Quote Originally Posted by corvette View Post
People forget that Ali was despised in his time.

America wanted Frazier to whip that arrogant loud mouth.
What people? People didn't really despise Ali (maybe you) they actually hated him. He was always respected though because he believed in something, stood for something and had a sense of humor. People mostly wanted to see his head knocked off because of the things he said like "White People are the Devil".