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Great Man

posted 18 years ago by flickfiend
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Just saw this film for the first time last night. Ali, for all the fame and recognition he received, was sorely misunderstood by the masses.

He was (and obviously is) a great human being. Sure he ws a great athlete, and self-promoter. But it's quite clear that his motives to help humanity, and not just the black people, were/are paramount in his life. The man had/has a social conscience, and felt his calling to help this world.

My hat's off to you sir- you deserve it!

PS- he was a boxing phenomenon- his "rope-a-dope" was pure genius

[–] 18 years ago

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[–] arthur-pavuls 16 years ago

Marco, you must be one of old farts whose ass ali punched his fists up. Cheer up loser you still have your worthless life to live. So stop creeping through the message boards posting negative feedback about one of the greatest boxers ever to bless this sport. If you never made it, doesn't mean other people can't.

Loser.

[–] kasparov 16 years ago

Ans the troll of the year award goes too??..............................................................................................................................................................................POCOMARC!!!!! CONGRATS!!!

[–] arthur-pavuls 16 years ago

Thumbs up mate. Fully agree.

[–] finalio 15 years ago

The thing that earned my respect mostly is that he rejected to serve by killing innocent vitnamesse .
America= Kind Nation+ Criminal Politicians

[–] duchamp-1 15 years ago

Ali used to get down with the KKK, checkout the new HBO documentary on the Thrilla in Manilla

[–] Donniebb 15 years ago

I agree: Great man, great movie. I think these guys (who I don't normally agree with) say it best:

http://www.sportzflickz.com/when-we-were-kings/

[–] 15 years ago

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[–] kkevinn6 8 years ago

agreed