Anybody grow up watching Ali in his prime

[Zaroku]

i am old enough to have watched clay's fights in black and white tv and then marvel more watching ali's fights in color later....

the g.o.a.t. had an uncanny ability to predict on what round he will finish off his opponents...

my late father worked in vietnam building schools and other infrastructure projects for usaid and he told us that ali was not really hated by the u.s. military even when ali was in the center of the draft controversy....

having watched most of clay's/ali's fights i believe is one blessing of pure awe and admiration....

rip champ...you're still the g.o.a.t...

Me too! Remember this song?

https://*************/watch?v=gsDHi-vJCYs

[mani1]

Steph is the biggest name right now maybe in all of sports. I even said Ali was much bigger.

Who is this steph guy?

[NocxoR]

My father is from Venezuela and he told me that every time Ali fought the country literally stops, so i guess that in Usa it was like a superbowl.

[lopetego]

Nah, I was born too late. grew up watching Pacquiao and the Klitschkos

[MDPopescu]

I'm too young but I know it had to be special watching someone like that. Thankfully there's a ton of videos out there for the younger generation to see.

!965, the first live pro boxing fight I watched was Clay vs Liston II...

[Redd Foxx]

Glad you listened to it, this song really dates me. Peace my man. Thanks for the reply.

Damn thing has been stuck in my head for the last few hours, lol. Was a nice listen though. Reminds me of times when people were a bit more light hearted and optimistic.

[boliodogs]

I'm too young but I know it had to be special watching someone like that. Thankfully there's a ton of videos out there for the younger generation to see.

I watched Ali during his entire career and I was a big fan. I saw him train at the main street gym in LA. He was better before his forced 4 years out of boxing but he was still great when he returned to boxing. The young Ali was incredibly fast but of course everyone knows that. Yes, I am old but I still like to talk boxing on here.

[ADP02]

I remember with friends talking a lot about the upcoming Frazier vs Ali fight after Ali's layoff.

Before that the talk was often about how it would go if Ali would have fought Rocky Marciano.

[Zaroku]

Damn thing has been stuck in my head for the last few hours, lol. Was a nice listen though. Reminds me of times when people were a bit more light hearted and optimistic.

He floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee!

The black superman!

[Adonis Creed]

I watched Ali during his entire career and I was a big fan. I saw him train at the main street gym in LA. He was better before his forced 4 years out of boxing but he was still great when he returned to boxing. The young Ali was incredibly fast but of course everyone knows that. Yes, I am old but I still like to talk boxing on here.

I always wondered what it's like to watch those guys train. They didn't have everyone filming 24/7 back then so there isn't too much training vids like you have now. Idk if I've even seen most old fighters hit the mitts before.