A video montage I made of Muhammad Ali

[jcarstenm]

Hi guys,

I just wanted to share the story of a video I made on Muhammad Ali. I do social video editing and was really intrigued by the story of Ali, who I didn't really know much about at the time. After months of trawling through countless documentaries and fights I worked down about 15 hours of footage into about an hour's worth of highlights, from which I worked down into a 10 minute video. The whole process took me over six months!

I'd say it was the most involved edit I've ever done as I learned so much about Ali, who I became mesmerised with (as well as other fighters like Frasier, Foreman and Liston), and the sport of boxing in general, which I've now grown to really enjoy and look forward to watching moving forward.

I wanted to post the video on this forum as I only put it up yesterday and wanted to get the "people in the know" to watch it first. I hope you enjoy! As far as I can see there's several 3 or 4 minute boxing montages of Ali, but nothing that goes into the depth my video edit does.

Would love to know your thoughts!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ue-sk1rdFY

[jcarstenm]

Bumping just once.

[dchampishere]

Very nice i like it

[El_Forklift]

Hi guys,

I just wanted to share the story of a video I made on Muhammad Ali. I do social video editing and was really intrigued by the story of Ali, who I didn't really know much about at the time. After months of trawling through countless documentaries and fights I worked down about 15 hours of footage into about an hour's worth of highlights, from which I worked down into a 10 minute video. The whole process took me over six months!

I'd say it was the most involved edit I've ever done as I learned so much about Ali, who I became mesmerised with (as well as other fighters like Frasier, Foreman and Liston), and the sport of boxing in general, which I've now grown to really enjoy and look forward to watching moving forward.

I wanted to post the video on this forum as I only put it up yesterday and wanted to get the "people in the know" to watch it first. I hope you enjoy! As far as I can see there's several 3 or 4 minute boxing montages of Ali, but nothing that goes into the depth my video edit does.

Would love to know your thoughts!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ue-sk1rdFY

Good job bro!

[mrpain81]

Don't like the last song but overall great video.

Really like the fact you showed a lot of footage that isn't in every recycled Ali highlight.

Cheers.

[jcarstenm]

Thanks so much guys. I really appreciate it from boxing enthusiasts.

Thanks for the donation too mrpain!

[Anderson Silva]

Ali was overrated and woulda been destroyed by a majority of today's heavyweights like David Haye.

[jcarstenm]

Every new generation has improved training, dieting, conditioning etc. Fighters these days would definitely have an edge if you plucked two fighters out of their era and put them together in a ring. Just like if you asked a 1985 John McEnroe to play against a pro player these days.

I compare based on what each did in their generation, how strong their generation was, and try and take an impartial look at their skills. For me Ali dominated the strongest era in boxing and had legendary speed, accuracy and instincts. That's why in my opinion he's the best (and definitely better than David Haye!). As mentioned though my knowledge is not great haha!

[arizashakes]

Brilliant video man, loved it.

[BattlingNelson]

Well done. Some really rare sequences in there.


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