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you could tell from his facial expression.... Terrell was meant to be his hardest fight yet
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[[[In and interview with Howard Cosell on ABC not long after the fight, Muhammad Ali apologized for talking to Terrel throughout the fight, and saying "what's my name" then hitting him. However he said he did it so Terrel and other people would respect his religious beliefs. Terrel ended up saying "Muhammad Ali", and rightfully so]]]
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Kid, obviously you've chosen Ali as a idol and role model and certainly he set an good example for a lot of folks, but he also POed plenty and had a pretty healthy selfish and cruel side to him that his idolaters tend to ignore.
Terrell and Ali were longtime friends who had trained a bit with each other and travelled together. The whole name thing was nothing but a promotional gimmick that Ali was using back then, nothing more.
Part of Ali's bad side was that he was incredibly cruel in the ring back then, accused of carrying injured Patterson and Terrell for his amusement. Basically boxers usually have a gentlemen's credo about injured fighters which he broke. Terrell ripped up his eyeball early in the fight on the ropes and was seeing double and triple during the bout. Ali should've KOed him or eased up instead of propping him up to punish and humiliate in the ring.
If you want to look to Ali as an example, then you should understand he wasn't the brightest guy around, and converted to NOI which was and still is not widely respected by most religious peoples in the world, including most ******s. Ali now belongs to a more mainstream sect of Islam because he's older and wiser than he was when he lured into a minor sect of violence and exploitation.
You seem to think Ali was the best athlete in the history of the world, but Michael Jordan was voted that by the media over the past 100 yrs. Beauty contests like that are important to some folks who need something to hang their hat on, but even the world's best athlete could barely crack .200 in the baseball minor leagues or crack 80 in golf, two sports he'd give his MVPs and eyeteeth to compete in at the highest levels.
Why don't you look at Ali as a man, deeply and cruelly flawed with a good heart who strove mightily and heroically in this brief life we live. You'll have a healthier outlook, plus you'll know more than if you're just a one trick pony.Comment
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you're not telling me anything i don't already know. i know in his younger days he wasn't very nice, and that people hated him. however, depite the infamy if the nation of islam in the 1960s, terrel did'nt want to respect ali and that was wrong. ali punished him, and there's no law against that, not as long as they're in the ring. ali was naive back then, as he got bamboozled by the black ******s at a young age, but all i'm saying is that terrel purposely disrespected his religion, and that was wrong.Comment
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Terrell got what he deserved!Comment
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I've heard a ****load about this fight but I've never seen it anywhere to download. I'd love to see it.Comment
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espn classic brings it on occasionally. i would estimate about once a month. just check the listings from time to time. it's bound to pop up sometime on classic.
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don't i have by far da best signature? gotta love da butterfly!Comment
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no, i believe folley was supposed to be his hardest fight, and was up to that point.Originally posted by fistlegendComment
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yeh, but the terrel fight was before the zora folley fight, so terrel was meant to be his hardest fight. and folley was a washed up man that time, from what i heardOriginally posted by butterfly1964Comment
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i see what you are saying.Originally posted by fistlegendComment
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Tuesday was the Fortieth Anniversary of this fight, by the way.
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