RIP Muhammad ali

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  • June 4, 2016 at 10:58 am #45324
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    Born: January 17, 1942, Louisville, KY
    Died: June 3, 2016, Phoenix, AZ

    “If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologise.”

    “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”

    “I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.”

    “I’m No 1. After me, it don’t matter.”

    “The fight is won or lost far away from the witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.”

    “God’s got me here for something. I can feel it. I was born for everything that I’m doing now.”

    “I’d rather be punished here in this life than the hereafter.”

    June 4, 2016 at 11:17 am #45329
    bnw
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    He was never lacking self confidence.

    The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.

    Sprinkles are for winners.

    June 4, 2016 at 3:23 pm #45380
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    Ahh. I hadn’t heard.

    First — He Stood up against the Vietnam War, before it
    was popular to do so. Lost millions of dollars
    and years of prime-boxing-time because of that act.

    Thats what i remember most about him.

    Second, i remember the First and third Frazier wars.

    Third, i remember the Norton wars.

    Fourth, i remember the Foreman fight.

    After Foreman, he should have retired. Couldn’t walk away
    from all the glory though. He paid for his arrogance in the end.
    Ah well.

    w
    v

    June 4, 2016 at 7:00 pm #45383
    PA Ram
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    I can’t say that I really know all that much about Ali. I was very young during the Vietnam thing and the Liston fights and so on. The first I can remember of him was the Frazier fight. There was a lot of publicity around that and I can remember listening to a radio show as they did round by round reports.

    I sort of became a Frazier fan because I didn’t quite “get” Ali back then–the talking, the entertainer. I just liked Frazier’s quiet approach I guess. Ali had a training camp near here. That was famous.

    As I got older I came to feel differently about his talking. In general he seemed like a good guy. I felt bad for him with the Parkinsons but he didn’t let it slow him down much. He still made appearances, tried to communicate as best he could and so on. I respected that.

    In later years I really appreciated how great a heavyweight he was in an era where there were a lot of very good heavyweight fighters. He was a smart fighter–strategically.

    He was certainly a legend.

    R.I.P.

    "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. " Philip K. Dick

    June 5, 2016 at 1:03 am #45396
    Herzog
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    I loved him with all my heart…. Very sad that he’s gone

    June 6, 2016 at 12:27 am #45430
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    June 6, 2016 at 2:25 am #45435
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    June 6, 2016 at 9:34 am #45446
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    I became a boxing fan because of Ali and I stopped being one when he retired. He was the brightest star during the greatest era of heavy weight boxing when Ali, Frazier, Norton and Foreman were contenders.

    June 6, 2016 at 9:48 am #45447
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    nittany ram wrote:

    I became a boxing fan because of Ali and I stopped being one when he retired. He was the brightest star during the greatest era of heavy weight boxing when Ali, Frazier, Norton and Foreman were contenders.

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    same with me, basically. Ali drew me into boxing, and when he retired i really lost interest.

    Ali, Frazier, Norton, Foreman — i wonder how many total concussions they all had.

    I used to assume MMA was more dangerous, but maybe its less dangerous.
    There is less of a “constant pounding” I would think. Maybe more danger to knees and joints but less to brains.

    w
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    June 6, 2016 at 10:09 am #45452
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    wv wrote:
    nittany ram wrote:

    I became a boxing fan because of Ali and I stopped being one when he retired. He was the brightest star during the greatest era of heavy weight boxing when Ali, Frazier, Norton and Foreman were contenders.

    ————-
    same with me, basically. Ali drew me into boxing, and when he retired i really lost interest.

    Ali, Frazier, Norton, Foreman — i wonder how many total concussions they all had.

    I used to assume MMA was more dangerous, but maybe its less dangerous.
    There is less of a “constant pounding” I would think. Maybe more danger to knees and joints but less to brains.

    w
    v

    Ali paid a high price, although it hasn’t been proven conclusively that his Parkinson’s was caused by his ‘Rope a Dope’ strategy. I don’t know if MMA is safer or not but I can’t watch it. As I age my sensibilities change and I find it to be too brutal for my taste.

    • This reply was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by Avatar photonittany ram.
    June 6, 2016 at 12:16 pm #45457
    JackPMiller
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    All I can say was he was the greatest. R.I.P. Champ.

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