Ok this is heresy but was Ali actually a total knob?

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I think Jack Johnson and John L. Sullivan were big time trash talkers and they were around well before Ali

True, but they didn't start it as Ali did. That's the diffrence. Could you ever imagine guys like Quarry or Foster or Louis or Lyle doing this back in the day? Of course, Galento did sau he would "moider the bum."