Muhammad Ali Appreciation thread.

[IamInuit]

Great man indeed. Facing Ali is probably the best testament. Take the good with the bad. He had a horrible mouth, demeaned fighters in the most shallow of ways.

But no one complained about the paydays they got fighting Ali.

Ken Norton "Me and my son were eating hotdogs regular until the Ali fight. After Ali we ate steak regularly."


My favorite comes from Ron Lyle- when asked if he thought the fight was stopped prematurely he stated if it weren't for Ali, would you be talking to me now? 'bout what?

BTW- that straight right hand Ali landed on Lyle that sent him reeling- was heavy handed- followed by a hellatious flurry. He knew how to end a fight when a fighter got hurt.

Chickie Ferrera >
If it was anybody else that we were fighting, they would have never stopped it.

You really are to much. I invite you to FAST FORWARD to say 3:30 and then witness what unfolds. That is the trouble with you clinical obsessive type regardless of cause. You repeat the same bullshit so many times that you actually genuinely believe it. Its called "sincere delusion"

[Bill Paxtom]

see; Chickie Ferrera

> Alan King >
"I have Ron Lyle ahead. No doubt. Ali came back and did some damage in the middle rounds > 6, 7 and 8. But yes, I have Lyle ahead Howard."

Alan King .......... A Good and Honest Man.

[Master]

Ali beat some top fighters after he beat Foreman. Lyle went life and death with Foreman.

Ali was amazing.

Why can't you see Bill?

Why?

Why?

[Bill Paxtom]

Ali beat some top fighters after he beat Foreman. Lyle went life and death with Foreman.

Ali was amazing.

Why can't you see Bill?

Why?

Why?

Muhammad Ali

Fact > George Foreman beat himself, and lost.

Fact > Ron Lyle was an old-and-slow guy, who was coming off an embarrassing loss to Jimmy Young.

Fact > Muhammad Ali was amazingly durable, and could absorb punches like nobody's business.

Fact > I can see.

Why > Because it has to be said.

[Master]

Foreman beat himself? Ali was just there and had nothing to do with it? Joker.

[Bill Paxtom]

Foreman beat himself? Ali was just there and had nothing to do with it? Joker.

Oh, come on Master.

It was Roy 'Tiger' Williams who showed Cassius how to lay on the Ropes and ride with the punches
in Kinshasa, Zaire.

Roy 'Tiger' Williams >

"I told Cassius. Let the 'Big Oaf' punch himself out. He'll be sucking heavy air by the 5th Round. You won't even have to hit him. He'll fall all by himself a few Rounds later."

[Master]

Foreman beat himself? Ali was just there and had nothing to do with it? Joker.

Oh, come on Master.

It was Roy 'Tiger' Williams who showed Cassius how to lay on the Ropes and ride with the punches
in Kinshasa, Zaire.

Roy 'Tiger' Williams >

"I told Cassius. Let the 'Big Oaf' punch himself out. He'll be sucking heavy air by the 5th Round. You won't even have to hit him. He'll fall all by himself a few Rounds later."

Williams was not in the ring taking the punches from Ali.