murray street Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 (edited) Muhammad Ali has passed away. A fantastic human being, a legend, a phenomenon. I loved the man. Edited June 4, 2016 by murray street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linwood buddie Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 He had it bad for many years RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickMcD Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 Absolutely the greatest. As a boxer, a man and super entertainer. What a tragedy that parkinson's disease stole him away from us years ago. I couldn't bear to watch the shadow of the man he used to be when he appeared in public. Sonny Liston was a great name too. RIP Muhammad Ali. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 One of the few who was a legend, a term used too often. RIP. ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddieinEK Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 His biggest fight was against the American Government and despite their best efforts... Ali was the GREATEST and won hands down! Legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 Simply put, he was the greatest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 It was his fight against Chuck Wepner which inspired Rocky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isle Of Bute Saint Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 Class fighter ,class guy. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 Sad news. I can recommend this book for anyone interested in a slightly different take on the big fella: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00702M270/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSS Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 (edited) One of the greatest boxers to have fought at Paisley Ice Rink. Float like a butterfly,sting like a bee. RIP. Edited June 4, 2016 by HSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FS Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 http://www.scotsman.com/sport/the-night-ali-hit-home-in-a-blockbuster-paisley-show-1-603742 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddieinEK Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 One of the greatest boxers to have fought at Paisley Ice Rink. Float like a butterfly,sting like a bee. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddiecat Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 A gentleman and a legend, rip Ali. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffs Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 Great entertainer and great one liners. "I'm going to hit you so many times, you'll think you're surrounded. " "I'm so mean, I make medicine. sick. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney63 Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 My Dad and Granddad saw him fight at Paisley Ice Rink. I wish I had. A very important sporting figure, not without flaws, but then who, of the greats, is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 His importance transcended the sport he excelled in. A very influential world figure. I have zero interest in boxing, absolutely zero... but he was a legend. I remember Michael Parkinson's interviews, the famous photos with the Beatles, the iconic photo of him towering above a vanquished opponent, his conversion to Islam, refusing to fight in Vietnam, his civil rights importance... A legendary figure, no doubt about it. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 My Dad and Granddad saw him fight at Paisley Ice Rink. I wish I had. A very important sporting figure, not without flaws, but then who, of the greats, is? Did he have feet of clay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie1877smfc Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 ultra legend the greatest inspiration of our lifetime RUMBLE YOUNG MAN RUMBLE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhura Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 I notice that he was on Parkinson four times. Then he died from Parkinson's disease. Just sayin' like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TPAFKATS Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 A wiser man than he was sometimes given credit for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougJamie Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 Yes a True legend, and also outside the ring was morally a GIANT, at a time of massive social unrest he stood and stuck to his principles and beliefs. To be WC champion when they only had one title- 3 times is still unbelievable Like Mandela a loss to humanity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Pityme Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 A former workmate of mine was a young store boy in a newly refurbished Co-op in Birmingham where Ali was booked to do the honours on grand opening day. Such was the size and excitement of the crowd they had to whisk him out the back through the stores where my mate grabbed the only piece of writing material to hand to get the great man's autograph. I bet there aren't to many framed autographs of his moniker on a torn outer from a kellogs cornflakes box? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 Watched a clip during a tribute show where his (I think) second wife was standing beside him and a journalist tried to ask her a question. Ali jumped in to say 'she don't talk too much, in fact she talks when I say so'. OK, so it was a different time where the world was a different place. Still, bit of a cnut was old Ali, no? Racks up to the fight in Manilla with his bit of totty on his arm with the wife at home seeing her husband swanning around with a dolly burd he's shagging on his arm like it's no big deal? Bit of a cnut right enough. Like Tiger Woods. Cheating lowlife cnut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Banjos Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 (edited) Watched a clip during a tribute show where his (I think) second wife was standing beside him and a journalist tried to ask her a question. Ali jumped in to say 'she don't talk too much, in fact she talks when I say so'. OK, so it was a different time where the world was a different place. Still, bit of a cnut was old Ali, no? Racks up to the fight in Manilla with his bit of totty on his arm with the wife at home seeing her husband swanning around with a dolly burd he's shagging on his arm like it's no big deal? The HBO documentary on the Manilla fight with Joe Frazier had much on on the other side of Ali. The Nation of Islam "white people are devils" and "blacks and whites should be segregated" stuff is quite well-known, but the really personal and racist attacks on Frazier (for unknown reasons) were a real eye-opener for me. Frazier had helped him get his licence back when he'd been banned for not going to Vietnam, even gave Ali money. When he was back though it was really grim what he did to Frazier; called him a gorilla and an Uncle Tom, said he was the wrong type of Negro, Frazier's family home had to be protected because Ali stirred up so much resentment, his son was his beaten up at school. After Manilla he tried to apologise to Frazier via his son and media, but not to his face. Frazier pretty much didn't forgive until he died. Edited to add, as you say, was also mentioned in the documentary what a womaniser he was. His wife was so enraged by him flaunting his teenage mistress to the world's media that she got on a plane immediately to Manilla. I think she was wife 3 of 5 or something like that. Edited June 6, 2016 by Julian Banjos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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