RIP Cassius.
RIP
He’s in a better place now instead of trapped in his earthly shell.
Godspeed.
Ditto that.
I think he was indeed the greatest. RIP.
Not a fan of his politics. He was a man of his time. Jim Crow laws are gone now. They weren’t then. He was influenced by Islamics and Marxists who convinced him that was how to get even. Some poor choices
But.... The best heavyweight boxer of all time. A smart fighter. Those 14-15 rounds of punishment for 3 fights against Frazer....how does anyone survive that. And the massive abuse he took fighting Forman....biding his time taking the abuse to his arms till he tired out old George...then coming in for the kill. The Zaire fight was incredible. Watched it the day after in a movie theatre.
You either loved or hated his schtick. He stole his bombastic rhetoric from Gorgeous George the wrestler. My dad hated it and him, even before the Vietnam thing. Called him Gaseous Clay. Dad loved Marciano. He has been the heavyweight champ and he was Italian. Marciano was a slugger, not’ boxer’, per se. Don’t know how that computer generated fight would have gone in real life if both men fought each other in their prime. I would have put money on Ali though.
He got his brain scrambled by way to many punches to his head. And he paid for it in his last 25 or so years. Should have quit sooner.
Anyway RIP Cassius/Ali. You gave me hours of entertainment.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.
He was awesome RIP