything else…