His name was Ali

[Jangler]

When people say The Greatest, there's only one.  Cam might not even become that great. But let's hope.

RIP

[Cookie Lyon]

RIP Muhammad Ali

YOU ARE THE GREATEST!!!

[Doyle]

"Live everyday as if it's your last because someday you're going to be right"

 

Muhammad Ali

[davos]

He knew what it was. 

[London Loves Luke]

What a man, never been anyone like the Greatest, never will be again. 

[Ivan The Awesome]

This is sad sad news. Rest in peace Champ.  

[electro's horse]

his momma called him clay

imma call him clay. 

[rayzor]

The original icon and entertainer. THE champ.

[Matthias]

Ali once called Cam on his birthday and told him, "Man, you're pretty like me!"

[MHS831]

7 hours ago, teeray said:

The GOAT

True Story.  My mom used to work for a TV station in Oklahoma and always hated Muhammad Ali because of his bravado and brashness.

One day he comes to the station to promote a fight.  When the cameras were on he was his typical self but afterward he went to dinner with the entire station crew and there was a woman who worked there who was disabled. 

He made sure the disabled woman sat next to him at dinner, spent a lot of time with her, and playfully flirted with her and basically made her feel like the bell of the ball the entire night.

He was so kind and pleasant to everyone, and especially that woman, that my mom became a life long fan of his after that.

RIP champ 

Awesome story.  I can say that I hated him too, but I noticed how the other boxers like Foreman,  Norton, and most of all, Frazier, after they retired, spoke highly of Ali as a person. 

Some of you remember Ali because Will Smith played him in a movie, but I vaguely remember him in his prime--during the heyday of boxing-the heyday that was created by Cassius Clay.

[panthers55]

 As someone who saw him fight from the mid sixties until he retired, he was so much more than the greatest fighter. He represented the black struggle against racism and the little guy against the establishment.  He was one of the first black people I knew who converted to being Muslim. He was considered the most recognized person in the world not just the most recognized sports figure. Even later in life when he could no longer talk and his body was ravaged from Parkinson's he became a champion against the disease.  

The funny thing is that he makes Cam look like the least controversial guy out there by comparison. Cam didn't invite it while Ali did. He railed against the machine and won. May he  find in death the peace he rarely found in life. He was an icon and bigger than life. And so much more than a boxer to the millions who loved him and those that hated him. 

[L-TownCat]

One of Ali's trainers was from Gastonia and my grandfather was his family doctor.  He got to meet Ali once.  Just once.

Every year, my grandfather received handwritten birthday and Christmas cards from Ali until he passed away back in the 90's.  

[Clicheking]

Always been a fan and somewhat of an Ali historian even though I never got to see him box live.....RIP Champ

[Clicheking]

My favorite Ali story...short and sweet