What’s My Name : Muhammad Ali

[Master]

Learnt some new stuff too.

Never knew that Angelo Dundee was actually in Jimmy Ellis corner the night him and Ali fought.

I read he was with him first or had some legitimate reason to be there that Ali was OK with it.

[Mark TKO]

He was Ellis manager as well as trainer.

So stood to make more money being in his corner apparently.

[Manos de Piedra]

I found part one on youtube but I can't find part 2.

[Manos de Piedra]

Part 2

[Master]

That was a different link you put up @Manos de Piedra

Still interesting.

I thought all the old great fighters, before Muhammid Ali, trained at Big Bear, I did not realise Ali bought a property at Big Bear and that other fighters followed.

I did not realise it was Ali that wrote on the rocks the great heavyweight fighters names on them such as Johnson, Rocky and Louis.

[Mark TKO]

Yes - I'd love to visit it. Am presuming the rocks are still there etc

[Dark Lord Al]

Cassius Clay.
Fact.

[X]

I did not realise it was Ali that wrote on the rocks the great heavyweight fighters names on them such as Johnson, Rocky and Louis.

It wasn't mate - it was his dad that painted all the names on the rocks. Cassius Snr was a reasonably gifted artist and he painted them all.

[Master]

I did not realise it was Ali that wrote on the rocks the great heavyweight fighters names on them such as Johnson, Rocky and Louis.

It wasn't mate - it was his dad that painted all the names on the rocks. Cassius Snr was a reasonably gifted artist and he painted them all.

I did not mean Ali personally painted the rocks, just that he was the first to go to big bear and the other boxers followed and set their training camps there.

When I originally saw the names on the rocks I thought that maybe Johnso , Rocky and Louis trained there.