I honestly believe that, the injury he suffered after the incident with Solomon Hill firmly began his decline and exit from a strangle-hold on the "best-in-the-world" title because 1) he kept sustaining injuries that he never did before, and 2) it happened at (somewhat) of an advanced age for him, to the point where he couldn't come back as healthy as he once could. More @Wikipedia
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