[circlecity]

"I’ve been telling people for years that I despised Ali because he was the Father of this “look at me” disease we see in sports."

Ali admitted he got his shtick from pro wrestling ('rassling), more specifically Gorgeous George. He said he noticed that the trash talking George was drawing more people than most of other pro wrestlers combined. Half came to hate him and see him lose, half came to cheer him on, but they all paid to see him.

[HeadOn]

Yep.