odessasteps Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 See the Champ wrestle alligators and solve mysteries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 One of the best photos ever. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJay Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 "The Greatest" Sad............ 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Tonight Show with Ali, blassie and mclean stevenson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Thomas Bugg Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 I'm watching the Thriller In Manila right now. That was a war!!! RIP Ali & Frazier 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReiseReise Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 I was shocked that he was only 74. Of course, knowing his "timeline" in regards of becoming the champ etc I should have known, but the disease made him seem much older. Inspirational boxer and champion at a time where it meant a boatload more than today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Never mind boxing, sports, or politics- I can't imagine what language would be like without Muhammad Ali. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 On 6/4/2016 at 2:39 AM, The Natural said: Beat me to it. Maybe the best post-fight promo in boxing history. In a previous lifetime, I was in a relationship with a woman (Kris) who had a 6-year-old son (Nick) with autism and brain damage... he could barely speak. One day I was reading Dave Kindred's Sound and Fury, about the Ali/Howard Cosell relationship. Nick wandered over to me, saw the book and said one word, clear as day: "Ali." Kris and I just stared at each other. Did that happen??? RIP champ. Rumble, young man, rumble. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyuubi Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Man this entire year has been bullshit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidNatural Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 I have to agree with the sentiment that after 30+ years of being in what must have been some kind of prison he's free. His legacy is the greatest of any athlete ever. No one will ever come close. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 I cry today like I've never cried for someone I didn't know. Yet I did know him because the man I saw on TV came across as genuine. His charisma not manufactured. It was him and he connected with me. I cry to day because growing up as a kid, it was Muhammad Ali who stood as my example of that fighting for what you believe is the only thing that matters. He taught me you can be a contradiction, a boxer who was a pacifist at heart, yet still be sincere. He wasn't a perfect man, none are. Ask Joe Frazier. Ask his ex-wives. But those imperfections are dwarfed by the spirit of Muhammad Ali. His spirit was an example of contradiction if you think about it. A spirit that blotted out the sun yet still gave so much light to the world. That spirit captured my imagination as a child, helped shape some of my beliefs as a young man and made me pray for him in my now middle years. This man. This Great Man, with unconquerable spirit is gone now. This has hit me very hard for Muhammad Ali touched my soul throughout my life. So few are warrior, poet and philosopher all at once, at least in terms of my life goes. Ali was all these and now he is at rest, we all should feel blessed for having known him, even if it as in a marginal way. I know I do. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Not sure if I caught this when it initially aired but I remember watching it with my folks on TV. Him ribbing Ed Bradley is the funniest thing ever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Living in Louisville and working in news here, I've been lucky enough to meet Ali a few times. It sounds morbid, but we had an obituary piece ready to go on the event of his death. I was lucky enough to get to edit this: http://www.wdrb.com/clip/12484144/remembering-a-legend-the-life-of-heavyweight-champion-muhammad-ali Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Never mind that he is easily a top 3 fighter of all time, what he did for a generation of Americans in the 60's is something today's sport athletes will have no clue about. His defience to fighting in Vietnam when he was at his complete best as a fighter and willing to go to jail for it is incredible. I mean can you think of ANY person in sports at the top of his game willing to do that for his beliefs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Austin Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 I'll always love the story in the SI article that talks about his trip to North Korea with WCW and how much he loved Road Warrior Hawk and had him cut promos on him and Terry Funk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 8 hours ago, odessasteps said: See the Champ wrestle alligators and solve mysteries. Did he also tussle with a whale, knockout lighting and throw thunder in jail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 I remember a great story about when Don King introduced Mike Tyson to Ali early in Tyson's career. Ali and Tyson and Ali shook hands and embraced and during the embrace Ali whispered into Tyson's ear "You know he's stealing your money don't you?" James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ultimo Necro Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Goddam, if we could get a webcam in heaven right now to see Dusty and Muhammed together shooting the breeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 4 minutes ago, Ultimo Necro said: Goddam, if we could get a webcam in heaven right now to see Dusty and Muhammed together shooting the breeze. "So did you thee the Matt Hawdy thing?" "I was under the weather and you still look like you made of leather." "Oh, we rhymin' are we?" "For the son of a plumber. You got up here and just got dumber." "Thith is gon' be hard times for both of us." 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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