Ali's Olympic Medal

[msagrain]

Yes... he did. He was refused service at the resaurant a few days after his gold medal victory at the olympics and he threw his medal into the river.

Yeh because it was a white only resaurant.

[FloydsEra]

He was refused service at the resaurant

maybe he hadn't showered since the olympics

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It's a boxing myth

[Ryn0]

It's a boxing myth

Ali admited it himself, it is in pretty much all of his biographys...

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Ali made mistakes.

He was wrong to liken Frazier to a gorilla.

He was wrong to refer to Floyd Patterson as 'an Uncle Tom'. He didn't throw his Olympic gold medal into a river.

Latterly he as apologised for those mistakes, which again demonstrates his generosity. Reduced by the ravages of Parkinson's Disease Ali is unrecognisable from the brilliant young athlete who stirred the imagination of all who saw him fight.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/columnists/mcguigan/2007/01/13/ali-at-65-115875-18464950/

Whether this is true is still debated - wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali

[Ryn0]

Ali made mistakes.

He was wrong to liken Frazier to a gorilla.

He was wrong to refer to Floyd Patterson as 'an Uncle Tom'. He didn't throw his Olympic gold medal into a river.

Latterly he as apologised for those mistakes, which again demonstrates his generosity. Reduced by the ravages of Parkinson's Disease Ali is unrecognisable from the brilliant young athlete who stirred the imagination of all who saw him fight.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/columnists/mcguigan/2007/01/13/ali-at-65-115875-18464950/

Whether this is true is still debated - wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali

What reason would he have to lie in his autobiography? Why would he need two medals.

Innocent until proven guilty.

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What reason would he have to lie in his autobiography? Why would he need two medals.

Innocent until proven guilty.

It could be true, it could not.

I'm just saying there's controversy over it.

Why would he do it? - made him more famous, showed even more he stood up for his rights, people are still talking about it nearly 50 years later

[Chups]

I thought this was a myth?

[FloydsEra]

I always thought it could be untrue

[ZomBie Jesus!!]

Yes... he did. He was refused service at the resaurant a few days after his gold medal victory at the olympics and he threw his medal into the river.

representing a country that doesn't even want you can do that.