If a fighter today did what Ali did (name/religion change)

[BishopRyan]

How would he be recieved in our war time era. Is there enough media and anti-war support for someone to avoid anti-american rants that would surely follow. Or better yet what if Ali was from this generation and did today what he did years back?

Edit:

If there was a draft today. What-if scenario...

[Verstyle]

he'd actually have to volunteer to go to the war and do other things like speak to crowds.

[ben41193]

I dont think people would care about religion and name. We acep t more cultures and religion than we used too. I think it would be buzz in the boxing world but nothin HUge

[BishopRyan]

he'd actually have to volunteer to go to the war and do other things like speak to crowds.

I realize things are done differently now. There isn't a draft and so forth. Its just a what if scenario.

Since Ali is looked upon as an icon/hero and we are currently putting deserters in prison, I thought it might be an interesting concept, society has changed a lot in the last few decades.

So if there was a draft and someone did what he did.

[Jim_Davis]

I don't know but Ali was a legend for standing up and refusing to be killed for a country that never even gave him his human rights.

[K-DOGG]

No one would really care....unless he said he supports Osama Bin Laden and all of Al Qaeda fighting the infidels, etc.

[Crazy Dude]

Australian boxer Anthony Mundine got some flak by making some anti-American remarks after 9-11. It was felt at the time that it might hurt his career. I don't know if it did or not.

[phallus]

Australian boxer Anthony Mundine got some flak by making some anti-American remarks after 9-11. It was felt at the time that it might hurt his career. I don't know if it did or not.

nobody knows who mundine is, if floyd mayweather said it, there'd be a terrible ****storm