Muhammad Ali the Greatest RIP Legend

[p4pking]

Being the man that he was, I have a hard time imagining he wouldn't have rather died a long time ago than go out this way. Don't think that's harsh to say or anything either, most people shudder at the thought of losing their faculties completely and going on for so long regardless, let alone a person of his character and charisma.

[J_Undisputed]

I think its hard to say. When I was younger I thought if I ever found I was terminal, i'd probably hop on my scoot look for a cliff gun it up to 140, try to touch the sun before the descent and go out my way. Now maybe i'm finally maturing a little or senility is setting in and i think maybe its more important to feel the sun on me even its just for a few seconds every day i have left. I'm no devout catholic nor am i trying to turn this into a debate on faith or religion. I was raised as christian but I kind of have my own ideas about faith (not sure what the Muslim religion says about death). I do believe there is a god and he put me here to serve a purpose and when I have served it, it will be my time to move on and ascend to a greater purpose.

I think it must be maddening to deal with the physical deterioration, especially when your mind is still sharp. I get cranky now when I feel one of my old injuries flare up in the middle of lifting something. What was once one of the more able bodies in terms of speed, reflexes, etc. has now become a prison for him. But I think he's grateful to be able to watch his kids and grandkids grow up, for all the fights he was able to see after being diagnose, the times he's able to express his love for those he cared for and the fighters he inspires, even if the smiles or joy can only be felt internally. There maybe a few people who those extra years meant something to and they may be greater than they would have been if not for his inspiration. His body is breaking down, but his spirit is just as strong as ever. I believe in some sense that the spirit can exist without the body, but the other way around..not so much.

He's a true fighter at heart... he couldn't have lasted this long if he didn't go to sleep at night thinking/ feeling... "...one more round..."

[Andre]

God bless the Champ.

[johnsebastianmiran]

CNN reported his passing a little after midnight US. Eastern time.

[ykdadamaja]

He is gone. RIP Ali

[ykdadamaja]

If you never believed in the Devil before in your life, but watched as Muhammad Ali, who boasted himself as too fast, too pretty, who others labelled him as "The Mouth of the South" and "The Louisville Lip", at the end of it all become reduced to a shell of a man who couldn't speak, couldn't move and body started to crumple over right before our very eyes, then you would not only believe in the Devil now but you would also know that the Devil's tool was cruel irony.

God bless Ali. What he did for Black people and people of colour of our generation could only be matched by the likes of MLK, Pele, Malcolm and Mandela.

He not only helped us to have dignity. He gave us a right to express our beliefs no matter the persecution and no matter the penalties, because that right of expression and idea is what truly makes us valuable assets to this human race.

He had his faults, like all people do. But his faults were as a result of the time he was born into, and not because the material of his humanhood was any less faulty. If born in 1980, Ali would have the same principles for different causes and then some, because now in this era we know better and know more!

I look around today, and there ain't many like him left. PERIOD. Black, White, Asian, Hispanic. He is truly the last of a good crop.
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