Comments Thread For: Muhammad Ali's Doctor Doubts Boxing Caused Ali's Parkinson's

[Rapid Counter]

Well, he is full of shiet imo...

Didnt read the article so if its another misleading headline ma bad.

Believe it or not there are plenty of people with Parkinson's that never got hit once in their entire life

[Rapid Counter]

Can someone mentioned other fighters that have / had Parkinson disease appart from Roach and Ali?

You ever heard of the legendary flyweight Michael J Fox? Used to drive a cool Delorion and was pretty good on a skateboard

[Areyoudumb]

People complaining about Ali's anti war stance, why dont they go and sign up to the army? He is right, why kill people that did nothing to him?
Anyway, Ali said it right... if it was meant to happen, it will happen. What a champ and hero.

[The D3vil]

What exactly did he stand for?

Practically anyone who was famous or had money weaseled out of the draft. Ali just used the racist sect of Islam he joined as a copout and hippies thought it was "counter-culture" enough to consider cool.

He wasn't a good person and seemed rather dense. He was just good at boxing. No matter how much you like boxing we all know deep down society is in a better place without people like him present.

Then why couldn't Joe Louis, Jackie Robinson, and tons of other Black athletes get out of drafts?

The bottom line is, Vietnam was a bull**** war. It is universally accepted as that, even by a lot of ************* at this point. You're General Custer at this point, fighting a losing battle.

Vietnam was a critical theater against the expansion of Soviet/Chinese control. Like with all modern wars, the geopolitical situation wasn't simple enough for the media to translate to average ******s -- so they dumbed down the reasoning for the public, said we're going in to give them freedom and hamburgers.

I love how you think that wars that kill millions of people are "critical theatre". Please, send your children and grandchildren to be actors in some dumb ass pissing contest between super powers.

[nycsmooth]

Regardless of his wins the horrific punishment took from Joe, George & especially the 3rd Norton bout + Larry sure didn't help, evn that 1st bout vs Leon......the Dr's comment seemed 2 b based on no personal medical knowledge...

[chicken-]

Regardless of his wins the horrific punishment took from Joe, George & especially the 3rd Norton bout + Larry sure didn't help, evn that 1st bout vs Leon......the Dr's comment seemed 2 b based on no personal medical knowledge...

And yet he was one of the Doctor's that originally diagnosed him in the first place? I'd call that personal medical knowledge.

[KidDinamita]

You ever heard of the legendary flyweight Michael J Fox? Used to drive a cool Delorion and was pretty good on a skateboard

Sorry.. Never heard of her.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

Ha, look its one of them guys. Ali absorbs massive amounts of punishment to the head later on in his career and sadly as it turns out he could take it with out getting KOed. He was plainly slurring his speech at the end but yea that had nothing to do with the condition he had, you know the one with his brain. Its plainly obvious to anyone that can think for themselves and doesnt rely on someone else to do it for them that repeated blows to the head by 200lb + world class athletes might cause some problems down the line. Is it the only factor? I dont know. Maybe he would have come down with it anyway but to believe it didnt have anything to do with it is naive and to be honest is a slow mans way of thinking.

Here is an idea, go listen to Evander Holyfield, Thomas Hearns, James Toney or better yet Terry Norris. They all have a little bit or a lot of what Ali had going on and its just going to get worse for them.

Wtf does speech being slurred have to do with Parkinson's? You're a ****ing idiot. Trying to argue something that has been researched by way more knowledgeable people than me and you. I think I'll take their word over yours.

[Sun_Tzu]

Wtf does speech being slurred have to do with Parkinson's? You're a ****ing idiot. Trying to argue something that has been researched by way more knowledgeable people than me and you. I think I'll take their word over yours.

lol, ok simple minded mfer.

[!! Shawn]

Ha, look its one of them guys. Ali absorbs massive amounts of punishment to the head later on in his career and sadly as it turns out he could take it with out getting KOed. He was plainly slurring his speech at the end but yea that had nothing to do with the condition he had, you know the one with his brain. Its plainly obvious to anyone that can think for themselves and doesnt rely on someone else to do it for them that repeated blows to the head by 200lb + world class athletes might cause some problems down the line. Is it the only factor? I dont know. Maybe he would have come down with it anyway but to believe it didnt have anything to do with it is naive and to be honest is a slow mans way of thinking.

Here is an idea, go listen to Evander Holyfield, Thomas Hearns, James Toney or better yet Terry Norris. They all have a little bit or a lot of what Ali had going on and its just going to get worse for them.

Terry Norris has parkinsons.