... he was a joke, because he did not fight in the traditional manner, the way everybody else fought. In fact, he did not necessarily have a Astyle@. His style was how he felt before the fight. He brought his personality into the ring with him (Reemtsma 49). Ali had a trainer named Archie Moore in his early days of fighting who was pressuring Ali to change his fighting style ... to the traditional way. This was the way that Moore, a professional fighter himself, taught and ... that Ali won was not a surprise. Patterson had entered into the fight with a bad back and Ali won fairly easily. T...

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