Quote Originally Posted by Primo Carnera View Post

Fine, but this happens all the time. So , are you saying Ali was scared? Or are you saying Foster would've beaten him? Or are we just saying Ali was greedy or knew his worth?


Hmm... you seem to be new to Bill Paxtom, so I'll fill you in.

You see.... Billy seems to be privy to some astounding information regarding Muhammad Ali.
Information that proves several things:

1. Ali carefully orchestrated the circumstances under which he fought everyone in his career. He fought them either too early, too late.... or just plain picked on them while they were vulnerable. I wouldn't be surprised to find out from Billy that Ali planted flu bugs in opponents training camps to make them sick before the fight.

2. Ali was scared of everyone he ever fought. They all knew that, but somehow Ali was able to buy the judges and referees to cut him some slack..... to favor him when things were going rough. It's a miracle he didn't lose more often. Again, thanks to Billy's incredible research skills, we too can be privy to this information.

3. Ali didn't do all that much for the sport of boxing. That is just a myth, perpetuated by boxing writers and the media, who were also being paid off. Why.... without Ali, the world would've been flocking to see Quarrys and Folleys fighting each other. Interest in boxing would've skyrocketed, even more than it did with Ali.

4. Billy hasn't even touched on this yet.... but I'm sure pretty soon we'll be reading about how Clay (Billy chooses to ignore Ali's God-given right to change his name. Who the hell does Clay think he is, anyway?).... we'll be reading about how Clay suffers from horrible flatulence, and how Clay is the world's worst tipper.



I don't know about anybody else, but I for one am sitting on the edge of my seat, waiting for the next useful tidbits of information from Billy. We are so lucky to have within our midst someone with the awesome research abilities on one Bill Paxtom.