JOE LOUIS

Ali was a great boxer no doubt, but the way he acted and what he stood for were not compatable. He wanted peace and brotherhood and for African-Americans to stand up for themselves but he treated his two biggest rivals like dirt for no other reason other than the FACT that he was a psychological bully. If he wasn't a true bully he would have made peace with Joe Frazier loooong before he did and George Foreman just doesn't hold grudges now that he's found Jesus.

Joe Louis had to walk a tight rope while he was at the top and ANY screw up could have had him in trouble. Yet despite the rules he had to follow and losing out on his prime due to World War II he advanced African-Americans.....he got the PGA to allow black golfers, he got the Armed Forces to desegregate for his boxing exhibitions, and he was a true ROLE MODEL infront of the cameras....he never gloated over his opponents, he never talked shit, he was a class act.