Comments Thread For: Remembering Muhammad Ali: 'He Made You Dream'

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On the eighth anniversary of the death of Muhammad Ali, ProBox TV analyst Paulie Malignaggi characterizes the legacy and lasting influence, both in and beyond boxing, of "The Greatest."
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[Cyborg Fangerloo]

I am 46 and therefore did not live to see his career. I have watched many of his fights online and read much, mainly to try and figure out this greatest business.
I can't help but not like him. I see an egotistical, ****y man that was far too often disrespectful of other fighters. I understand the chin, talent, mind games, heart, and all of that, but I struggle with his behavior so badly.
PLEASE someone help me like him. I desperately want to.

[soul_survivor]

I am 46 and therefore did not live to see his career. I have watched many of his fights online and read much, mainly to try and figure out this greatest business.
I can't help but not like him. I see an egotistical, ****y man that was far too often disrespectful of other fighters. I understand the chin, talent, mind games, heart, and all of that, but I struggle with his behavior so badly.
PLEASE someone help me like him. I desperately want to.

If you claim to have researched him and still don't like him then your reasons for disliking are something else.

[komandante]

Everytime Muhammad Ali enters Sydney 2000 stadium people standup to give RESPECTbut then he was exploited by islam

[Oregonian]

I am 46 and therefore did not live to see his career. I have watched many of his fights online and read much, mainly to try and figure out this greatest business.
I can't help but not like him. I see an egotistical, ****y man that was far too often disrespectful of other fighters. I understand the chin, talent, mind games, heart, and all of that, but I struggle with his behavior so badly.
PLEASE someone help me like him. I desperately want to.

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A racist cannot be helped. That kind of hate is deeply engrained and is almost impossible to fix at 46 years old.
What kind of “research” did you dig into? The ones written by the triple K group?

[Oregonian]

Everytime Muhammad Ali enters Sydney 2000 stadium people standup to give RESPECTbut then he was exploited by islam

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So after the 2000 Olympics is when he was exploited?
How exactly was he exploited when you are speaking about the 1960’s?
Was the Christian nation he was born and raised into kind to him?

[thack]

Ali as a fighter would have stood up in any era , and would have found a way to fell even the giants of this day , all inc. from Lennox to Fury. Outside the ring was his business.
He was very special...

[Wacked_Out]

If you claim to have researched him and still don't like him then your reasons for disliking are something else.

What else would that be? He gave his reasons. He said (egotistical/ disrespectful).

[Cyborg Fangerloo]

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A racist cannot be helped. That kind of hate is deeply engrained and is almost impossible to fix at 46 years old.
What kind of “research” did you dig into? The ones written by the triple K group?

It makes me sad that you say this. This world is so darn messy right now and only grace and mercy will fix it. I am sorry that folks have wronged you to make you jump to that conclusion.

[Oregonian]

It makes me sad that you say this. This world is so darn messy right now and only grace and mercy will fix it. I am sorry that folks have wronged you to make you jump to that conclusion.

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I’m just responding to your words right here “ I can't help but not like him. I see an egotistical, ****y man that was far too often disrespectful of other fighters.
PLEASE someone help me like him.“

It makes me sad that you denigrate Ali while knowing what you know about him. I am sorry that folks have wronged you to jump to that conclusion.