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A sad day. He was an inspiration for American youth for 3 decades when he was active. RIP, the world has lost a champion
Sad day. A video that probably won't be played very often, but might be special to this crowd: a 1997 Apple commercial staring The Greatest, during their Think Different campaign. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n83xzu2xH-E The video was created to poke fun at Michael Dell, when Dell was being "rude", as Jobs put it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hq0Ny1WgFs
I think that video is from his training in Africa for the George Foreman fight. it might be in this movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_We_Were_Kings It's a great documentary.
It shows Ali and Foreman in preparation for their fight in Zaire/Congo (the famous 'rumble in the jungle' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rumble_in_the_Jungle).
You can see the clever Ali blend in with the local population, winning their hearts and their cheers. Ali won the combeback fight against the younger, much stronger Foreman in a way nobody had predicted, leaning into the ropes and taking a lot of beating to his upper body, while giving short, fast hits on Foremans head. After 2/3 of the fight Foreman was completely out of fuel and Ali gave him one legendary, sudden last punch, and the giant tumbled down.
Why the Times can produce this so quickly. http://www.nytimes.com/times-insider/author/margalit-fox/
Why the Times can produce this so quickly. http://www.nytimes.com/times-insider/author/margalit-fox/
Muhammad Ali is something we won't allow public figures to be anymore. Being outspoken and standing up for his beliefs, against all repercussions, were his his greatest feat(s). I hope, over all else, his contributions to the human spirit reign over the rest of us. We need another (dozen) Cassius Clays.
In France we had some old celebrity known for their very funny yet inapropriate one man show. Everybody said that he would not be able to do the same today. Well, all his friends responded, at the time neither. He got sued. Threaten. Physically and financially attacked.
Disruption is always hard. And eventually others benefit more from it than you do.
Muhammad Ali is something we won't allow public figures to be anymore. Being outspoken and standing up for his beliefs, against all repercussions, were his his greatest feat(s). I hope, over all else, his contributions to the human spirit reign over the rest of us. We need another (dozen) Cassius Clays.
What? You think current public figures are being prevented from being out spoken? Have you seen 50cent's twitter? Have you seen Donald Trump's? Lots of people are being out spoken, maybe more than I personally like, but whatever floats their boat.