Posted on 06/03/2016 7:02:59 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Muhammad Ali is in "grave condition" in a Phoenix-area hospital, a well-informed source tells NBC News, as the boxing legend continues to battle a respiratory condition.
The 74-year-old former heavyweight champion's family has gathered by his bedside just a day after he had been hospitalized in what spokesman Bob Gunnell said Thursday was to be a "brief" stay.
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Ali, of course, never apologized
You apparently cared enough to click on the damn thread.
Completely untrue. He stayed in the states and served 4 years in prison rather than fleeing to Canada. And those 4 years were in the prime of his life.
Cassius Clay was a draft dodger back before he changed his name , a real low life no respect for him for he disrespected my country ,USA
Nation of Islam, follower of the “honorable” Elijah Muhammad.
Why is this big news? He’s 74 years old.
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I was just reading about him He was sentenced to 5 years but never served a day.
He could be entertaining but was basically worthless. A Black Muslim for which the media thought was great. A braggart which the media thought was great.
Basically sorry as he could be but I would still pick him over Obama.
Ali spent the next three years free while his conviction was on appeal; he lectured at universities and Muslim gatherings around the United States and gained support as anti-war sentiment increased.
His appeal would reach the Supreme Court in 1971. In Clay v. United States, the Court ruled 8-0 that Ali met the three standards for conscientious objector status: that he opposed war in any form, that his beliefs were based on religious teaching and that his objection was sincere. His conviction was reversed.
He returned to boxing in 1970
Well, at least he did not run away to Canada, he went to jail for his beliefs.
Floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee. He was the greatest.
A vile, Mudslume traitor coming to his end. No sympathy here. How many patriotic Americans did his teaason get killed?
The man gave up his crown, millions in lost income, because he was opposed to the war. Others will call him many things (they already have)but he was sincere in his beliefs and stuck by his principles. I forgave him many years ago.
He was also one hell of a fighter..........ask Sonny Liston.
***that he opposed war in any form, that his beliefs were based on religious teaching***
Passed himself of as a moslem imman against war. What a joke!
He may have pulled on over on the leftist SCOTUS but not on the American people whose sons were being drafted without an excuse.
IF he was really “sincere”, he could have worked in a hospital or been a medic.
Who met with and endorsed President Reagan in 1984.
Joe Frazier was despised by the black community and considered to be a N***** by many.
Ali called him a "Gorilla". If a white guy called him that, he'd be skewered.
TS!! He was still a highly public traitor who gave aid and comfort to the enemy who were murdering thousands of Anericans, just the way Jane Fonda did.
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