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Re: Muhammad-Ali
Reply #60 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 9:52am

I had the privilege to meet Muhamed Ali when he was in Australia for the Logies. Remember the famous incident when Bert Newton said, "I like the boy." An unintended insult but Ali deflected it with humour and grace.

However when I briefly met Ali at Sydney Airport he was charming and totally approachable. He spoke to total strangers like he knew them personally.

He was grace and dignity personified..a humble great man. The aura around him was unbelievable, he projected greatness without trying.

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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: Muhammad-Ali Reply #61 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 11:10am Bobby. wrote on Jun 5^th, 2016 at 9:46am: I know. I'd love to watch all international rugby events but you gotta pay nowadays. Are the rumours true that a lot of those scrum-downs are Gay pornographic?
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red baron Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 10204 Blue Mountains Gender:	Re: Muhammad-Ali Reply #62 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 11:26am Please keep this site on subject we don't need trash like you trotted out Lord Herbert. Start up your own post but don't desecrate this one with crap. R.I.P. Muhamed Ali
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Agnes Gold Member Offline fish dinner Posts: 6081 Bedford Park rnd	Re: Muhammad-Ali Reply #63 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 11:31am red baron wrote on Jun 5^th, 2016 at 11:26am: Please keep this site on subject we don't need trash like you trotted out Lord Herbert. Start up your own post but don't desecrate this one with crap. R.I.P. Muhamed Ali Love that one.
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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 105908 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Muhammad-Ali Reply #64 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 11:33am Lord Herbert wrote on Jun 5^th, 2016 at 11:10am: Bobby. wrote on Jun 5^th, 2016 at 9:46am: I know. I'd love to watch all international rugby events but you gotta pay nowadays. Are the rumours true that a lot of those scrum-downs are Gay pornographic? forgiven namaste
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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 105908 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Muhammad-Ali Reply #65 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 3:57pm go to 9:00 if you want to see the end only.
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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 105908 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Muhammad-Ali Reply #66 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 4:15pm Watch from 3:27. the ref has to stop the fight:
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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 40763 Gender:	Re: Muhammad-Ali Reply #67 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 6:20pm Is it better to be able to avoid being hit than being able to land a KO?
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Agnes Gold Member Offline fish dinner Posts: 6081 Bedford Park rnd	Re: Muhammad-Ali Reply #68 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 6:24pm Sprintcyclist wrote on Jun 5^th, 2016 at 6:20pm: Is it better to be able to avoid being hit than being able to land a KO? In his case yes- he was well known for wearing them out for best part ( dodging and diving) of the fight and then going in for the kill when they had nothing left in the tank. Smart.
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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 38802 Gender:	Re: Muhammad-Ali Reply #69 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 6:27pm Some really good stuff from Ali's biographer. Contains many descriptions of some great moments. Link.
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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 105908 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Muhammad-Ali Reply #70 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 6:29pm Sprintcyclist wrote on Jun 5^th, 2016 at 6:20pm: Is it better to be able to avoid being hit than being able to land a KO? No one else has ever done that - he was super human.
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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 105908 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Muhammad-Ali Reply #71 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 8:23pm I never knew he met the Beatles. he's 6'3" tall = 191 cm & he towers over them.
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Re: Muhammad-Ali
Reply #72 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 8:33pm

I just found this on the internet-

Mentally challenged cases may view him as an idol because he finished as the bottom of his high school class (#376 out of #391) and scored IQ 78 (classified as "borderline retardation") on the army's IQ test and yet achieved world fame ("I didn't stay in school like I should. I don't have the education. I have common sense how to make it. I have no education in books of writin' ")

That's why he said silly things. He was retarded.

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ian Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 9451	Re: Muhammad-Ali Reply #73 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 8:46pm Not the best . Henry Cooper effectively beat him twice and was a better boxer.
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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 105908 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Muhammad-Ali Reply #74 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 9:29pm Tyson admits he couldn't have beaten Ali in his prime: go to 4:08
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