The Greatest.
Ali was only put down 3 times in his prime - each time by a left hook:
Henry Cooper
Joe Frazier
Ken Norton
(the Wepner fight was Ali slipping, Wepner never put him down)
Ali wins title from Liston
beat him in rematch
Ali 2 - Liston 0
Ali has title taken away from him.
Ali lost his title match against champion Frazier at "The Fight Of The Century"
Frazier lost to Foreman before Ali could rematch - 2nd round KO
Ali went ahead with Frazier match and beat him
Ali loses to Norton
Norton breaks Ali's jaw in the process
Ali has rematch - wins
Norton challenges Foreman - Norton KO'd in second round
Ali fights Foreman and wins title at "The Rumble In The Jungle"
Ali 1 - Foreman 0
Ali has third match with Frazier, wins again - "The Thriller in Manila"
Ali 2 - Frazier 1
Ali Norton 3 - Ali wins
Ali 2 - Norton 1
Ali loses title to Leon Spinks
Rematch - Ali wins title back
Ali has won the title 3 times
Ali retires
In 1980 Ali comes out of retirement to challenge champion Larry Holmes, but loses.
1981 Ali's last fight is against Trevor Berbick.
Ali's record was 56 wins (37 KO), 5 losses, 0 draws.
Most people agree Ali never should have lost to Spinks.
He should never have come out of retirement against Holmes and Berbick.
Had this been the case, Ali would have logged only 2 losses - Norton and Frazier.
His wins would have been 56 after Spinks, 57 if he had still done the rematch.
