Muhammad Ali's Irish Ancestry Debunks "Whiteboys can't fight" Myth?

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  • ILLuminato
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    Muhammad Ali's Irish Ancestry Debunks "Whiteboys can't fight" Myth?

    Ali's wife, Yolanda, said her husband's Irish blood might help explain his legendary ability to bludgeon his opponents with blarney as well as punches. She stayed close at Ali's side throughout the public events, talking to him and steadying him as they walked arm in arm.

    "When you look at Muhammad's pugilistic skills and his loquacious ways, I am sure if his great-grandfather was alive, he would swear it came from him. If he were alive today I bet he would be in every pub talking about it too," she said.
    Boxing legend Muhammad Ali made a sentimental journey Tuesday to discover his Irish roots, and met distant relatives during celebrations at the local town hall and a nearby castle.
  • Pullcounter
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    well, if you go back far enough, everybody is from africa...

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    • AKATheMack
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      #3
      Just imagine how good he would have been without the white blood.

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      • Freddy Krueger
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        Joe Calzaghe debunks that white boys can't fight. Pavlik debunks that white boys can't fight with wins over Taylor x2, and Miranda. Who ever said white boys can't fight? Out of all the black and other ethnic backgrounds Pavlik fought only Hopkins beat him.

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        • Glamour Puss
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          #5
          Originally posted by Pullcounter
          well, if you go back far enough, everybody is from africa...
          That may or may not be true. But that doesn't mean they were black.

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          • Steak
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            well, thats a silly article, Ali was who he was not because of his black nor his white ancestry, it was because thats just the kind of person he is.


            Ive always thought Ali looked part white. skin had lighter shade to it.

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            • Glamour Puss
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              #7
              Originally posted by JosephFelice
              Joe Calzaghe debunks that white boys can't fight. Pavlik debunks that white boys can't fight with wins over Taylor x2, and Miranda. Who ever said white boys can't fight?
              Insecure black racists on here.

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              • Steak
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                most black people have white/spanish/arab ancestry in them somewhere.

                theres a pretty darn big difference between a natural guy from Africa and your typical American black person, if you think about it

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                • Tmann400
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                  Originally posted by blackirish137
                  most black people have white/spanish/arab ancestry in them somewhere.

                  theres a pretty darn big difference between a natural guy from Africa and your typical American black person, if you think about it
                  yea..look at joshua clottey and look at say..andre ward or andre dirrell

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                  • TheGreatA
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                    Being part-Irish must have given him his chin.

                    In reality race has little to do with it. Just look at his brother Rahman, a very mediocre boxer in comparison.

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