RIP to the G.O.A.T. Muhammad Ali
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This photo is pure Dope!
Peace Ron,
THE GREATEST in the MOTHERLAND. Dressed in clothing from the MOTHERLAND!
DAMN!!!
Just a timeless photo.
Peace FAM,
My apologies if this is a duplication.
ALI played himself in his life story.
George Benson really tore this song up.
The movie is titled...THE GREATEST...about 1977
More music from the movie.
Peace BROTHER,
This is crazy! Was this a comedy or some serious drama?
ALI was a talented dude.
A little-known story about Jim Brown and Muhammad Ali - two legends toe-to-toe
Jim Brown leapt headlong into acting shortly after retiring from football in 1965. But the Hall of Famerunning back might have tried a much more dangerous line of work if not for Muhammad Ali.
Bob Arum, the legendary boxing promoter, explained the story to SI.com's Chris Mannix.
Brown introduced Arum to Ali, then asked him a favor: Set up a bout between the ex-football player and the heavyweight champ. Arum relayed Brown's message to Ali, who asked for a meeting.
"So I went to talk to Ali," Arum told Mannix. "He says, 'Jim wants to do what? Bring him here.' So I took him to Hyde Park in London, where Ali used to run. Ali said, 'Jimmy, here's what we're going to do: You hit me as hard as you can.' So Brown starts swinging and swinging, and he can't hit him. He's swinging wildly and not even coming close. This goes on for, like, 30 seconds.
"Then Ali hits him with this quick one-two to his face. Jimmy just stops and says, 'OK, I get the point.' "
Brown's boxing career was over before it began
Jim Brown leapt headlong into acting shortly after retiring from football in 1965. But the Hall of Famerunning back might have tried a much more dangerous line of work if not for Muhammad Ali.
Bob Arum, the legendary boxing promoter, explained the story to SI.com's Chris Mannix.
Brown introduced Arum to Ali, then asked him a favor: Set up a bout between the ex-football player and the heavyweight champ. Arum relayed Brown's message to Ali, who asked for a meeting.
"So I went to talk to Ali," Arum told Mannix. "He says, 'Jim wants to do what? Bring him here.' So I took him to Hyde Park in London, where Ali used to run. Ali said, 'Jimmy, here's what we're going to do: You hit me as hard as you can.' So Brown starts swinging and swinging, and he can't hit him. He's swinging wildly and not even coming close. This goes on for, like, 30 seconds.
"Then Ali hits him with this quick one-two to his face. Jimmy just stops and says, 'OK, I get the point.' "
Brown's boxing career was over before it began
RIP to the Greatest indeed
It was serious.
He did this while he was still out of boxing in 1969.
Here's a clip of him singing....
Peace CB,
How many atheletes today would have enough heart to admit being part of THE NATION? Let alone be photographed reading "MESSAGE TO THE BLACKMAN?"
KATS WOULD BE IN FEAR EVEN TODAY!
ALI was way ahead of his time!!!
You ain't lying this is straight fire!
This photo is pure Dope!
R I P
Peace BROTHER,
You know they never forgot the stand he took against the system! They are still mad!
They will attempt to salt up his name and accomplishments on the sly or outright.
But we all know what ALI meant to BLACK PEOPLE around the world.
I didn't realize Ali tweeted.
His official twitter account is posting a lot of old pictures and whatnot in case anyone is interested:
https://twitter.com/MuhammadAli
His official twitter account is posting a lot of old pictures and whatnot in case anyone is interested:
https://twitter.com/MuhammadAli
RIP
GOD bless you, and thank you.
You know what's bothersome? When he started getting sick, instead of shuffling him publicly in his frail state why didn't Ali's family protect his image aka Ronald Reagan's family?
This was the definition of an uncompromising strong black male image and you wonder why the family didn't leave him secluded to enhance his persona.
Reagan is the equivalent to white America as a strong leader and when he started to deteriorate they sent him to pasture on his ranch.
I wonder if that was by design as a way of breaking Ali.
This was the definition of an uncompromising strong black male image and you wonder why the family didn't leave him secluded to enhance his persona.
Reagan is the equivalent to white America as a strong leader and when he started to deteriorate they sent him to pasture on his ranch.
I wonder if that was by design as a way of breaking Ali.
The image of a frail Ali to me was when he was shaking when he had the torch in his hand at the Olympics that left a long lasting impression by then his image was no longer protected ,never was .The White media love that shit !!!