"What's my name?" Ernie terrel got what he deserved from Muhammad Ali

[rosco 2]

this is the only fight where ali was down right crual,,,i have watched the fight many times ,and still cannot believe the referee didn,t stop it..Terrell couldnt even see out of his eyes and was pawing at ali...Ali could have stopped him any time after the 10th round ,but was content to humiliate him...

Even now i cant,but wonder why even his corner did,nt stop the fight..let alone the referee.

Terrell was a fine fighter who like others got caught up in politics of boxing..

Enough said

[Earl-Hickey]

I don't think he "deserved" what he got at all

[StarshipTrooper]

His Mom and Dad called him Cassius until the day they died

Poet

[Jim Jeffries]

Remind me why Terrel was required to call Clay some name he made up for himself again?

[DeepSleep]

Remind me why Terrel was required to call Clay some name he made up for himself again?

Because Ali told him so. He didn't listen and got the beating he apparently wanted.

[Rolling Stone]

it was a good old fashioned 'ass-whooping'......Ali said he was going to punish him and he came through

[TheGreatA]

Terrell didn't really do anything out of ordinary. Ali demanded Terrell to call him by his new name in front of a live audience which was obviously not going to happen because it would have been a mental advantage for Ali to get Terrell to "bow down" before their fight. It didn't have anything to do with Terrell being any kind of an "Uncle Tom", it was all about Terrell not giving in to his opponent's wishes.

It would have looked bad for him had Ali been able to intimidate him like that in my opinion. Of course in the fight Ali simply proved superior.

[sonnyboyx2]

Terrell didn't really do anything out of ordinary. Ali demanded Terrell to call him by his new name in front of a live audience which was obviously not going to happen because it would have been a mental advantage for Ali to get Terrell to "bow down" before their fight. It didn't have anything to do with Terrell being any kind of an "Uncle Tom", it was all about Terrell not giving in to his opponent's wishes.

It would have looked bad for him had Ali been able to intimidate him like that in my opinion. Of course in the fight Ali simply proved superior.

i agree.. its like Manny Pacquiao agreeing to Floyd Mayweathers demands, its Psychological warfare

[Sugarj]

That said, Terrell was a bit cheeky singing a song on live TV about Clay changing his name.............and how he in turn was going to change his face.

There was nothing cheeky about what Ali did in return, and Terrell's allegations that he was thumbed and had the top rope rubbed along his eye may well have been true.

Only twice was Ali truely nasty:

1) The first Patterson fight
2) The Terrell fight.

[wmute]

i agree.. its like Manny Pacquiao agreeing to Floyd Mayweathers demands, its Psychological warfare

except drugs, unlike names, give you more than a psychological advantage.