For me Muhammad Ali was ,is & always will be THE GREATEST!!! You say he pushed Joe Louis & was rude to him. But did you hear what Joe called Ali for refusing induction into the army?? A traitor & a coward.. Sure Ali could have done like Joe did & been inducted & served as an ambassador for propaganda Doing exhibitions & such. If that's what they did with him but his religious beliefs would not let him do it. He could have done what countless others did to avoid the draft & fled the country. But he stayed and faced the music like a man. A certain Wiliiam Jefferson Clinton was one of those he fled to England.
His punishment. He was made President of the United States