Crap....Ali has passed away :-(

[dando]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_TgAc4ESQ4

:(

[Napoleon]

RIP Muhammad.

Wow, the NY Times is in full "the President's dead" coverage mode. The obit I ran out on 8 1/5 by 11 paper runs 14 page, which is just huge for them, NY Magazine feature story type huge, and they currently have 7 other links on their home page for him to stories, opinion pieces and the like.

[dando]

Ali was larger than life both inside and outside the ring.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVt0M0dLpvg

[SteveH]

http://i.imgur.com/mFrKwkr.jpg

[SteveH]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/The_Beatles_and_Muhammad_Ali.jpg/800px-The_Beatles_and_Muhammad_Ali.jpg

[dando]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOhBtTYfSE4

[TravelGal]

Crawl on ESPN last night said that he would be on the front cover of Sports Illustrated this week for the 40th (!!!!!!!!!!!!!) time.

A week ago TravelGuy and I were in Louisville and spent quite some time in his museum there. I remember most of what they covered so the thing that surprised me the most was how small a boxing ring actually is. They also had some film of his earlier years with the lightening fast footwork and punching ability. :cool:

[dando]

Crawl on ESPN last night said that he would be on the front cover of Sports Illustrated this week for the 40th (!!!!!!!!!!!!!) time.

A week ago TravelGuy and I were in Louisville and spent quite some time in his museum there. I remember most of what they covered so the thing that surprised me the most was how small a boxing ring actually is. They also had some film of his earlier years with the lightening fast footwork and punching ability. :cool:

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The three years he lost objecting to the draft cost him the peak of his career, but he stood his ground on principle. :thumbup:

[Napoleon]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/The_Beatles_and_Muhammad_Ali.jpg/800px-The_Beatles_and_Muhammad_Ali.jpg

That picture was taken (with a series of other pictures of them together) 9 days after the Beatles American TV debut on Ed Sullivan and one week before Ali beat Liston.

[SteveH]

That picture was taken (with a series of other pictures of them together) 9 days after the Beatles American TV debut on Ed Sullivan and one week before Ali beat Liston.

As I said elsewhere had that picture included the Mercury 7 astronauts it would have defined my youth. On second thought, throw in Parnelli, also.

[chop456]

And now Kimbo Slice. Great fighters go in threes. Hopefully Gerry Cooney isn't next.