Muhammad Ali 1942-2016

[JayBee74]

In his prime (1964-1967) arguably the greatest boxer who ever lived. Out of his prime he somehow managed to beat the formidable George Foreman.

RIP Champ

[LambertandHam]

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Legend. 2016 is horrible.

[Scott]

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RIP The Greatest

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[The JareBear]

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2016 is awful, man.

I bet I can go to a random 25 year old guy in Germany and show him a picture of Bryce Harper and he would have no idea who it was. I bet that same guy would recognize a picture of Muhammad Ali. Ali captivated pretty much the entire civilized world before there was the internet to make something like that easier to accomplish. His reach/influence spread to Lebron James/Taylor Swift levels and beyond and this was without Twitter and Instagram at his disposal. He was an athletic genius and a marketing genius, a true revolutionary innovator in both categories. To refer to his status as iconic almost doesn't do it justice at all. I don't think we will ever truly have another Muhammad Ali. It is such a shame that a blindingly bright star like Ali went out the way he did. You go back and watch his fights, watch his interviews, see how he moved, how he talked, his charisma. I can't imagine how tough his battle with Parkinson's was for him.

He showed us he was The Greatest.

[trobinson97]

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RIP Muhammad. The GOAT.

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[SidVish]

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uploadfromtaptalk1465044761551.jpg RIP.

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[countryboy]

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RIP The Greatest!

"Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee"

[Bullit]

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RIP Truly one of the great men to walk the Earth.

[EnigmaNemesis]

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This man was the very definition of what a true champion is.

Rest in Power, Champ!

[Pourvision21]

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2016 is awful, man.

I bet I can go to a random 25 year old guy in Germany and show him a picture of Bryce Harper and he would have no idea who it was. I bet that same guy would recognize a picture of Muhammad Ali. Ali captivated pretty much the entire civilized world before there was the internet to make something like that easier to accomplish. His reach/influence spread to Lebron James/Taylor Swift levels and beyond and this was without Twitter and Instagram at his disposal. He was an athletic genius and a marketing genius, a true revolutionary innovator in both categories. To refer to his status as iconic almost doesn't do it justice at all. I don't think we will ever truly have another Muhammad Ali. It is such a shame that a blindingly bright star like Ali went out the way he did. You go back and watch his fights, watch his interviews, see how he moved, how he talked, his charisma. I can't imagine how tough his battle with Parkinson's was for him.

He showed us he was The Greatest.

Parkinsons is tough enough for anyone but can you imagine the frustration he must have experienced having once been such a graceful athlete. We never got to see him at his best. Sad day. RIP to the GOAT.

[KingV2k3]

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RIP Truly one of the great men to walk the Earth.

Indeed!

So much more to this man than his storied career in sports alone...

R.I.P to "The Greatest"...

[Ghost Of The Year]

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Ali was so great, he made Howard Cosell & Don King palatable.
A champion in boxing in a time when that actually meant something.
Fought in at least 8 of the greatest matches ever, from the Rumble in the Jungle to the Thrilla in Manila. Before there was Superman vs Batman, there was Superman vs Ali, a DC comicbook. Ali was everything Mike Tyson could have, & should have been.

[JayBee74]

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Ali probably at his peak, introducing the Ali Shuffle, while shattering Cleveland Williams.

[SPTO]

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The one lesson athletes (hell, any public figure really) could learn from Ali is that sports (or whatever field you're in) is not the be all, end all of your life. Sometimes there are greater forces out there that push you to make fateful decisions. Ali did that by being vociferously against the Vietnam war and not succumbing to the government's threats to the point that he lost EVERYTHING that made him what he was at that point.

At that particular moment in time he became more than just an athlete he became a person with principle and integrity. No other athlete out there was truly taken away at his absolute peak the way Ali was yet he came back and had his most renowned period afterwards. It's amazing to think how much MORE of a boxing legacy he'd have left in the ring if those years weren't taken from him.

Ali was truly "The Greatest" in every aspect you could think of.

[Hockeynut99]

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He was a beast in the ring. It is hard to respect a man who dodge a draft but I understand his reasons and respect that. RIP ALI