maqroll Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YGabbana Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 What a legend, what an insipiration. A great muslim too who wasnt scared to practice his faith in a very racist enviroment. Dedicated his life to his sport and to god. RIP big man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Sad news. A true legend. Time to watch some old fights. This year is relentless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 RIP to a legend. I know this kind of hyperbole is cliche, but he was truly an inspiration. Just a cursory run through some of his quotes will tell you how great of a man he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted June 4, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted June 4, 2016 Now this hurts. As a fight fan its hard to find a bigger legend. RIP big man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Time to just wallow in the library of photos and quotes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 4, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted June 4, 2016 I'm not remotely a boxing fan (I'd probably go so far as to say I hate it), but this guy was a 20th Century icon - evokes the 1960s for me as much as The Beatles. My Dad (who WAS a fight fan) couldn't stand him though - he had a real antipathy to people he thought were 'gobshites' (Brian Clough was another one). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted June 4, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted June 4, 2016 A true inspiration to many. A proper icon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 He's the only man that got me interested in watching boxing. Regarded by many as the greatest and thats even with possibly missing his best years through avoiding the draft. He wasn't just a boxer though, he did a lot for civil rights in america. He was a great talker. The Parkinson interviews are famous. I remember nobody gave him a chance against Foreman, the man that took Frazier apart. RIP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Inspiration for many. He was my dads hero and became mine. My dad, me and my brother would regularly watch his fights together over and over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Not the greatest of all time but certainly a larger than life character, one of the best heavyweights there has ever been and the most transcendental athlete the sport as ever had. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MakemineVanilla Posted June 4, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted June 4, 2016 A legend and much beloved, wonderful athlete, who will always personify the noble art. For me he is a hero not because of his boxing but because he defied the draft and had the courage to pay the price. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted June 4, 2016 Author Share Posted June 4, 2016 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted June 4, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted June 4, 2016 http://m.videobash.com/video/show/id/654905 I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale; handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail; only last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick; I'm so mean I make medicine sick. Muhammad Ali Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 4, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted June 4, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, Rds1983 said: http://m.videobash.com/video/show/id/654905 I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale; handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail; only last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick; I'm so mean I make medicine sick. Muhammad Ali Could easily be a 1965/66 Bob Dylan lyric. This actually IS one: I was shadow-boxing earlier in the dayI figured I was ready for Cassius ClayI said "Fee, fie, fo, fum, Cassius Clay here I come26, 27, 28, 29, I'm gonna make your face look just like mineFive, four, three, two, one, Cassius Clay you'd better run 99, 100 101, 102, your ma won't even recognize you14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, gonna knock him clean right out of his spleen. Edited June 4, 2016 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Goodbye butterfly. What a absolute legend. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Boxing blah... the courage to stand up for one's beliefs, simply incredible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 This year really is causing some hurt. An utterly entertaining, absorbing, enthralling, fascinating man inside and out of the ring. A magnificent fighter and Vegas showman all rolled into one irresistable package. Thanks for enriching our world and making it brighter and better for your presence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted June 5, 2016 Author Share Posted June 5, 2016 20 hours ago, maqroll said: To this day, it's the biggest thing that ever happened in Lewiston, Maine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts