Muhammad Ali has been placed on life support. Doctors has told his family the end is near. That all I know for now.
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Muhammad Ali has been placed on life support. Doctors has told his family the end is near. That all I know for now.
The end is nearing. The end is nearing!!
:-\
Being the man that he was, I have a hard time imagining he wouldn't have rather died a long time ago than go out this way. Don't think that's harsh to say or anything either, most people shudder at the thought of losing their faculties completely and going on for so long regardless, let alone a person of his character and charisma.
Muhammad Ali has been sent to Arizona and a close family source says it is "a matter of hours" and his respiratory condition is very grave.
I think its hard to say. When I was younger I thought if I ever found I was terminal, i'd probably hop on my scoot look for a cliff gun it up to 140, try to touch the sun before the descent and go out my way. Now maybe i'm finally maturing a little or senility is setting in ;D and i think maybe its more important to feel the sun on me even its just for a few seconds every day i have left. I'm no devout catholic nor am i trying to turn this into a debate on faith or religion. I was raised as christian but I kind of have my own ideas about faith (not sure what the Muslim religion says about death). I do believe there is a god and he put me here to serve a purpose and when I have served it, it will be my time to move on and ascend to a greater purpose.
I think it must be maddening to deal with the physical deterioration, especially when your mind is still sharp. I get cranky now when I feel one of my old injuries flare up in the middle of lifting something. What was once one of the more able bodies in terms of speed, reflexes, etc. has now become a prison for him. But I think he's grateful to be able to watch his kids and grandkids grow up, for all the fights he was able to see after being diagnose, the times he's able to express his love for those he cared for and the fighters he inspires, even if the smiles or joy can only be felt internally. There maybe a few people who those extra years meant something to and they may be greater than they would have been if not for his inspiration. His body is breaking down, but his spirit is just as strong as ever. I believe in some sense that the spirit can exist without the body, but the other way around..not so much.
He's a true fighter at heart... he couldn't have lasted this long if he didn't go to sleep at night thinking/ feeling... "...one more round..."
God bless the Champ.
Hopefully its rumors.
He is a huge reason I got into boxing. He was way before my time but my dad got me some VHS's years ago of his fights and I was hooked on boxing ever since. I will be forever grateful for him getting me into the sport I love. Even though I mean nothing to him personally, he has affected my life.
He will always be the greatest to me.
He brought freshness to an old sport and made it new again changing the face of boxing and leading others to stardom. Where it was gloomy he made it fun and just when everything seemed normal again there is a vacancy in the world where he used to live. One of the hardest things for any man to do is hold his dignity enduring dark times but he made it to the light. All the years that have past since he accomplished what he dreamed of they still call out his name and that was a dream come true. Blessings to you. There was always more than what met the eye.
Unfortunately his passing was announced on CNN after midnight Eastern Standard time in the US.
CNN reported his passing a little after midnight US. Eastern time.
Talking about him just yesterday at work, we were saying how he's done well to live with the parkinsons for as long as he did, I said then that he didn't have long left.
I also watched my old Ali boxset just last night in preparation.
It's a shame and a big loss but it wasn't unexpected
Ali was an amazing fighter and had an ability to think outside the box that I respect. He was one of those few fighters that could really make you think and even if you disagreed with him, you at least had to respect him for what he achieved in the ring.
The man who created the "superfight". . It's tough to argue that anyone could have embodied the 60s and 70s better than Ali, he was as famous as the Beatles, James Bond etc I don't really know what to say....IMO he was a great man.
Nothing much I can add or say that hasnt been already.
Loved Ali a long time before I loved boxing
Was very upset when I saw the news this morning
The Greatest
Terrible day for boxing today.
You cannot argue with his contribution to boxing and how popular the sport becane with his help.
Rip champ.
The ultimate sporting Icon, and as such, there will always be people who don't like him or have bad things to say about him, but what cannot be denied is the impact he had not only on Sport , but the whole World.
So to the people who don't like or don't rate Ali, I would ask "have you impacted with the World with your life as much as he has?"
RIP. xxx
An excellent fighter; only Joe Louis is close to him as a Heavyweight. As a worldwide icon perhaps only Mandela and Gandhi were equals.
To quote Angelo Dundee:
"Muhammad ruined us for everybody. He was great outside [the ring]; he was great inside. We got so accustomed to it we thought we deserved it."
The true TBE
I am genuinely heartbroken.
This man was, and is, my only hero.
Rest in peace Champ .... you did good
Size, speed, athleticism, endurance, excitement, nerve and guts, chin. The complete package in the ring. Ducked absolutely nobody and defused many of the most fearsome fighters to ever step into a ring.
But it's outside the ring where he elevated himself beyond greatness. Entertainment, stunning charisma, humour, warmth, humanity and pride.
My one and only hero. Rest in peace champ. Your ghost will haunt every heavyweight for all time.
The Greatest, the term itself exceeds hyperbole and yet you can no longer hear it without thinking of one man, that is how enormous the legacy of Muhammad Ali is. It is often said, (and get used to it as you will be hearing it a lot in the days that follow) that he transcended sport, that he transcended boxing, and that he was the most famous man on the planet. The 20th Century is not the same place without Ail but you can not divorce who he is , his impact and legacy from the noble art that provided him with the motivation, platform and reason to become who he was.
If you want to know more about the man I could not recommend more highly, two books, David Remnick’s 'King of the World' and Thomas Hauser’s seminal 'His life and times'. Better still watch the 41 rounds he shared with Joe Frazier and some of his other epic battles between the ropes. There is a story that Ali tells in his own book 'The Soul of a Butterfly' of a recurring dream he had when younger. In it he dreamed of running down the main street in Louisville when a truck would drive straight towards him. Rather than getting out of the way he ran straight at it and arms waving took off flying over the oncoming vehicle whilst people stood clapped and cheered. It was to become the way he lived his life. He ducked no obstacle and stood and faced challenge after seemingly insurmountable challenge, using each contest as springboard to get higher and higher until eventually he was able to soar.
At this point I have to declare that as a boxing fan I do not along with many, many others consider Ali to be the Greatest boxer, he is possibly not even the greatest heavyweight and no, I do not consider him the greatest sportsman either. He was though, without doubt an incredible human being who elevated and inspired so many other people and used his position to stick two fingers up to the establishment. He was a fantastic entertainer, a fighter whose graceful and eloquent physical prowess put him up there amongst the greatest the sport has ever seen. His quick tongue and unceasing humour even in the face of great adversity is a lesson for us all, and the world is a flatter and duller place without a character that could light up the faces of people across generations, ethnic, and social classes. He was the people's champion in much more than heavyweight boxing and in countless ways he will never be matched or transcended. He was a pioneer, a punk rock pugilist who tore up the rule book and invented a persona that fearlessly ripped apart so many sham conventions and punctured many a pompous ego. Rest in Peace Champ. There will never be another one like you.
I always loved the interview he did on Parkinson with Freddie Star, I would put a link to it but I'm using my tablet and don't know how to do it.
Anyway it is funny as fuck, Star completely sucks Ali in with his story
He was dead already once he left the ring in 80's, his life was over outside the ring since then
He is gone. RIP Ali
Who made you his advocate ? Fortunately most people are not so ignorant.Quote:
Originally Posted by NVSemin
If you never believed in the Devil before in your life, but watched as Muhammad Ali, who boasted himself as too fast, too pretty, who others labelled him as "The Mouth of the South" and "The Louisville Lip", at the end of it all become reduced to a shell of a man who couldn't speak, couldn't move and body started to crumple over right before our very eyes, then you would not only believe in the Devil now but you would also know that the Devil's tool was cruel irony.
God bless Ali. What he did for Black people and people of colour of our generation could only be matched by the likes of MLK, Pele, Malcolm and Mandela.
He not only helped us to have dignity. He gave us a right to express our beliefs no matter the persecution and no matter the penalties, because that right of expression and idea is what truly makes us valuable assets to this human race.
He had his faults, like all people do. But his faults were as a result of the time he was born into, and not because the material of his humanhood was any less faulty. If born in 1980, Ali would have the same principles for different causes and then some, because now in this era we know better and know more!
I look around today, and there ain't many like him left. PERIOD. Black, White, Asian, Hispanic. He is truly the last of a good crop.
#RIPAli #Ali #Boomaye
If you never believed in the Devil before in your life, but watched as Muhammad Ali, who boasted himself as too fast, too pretty, who others labelled him as "The Mouth of the South" and "The Louisville Lip", at the end of it all become reduced to a shell of a man who couldn't speak, couldn't move and body started to crumple over right before our very eyes, then you would not only believe in the Devil now but you would also know that the Devil's tool was cruel irony.
God bless Ali. What he did for Black people and people of colour of our generation could only be matched by the likes of MLK, Pele, Malcolm and Mandela.
He not only helped us to have dignity. He gave us a right to express our beliefs no matter the persecution and no matter the penalties, because that right of expression and idea is what truly makes us valuable assets to this human race.
He had his faults, like all people do. But his faults were as a result of the time he was born into, and not because the material of his humanhood was any less faulty. If born in 1980, Ali would have the same principles for different causes and then some, because now in this era we know better and know more!
I look around today, and there ain't many like him left. PERIOD. Black, White, Asian, Hispanic. He is truly the last of a good crop.
#RIPAli #Ali #Boomaye
If you never believed in the Devil before in your life, but watched as Muhammad Ali, who boasted himself as too fast, too pretty, who others labelled him as "The Mouth of the South" and "The Louisville Lip", at the end of it all become reduced to a shell of a man who couldn't speak, couldn't move and body started to crumple over right before our very eyes, then you would not only believe in the Devil now but you would also know that the Devil's tool was cruel irony.
God bless Ali. What he did for Black people and people of colour of our generation could only be matched by the likes of MLK, Pele, Malcolm and Mandela.
He not only helped us to have dignity. He gave us a right to express our beliefs no matter the persecution and no matter the penalties, because that right of expression and idea is what truly makes us valuable assets to this human race.
He had his faults, like all people do. But his faults were as a result of the time he was born into, and not because the material of his humanhood was any less faulty. If born in 1980, Ali would have the same principles for different causes and then some, because now in this era we know better and know more!
I look around today, and there ain't many like him left. PERIOD. Black, White, Asian, Hispanic. He is truly the last of a good crop.
#RIPAli #Ali #Boomaye
If you never believed in the Devil before in your life, but watched as Muhammad Ali, who boasted himself as too fast, too pretty, who others labelled him as "The Mouth of the South" and "The Louisville Lip", at the end of it all become reduced to a shell of a man who couldn't speak, couldn't move and body started to crumple over right before our very eyes, then you would not only believe in the Devil now but you would also know that the Devil's tool was cruel irony.
God bless Ali. What he did for Black people and people of colour of our generation could only be matched by the likes of MLK, Pele, Malcolm and Mandela.
He not only helped us to have dignity. He gave us a right to express our beliefs no matter the persecution and no matter the penalties, because that right of expression and idea is what truly makes us valuable assets to this human race.
He had his faults, like all people do. But his faults were as a result of the time he was born into, and not because the material of his humanhood was any less faulty. If born in 1980, Ali would have the same principles for different causes and then some, because now in this era we know better and know more!
I look around today, and there ain't many like him left. PERIOD. Black, White, Asian, Hispanic. He is truly the last of a good crop.
#RIPAli #Ali #Boomaye
Nice piece; but you do know what Boomaye translates too?Quote:
Originally Posted by ykdadamaja
I second that. Ali is THE GREATEST display what pride does to men,Quote:
Originally Posted by ykdadamaja
first it lifts you up, allows you to get more punches than humanly possible, get up when others would be dead already, but sooner or later it demands its price back ...
RIP champ.
Beyond a boxer, way beyond, he was a natural entertainer and communicator, and not afraid to speak his mind.
He electrified not only the boxing world, but planet Earth, for a long, long time.
Quote:
Originally Posted by BritkidNice piece; but you do know what Boomaye translates too?Quote:
Originally Posted by ykdadamaja
"Kill him"... ;D;D;D;D
Truly the greatest heavyweight champion and best sport man ever.
Listening to his radio tribute reminds me he:-
Won Olympic gold medal
Wanted Sugar Ray Robinson to his manager as he was Ali's idol.
Good looking man.
Wanted to be the youngest champion but Floyd Patterson would not face him.
Came to London to beat out Enry
Beat monster Sonny Liston has the underdog.
Came to London to beat our Enry again.
Black civil rights activist.
Part time magician, poet and entertainer.
Exiled from boxing
1971 The fight
Broken jaw and loss to Norton.
Rumble in the Jungle
Thriller in Manilla
Loss and victory to Spinks
Loss to Holmes
Never cared about money, too generous for his own good and could not resist a beautiful woman.
Ali would not have changed a thing in his wonderful life. RIP
Very sad to hear that Ali has now passed and joined Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, and Ron Lyle.
Wasn't long ago I would watch their fights on ESPN Classic and there was a certain comfort knowing that all were still alive.