What’s My Name : Muhammad Ali

X · 06-29-2019 05:15 AM

Originally Posted by 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.

**Master** · 06-29-2019 07:53 AM

Originally Posted by X

Originally Posted by 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.

**Mark TKO** · 07-02-2019 08:55 PM

So your knowledge of history, painting and rocks is consistent with your bollocks knowledge of boxing

**Master** · 05-06-2022 03:42 PM

There is a BBC documentary on now which is really good and provides in-depth coverage that I had not seen before.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod...4/muhammad-ali

**Mark TKO** · 05-06-2022 03:53 PM

yep watched all 8 parts in a few days.

I gave the first one a try thinking I wouldn't bother with any more as would be nothing new but there was - a good perspective.

Well worth a watch

**nuggetdotcom** · 05-08-2022 12:48 AM

How many of us youngsters in the 60's and 70's went to the Hammersmith Odeon at silly o clock in the morning to watch Cassius/Ali on the CCTV? Best ever was Ali Foreman in Kinshasa, just had to wake her indoors when I got in to tell her the 'unexpected' result. Worst ever was Larry Holmes when Ali was clearly taking on too much, there was absolute silence as we left the theatre, end of an era.