Muhammad Ali Deid

[blowupsheep]

He floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee.
Probably the greatest boxer ever,
A great sportsman.
RIP Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) - view external link

[PompeyDon1903]

Aye sad news.

Good guy.

[Buc]

That's a huge blow for me.

He brought boxing on to an even higher level mainly due to the excellent opponents he had in the heavyweight division and his massive character everyone loved him.

When you see the quality of that division now its a joke to what it was back then ..

Rest in peace Ali you will always be a world class legend..

[Goalposter]

So sad. What a year.


Probably the greatest sporting personality EVER.

Always thought on the Parkinson show he was quite racist and maybe with cause.


Anyway, he mellowed out.

I'll never forget him lighting the Olympic torch at the Atlanta Olympics and him shaking.was so sad yet overwhelming.

My dad recently developed Parkinson's and i'm sat here writing this welling up.


Preferred his Cassius Clay though.

[MalagaSheep]

Sad, but at least he is at peace and no suffering no more!

R.I.P Ali

[AberdeenArnold]

His nickname was "The Greatest" says it all really.

[TheRealSLYFOX]

Hmmm nae sure I can get behind anyone who proclaims "I am the greatest". He certainly wasn't the greatest boxer ever. Dodged the draft and his treatment of women is questionable to say the least.
But RIP just the same.

[deedon]

[quote="TheRealSLYFOX". He certainly wasn't the greatest boxer ever. Dodged the draft and his treatment of women is questionable to say the least.
But RIP just the same. [/quote]

What do you mean "certainly" wasn't the greatest boxer. I would say "arguably" he WAS.

As for dodging the draft, here are his comments on his decision at the time: "“Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so- called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights? No I’m not going 10,000 miles from home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the domination of white slave masters of the darker people the world over. This is the day when such evils must come to an end. I have been warned that to take such a stand would cost me millions of dollars. But I have

[Pacman1903]

RIP big man

Nae the greatest boxer though

[xtrmntr75]

Cracking post DeeDon