June 3, 1965
Another brilliant statement by the 'Great Sportsman'.
"I don't want to be shipped across the Atlantic Ocean to fight those 'Japs' in Vietnam."
June 3, 1965
Another brilliant statement by the 'Great Sportsman'.
"I don't want to be shipped across the Atlantic Ocean to fight those 'Japs' in Vietnam."
Yeah he was some genius, wasn't hebwwwOOOOOOOOOOOOOWAWAWAWA
The US-Army tested his IQ and the result was 78.
After scoring a 78 on a 1964 Army IQ test -- "I said I was the greatest, not the smartest" -- Ali was classified 1-Y: "Not qualified under current standards for service in the armed forces."
78............borderline retardation
What he lacked academically he more than made up for it in the ring.![]()
Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.
He was lightning fast and had superb reflexes and maybe the Greatest Chin of All Times. Awesome left jab, nice sharp straight right, and a stinging left hook.
On the negative side, he held and grabbed and pulled excessively, had absolutely ZERO body attack, got atleast 4 GIFT decisions, acted despicably towards many of his fellow black Americans, and got hit way too much to the skull and kidneys, had too much blood in his urine for weeks after several of his fights, contused kidneys, due to Rope A Dope nonsense, etc.
That's another strike against Ali IMO. Ali probably wasn't the brightest guy in terms of academics but no way was he borderline retard... he intentionally bombed the test because he didn't want to go to war.
Ali didn't give a fuck about speaking out against the "unjust" war until he was FORCED to go, then all of a sudden he was a big anti-war guy.
He shouldn't get credit for being a crusader for religious and personal freedom. He did it out of self preservation.
David Lemieux = Future MW Champ and P4P King
Beanflicker,
A few points.
1} Did Cassius Clay, 'purposely' bomb the test. ...... Most Likely.
2} Did the United States Selective Service know that Cassius 'pulled a tank job'...... Yes
3} Nobody could be that 'stupid' to fail that Elementary School type test.
4} Was Cassius Clay going to war. .......... 'NO'
5} Cassius Clay would have been stationed 'ridiculously' so far away from a Battlefield, it's funny.
Most likely a supply-base in the South Pacific {Hawaii or Guam}.
6} In other words, safe in the 'rear'.
Very True,
Cassius Clay never heard of Vietnam until he was at the end of his 'deferments'. Suddenly he
became a 'crusader'.
Like I said earlier,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the guy was 'a fraud'.
Last edited by Bill Paxtom; 06-04-2015 at 10:07 AM.
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