Muhammad Ali passes. 6/03/2016.
 

30 of Muhammad Ali's best quotes

A great boxer and a good poet of sorts.


Just thinking about the connections between Muhammad Ali and my parents' old bridge partner and my sometimes help with my 224 613 Project Mills Lane--
Referee Mills Lane: Still Fighting At Age 78

New York Times article on the late Muhammad Ali.
 

Hope this link works-- http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/sp...?smid=fb-share

Muhammad Ali: Boxing legend and 'The Greatest' to a world of fans - CNN.com

Anyone have some other good links on Muhammad Ali?

Today we reflect on the legacy of... - National Museum of American History | Facebook

Hope you can see this. Pretty cool.

Sad to see him pass. He was very gifted, both intellectually and physically. He just stayed in the ring too long. RIP.

A good man who some, considered controversial!

A great fighter!

I was always sad to see him in later years, just a shell of himself. I like to remember him, when he was vibrant.

RIP - Muhammed

Keith Olbermann is one of our more gifted sports essayists. Like most of his work it is a bit about Keith, but he ties it all together with a wordsmith's bow, how Ali impacted Keith and how Ali impacted the world. Well worth a couple minutes to read.

Muhammad Ali: Champion of the World — The Ringer

Thanks for that link, blueash.

I hope people will keep posting good ones in tribute of The Greatest.

Legacy
 

A big part of his legacy that isn't politically correct to talk about is how he took advantage of everything this country had to offer but was AWOL when his country asked him to serve in the military, I'm sure he wasn't a coward but it would have cost him a lot of lost revenue if he couldn't prize fight.
Think about the lost World
War II years for real heroes like Ted Williams, Hank Greenberg, Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart, etc. They answered the call. Not like this egotistical bigmouth. Another thing, he wasn't the greatest, just the loudest.

My mother told me not to speak ill of the dead so I'll hold my tongue, but it is hard to do. He was an excellent boxer though.
A friend of mine who is now also dead, Tony Alongi was one of his sparring partners and I heard got fired for knocking Clay down in the ring while sparring. Tony went on to fighting Jerry Quarry 3 times with the results of several ties. Remembering Tony Alongi - Boxing.com

I'm met him in the 90s. His issues with Parkinson's was very evident at that time. So sad.

Not a fan.
 

And, closer in time, Elvis, interrupted his career to serve.

You will find a lot of people who wore the green uniform who aren't too enthralled by the man who refused induction into the military.

You seem to forget that he won an Olympic gold medal for this country. And his beliefs about our involvement in Vietnam are a world apart from what WWII was all about. What you considered bombastic was just entertainment. And he did entertain us.

African-Americans In Combat | History Detectives | PBS

Vietnam was very different from WWII that's true. Also in the ways that African-Americans fought in it.

A friend of mine whom I served with won golden gloves ( heavy weight) in Kentucky twice. He sparred with Clay back then in the Portland section of Louisville. Dennis told me that Clay's brother was a better boxer from a technical standpoint but Clay had the killer instinct.