Tell me more about when muhammad ali met gorgeous george??

**TheSilverBoy** · 08-20-2006 10:33 PM

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**Purist** · 08-20-2006 10:38 PM

Gorgeous Georde is the one who told Ali to wear white in the ring. He said "You will look so clean, people will come to the fights just to watch you get dropped and get those white trunks dirty. it will be so annoying that it will sell."

Basically the jest of it and telling him a little about showmanship too/

**Raeder** · 08-21-2006 12:00 AM

Originally Posted by Starr

Gorgeous Georde is the one who told Ali to wear white in the ring. He said "You will look so clean, people will come to the fights just to watch you get dropped and get those white trunks dirty. it will be so annoying that it will sell."

Basically the jest of it and telling him a little about showmanship too/

Gosh, I am old enough to have seen Gorgeous George on a black and white TV. He had dyed hair and really not a very good physique. He struuted around the ring like a corpulent peacock; he must have been ancient when, and if, in fact, he spoke and advised Cassius Clay.

**means2184** · 08-21-2006 01:37 AM

i have no idea but i do know its definatly george who Ali got the idea from to call rounds that opponents will fall

**Bookkeeper** · 08-21-2006 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by means2184

i have no idea but i do know its definatly george who Ali got the idea from to call rounds that opponents will fall

True statement, he said wrestlers knew how to market their fights because there was so much drama involved, and that's what he wanted in his fights.

**Raeder** · 08-21-2006 05:08 PM

Whatever the real story was, George and Ali were marketing aces.

**SimonH** · 08-21-2006 10:43 PM

Clay/Ali met 'Gorgeous' George in Las Vegas whilst he (Ali/Clay) was giving pre fight hype for his upcoming match with Duke Sabedong in June 1961.

But when George hyped hia match he put on a display that included knocking over microphones and explaining how he would pull off his opponents arm and beat him with it!

"I am the Greatest" George exclaimed!

Clay/Ali realised his 'act' was puny in comparison and decided to go the whole hog and developed the on-screen persona that intially made him so unpopular.

**TheSilverBoy** · 08-22-2006 12:37 AM

cheers guys surely ali must been a bit like that before he met george i mean he done it so good

**SimonH** · 08-22-2006 09:11 AM

Originally Posted by TheSilverBoy

cheers guys surely ali must been a bit like that before he met george i mean he done it so good

Yeah, but he upped the hype post Gorgeous George

X · 08-22-2006 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by Britkid

Clay/Ali met 'Gorgeous' George in Las Vegas whilst he (Ali/Clay) was giving pre fight hype for his upcoming match with Duke Sabedong in June 1961.

But when George hyped hia match he put on a display that included knocking over microphones and explaining how he would pull off his opponents arm and beat him with it!

"I am the Greatest" George exclaimed!

Clay/Ali realised his 'act' was puny in comparison and decided to go the whole hog and developed the on-screen persona that intially made him so unpopular.

Dead right, Britkid - Ali heard george promising that if he lost he would "crawl across the ring and kiss his (opponents) feet". That was a line Ali used later, word for word, before the Thrilla in Manilla.