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Muhammad-Ali
Jun 4^th, 2016 at 10:18am

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/boxing-mma/muhammad-ali-boxing-legend-in-...

MUHAMMAD ALI is taking on his biggest fight yet after being placed on a life-support machine.

The Sun reports that four of the 74-year-old’s nine children have rushed to his bedside, with medics apparently telling them they fear he “is near the end.”

The boxing legend was rushed to a hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona on Thursday after he suffered breathing problems, complicated by the Parkinson’s disease which he was diagnosed with in the 1980s.

According to a report from RadarOnline, the former boxing world champ’s vital organs are “terrible” and he is currently relying on medical help to continue breathing.

There were allegedly discussions over transporting Ali to another hospital in Phoenix.

But doctors called off the move after deciding that it “potentially could be deadly.”

so sad..

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Reply #1 - Jun 4^th, 2016 at 10:29am

Back in the 1960s, there was fashion among black Americans in calling themselves Muzlim. It was partly a rejection of Christianity which they saw as the White man's religion. That was when Cassius Clay changed his name. I think it would be fair to ask why they didn't just dump religion altogether, because if they had look carefully into the history of West African slavery, the would have found that their ancestors were almost certainly rounded up by Muzlim slaverers, and sold to the white traders on the coast. And those Muzlim warlords were black. They believed any of their African brothers who were not Muzlim were fair game.

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Ajax Gold Member Offline CO2 has never controlled temperature on Earth Posts: 10982 Australia Gender:	Re: Muhammad-Ali Reply #2 - Jun 4^th, 2016 at 10:38am A great man and one of my childhood idols. SAD.
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Agnes Gold Member Offline fish dinner Posts: 6081 Bedford Park rnd	Re: Muhammad-Ali Reply #3 - Jun 4^th, 2016 at 10:48am Am half way through watching the doco I posted on this subject in Sport earlier- his treatment of Joe Frazier in the Thriller In Manila, will forever be a blight on his career.. an ugly side of Ali that I didn't know existed..
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Reply #4 - Jun 4^th, 2016 at 11:06am

Agnes wrote on Jun 4^th, 2016 at 10:48am:

Am half way through watching the doco I posted on this subject in Sport earlier- his treatment of Joe Frazier in the Thriller In Manila, will forever be a blight on his career.. an ugly side of Ali that I didn't know existed..

He was one of the greatest showmen in boxing history, probably the best ever boxer and showman.

He may have crossed the line in attacking Frazier as a human being but that only generated more interest in the fight.

He was also attacking Frazier psyche to affect his game plan.

Ali was probably scared (who knows) he would lose the fight, so he attacked Joe's mind, they do say its 90% between the ears.

Plus Joe made heaps of money where is it.....????

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Reply #5 - Jun 4^th, 2016 at 11:11am

Agnes wrote on Jun 4^th, 2016 at 10:48am:

Am half way through watching the doco I posted on this subject in Sport earlier- his treatment of Joe Frazier in the Thriller In Manila, will forever be a blight on his career.. an ugly side of Ali that I didn't know existed..

agnes he was eaten up with racism I thought the saddest thing was to see where he threw his gold Olympic medal in a river .. we have no idea what it is like to be treated different...in those days blacks still rode in the back of the bus..... he was a very disillusioned man....he thought Frazier acted like an uncle tom to impress the white people.. an d he hated it..

I think its a huge sadness to see this once fine athlete end like this.

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Agnes Gold Member Offline fish dinner Posts: 6081 Bedford Park rnd	Re: Muhammad-Ali Reply #6 - Jun 4^th, 2016 at 11:32am I agree with some of your points, but it is never ok to attack another "brutha" that way- very ugly things he said to Frazier, and Frazier was a good decent man who helped Ali when he was on the bones of his ass... Anyway ya'll looks like this one as a false alarm,Ali will live to brag another day, recent reports have confirmed.
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Mr Hammer Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 25212 Gender:	Re: Muhammad-Ali Reply #7 - Jun 4^th, 2016 at 11:42am He had open affairs behind his wives backs, called his opponents gorillas and showed disrespect to people the whole world over. He was a great boxer but an absolute douche. Soon he'll have to stand in front of Mo. I'm sure Mo won't care about the affairs.
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Laugh till you cry Gold Member Offline Posts: 16619 In your happy place Gender:	Re: Muhammad-Ali Reply #8 - Jun 4^th, 2016 at 12:19pm "No Viet Cong called me a n i g g e r." A man of principles who would rather go to jail than violate his principles.
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Reply #9 - Jun 4^th, 2016 at 2:27pm

Ali registered for the draft on his eighteenth birthday and was listed as 1-A in 1962.[96] In 1964, he was reclassified as 1-Y (fit for service only in times of national emergency) after two mental tests found his IQ was 78[97] (16th percentile), well below the armed force's 30th-percentile threshold.[96] (He was quoted as saying, "I said I was the greatest, not the smartest!")

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perceptions_now Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11694 Perth WA Gender:	Re: Muhammad-Ali Reply #10 - Jun 4^th, 2016 at 2:32pm Muhammad Ali has died, NBC news reports http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11650743 ==================================== May he now rest in peace!
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Black Orchid Gold Member Offline Posts: 5813 Gender:	Re: Muhammad-Ali Reply #11 - Jun 4^th, 2016 at 2:36pm Just saw that. RIP. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/muhammad-ali-greatest-all-time-dead-74-n58477...
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Reply #12 - Jun 4^th, 2016 at 2:40pm

perceptions_now wrote on Jun 4^th, 2016 at 2:32pm:

Muhammad Ali has died, NBC news reports

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11650743
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May he now rest in peace!

So it wasnt a false report as some said- a great man and yes he was a douche but will be sorely missed nonetheless..

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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 105911 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Muhammad-Ali Reply #13 - Jun 4^th, 2016 at 2:48pm Poor bloke - I really liked Ali - I watched all his main fights.
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