FKIM01 Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 There was Muhammed Ali. For those of you too young to remember him, you missed a really unique sports figure... Ali.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) Before he was Muhammed Ali. He was Cassius Clay. And nearly all of his fights were broadcast on tv... for free ! Followed him for years. When I was a kid. If he was not on tv, as Casius Clay, I recall listening to his fights on my transiter radio. And I made mention in another thread, that I viewed his small house years later in Berrian Springs, Michigan. Where he was very generous to the local teachers. Know this as our friend there, who was a teacher there, could not say enough good things about what he did to support her school. Supplied her school room with books that the school district could not afford to do. Muhammad Ali and his family were great neighbors when they lived in tiny Berrien Springs Rope a dope ! Edited July 16, 2020 by milehiiu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted July 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 29 minutes ago, milehiiu said: Before he was Muhammed Ali. He was Cassius Clay. And nearly all of his fights were broadcast on tv... for free ! Followed him for years. When I was a kid. If he was not on tv, as Casius Clay, I recall listening to his fights on my transiter radio. And I made mention in another thread, that I viewed his small house years later in Berrian Springs, Michigan. Where he was very generous to the local teachers. Know this as our friend there, who was a teacher there, could not say enough good things about what he did to support her school. Supplied her school room with books that the school district could not afford to do. Muhammad Ali and his family were great neighbors when they lived in tiny Berrien Springs Rope a dope ! Yeah, that clip I posted was probably the best rope-a-dope I ever saw. Man, was he smooth. ...and incredibly quotable. Ali was a very smart man. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/boxing/2016/06/03/muhammad-ali-best-quotes-boxing/85370850/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 Might have been an act. But... these two guys came to love and respect each other. Memorable moments with Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted July 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 1 minute ago, milehiiu said: Might have been an act. But... these two guys came to love and respect each other. Memorable moments with Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell. Oh yeah. They were huge friends and very good together. I'll put "Truculent" here too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostin76 Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) Loved that dude! I remember all of his fight on TV - for free. Edited to add that @milehiiu beat me to the free part. Edited July 16, 2020 by Lostin76 Adding text Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 3 minutes ago, Lostin76 said: Edited to add that @milehiiu beat me to the free part. Those were the days.... my friend. Long before pay per view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostin76 Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 25 minutes ago, milehiiu said: Those were the days.... my friend. Long before pay per view. We didn't know how good we had it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) Ali (then Cassius Clay) beat the man who was considered the Mike Tyson of his day...Sonny Liston...twice... Edited July 16, 2020 by IUFLA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 Larry Holmes wasn't too damn shabby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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