Knicks · Muhammad Ali Dead at 74 (page 2)

dacash wrote:i cant remembers the other fighters name but there was a guy who refused to call him ali kept calling him clay and during the fight as he was beating him he kept asking "whats my name?"
damn he was amazing

Sonny Liston.

RIP, Muhammed.

NardDogNation wrote:

dacash wrote:i cant remembers the other fighters name but there was a guy who refused to call him ali kept calling him clay and during the fight as he was beating him he kept asking "whats my name?"
damn he was amazing

Sonny Liston.

RIP, Muhammed.

ahhh liston yes, thank you very much
that was a man controlling a fight
from start to finish he had no chance
ali was amazing

NardDogNation wrote:

dacash wrote:i cant remembers the other fighters name but there was a guy who refused to call him ali kept calling him clay and during the fight as he was beating him he kept asking "whats my name?"
damn he was amazing

Sonny Liston.

RIP, Muhammed.

Im pretty sure it was Ernie Terrell...and Ali best him up pretty good...thats where the whats my name comed from...

BRIGGS wrote:Wow. Well I think he had a great life-- how many people get his life. On top of if he survived 30 years with a terrible disease but all in all quite a life

RIP.

Too many times the coverage of a fallen icon turns into a sideshow. This was better than the usual reporting, probably wont last though.

Didn't realize he had a connection to Allan Houston. Weird for me because I relocated from NYC to Louisville in the past year to help take of my father who has a very similar illness to Ali. I justed visited the Muhammad Ali museum in Louisville and drove by his house a few months ago. Didn't realize Allan Houston grew up on the same street!

Might try to attend the funeral next week, depending on how open they make it.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basket...

Malcolm wrote:

nice photo,
seem on Espn

George Bush jr, presented Ali the 'Presidential Freedom' award
I shed few tears today, grew up as a 10 yr old admiring this man, fought 1st Ali-Frazier fight March 1970
my Birthday.

Peace & RIP to a man whom stood for more than just boxing, through his gains , mistakes
Courage and right to speak it ... Give you faith to pursure things important outside yourself.
I need that courage still.. sometimes in life, we all can use the positive

Bonn1997 wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:Wow. Well I think he had a great life-- how many people get his life. On top of if he survived 30 years with a terrible disease but all in all quite a life

30 years of Parkinson's doesn't strike me as a great life. I respect his achievements but it's a sad outcome. Sure he had fame. I'd rather just be healthy and have a quiet life.

It's probably not the place or time to debate this but I'm curious about why you feel that way. I'm a low-key guy, so I tend to gravitate towards your position but simultaneously wonder WTF is the point of it all. So if I had the chance to lead the kind of life he did (pitfalls and all), I think I'd do it. We are all born to die...at least his life meant something. (Hope this didn't come across as condescending or morbid....that definitely isn't my intention).