Here's another little item: PLAYBOY: You're beginning to sound like a carbon copy of a white racist. Let's get it out front: Do you believe that...
Ali was allied with the KKK and was as racist as they come. In 1961 Ali's mentor; Elijah Muhammad, formed an alliance with the Ku Klux Klan that...
You can log a first hand account that says it wasn't. It wasn't to me or to anyone I knew. It may have been to the WWII and Korea generation, but...
How about a 1959 Liston vs 1967 Ali?
How would 1964 have replayed if Liston had been five years younger, had taken the fight seriously and had trained for it?
If show tickets can buy a fight, I'm surprised there aren't a lot more of them being rigged. Who financed Ali's fixed fights? Who arranged them?
Liston - Not sure of the right term- conservatism? Didn't waste his punches. Picked his shots. Didn't take needless chances.
I don't think so. The "draft dodger" issue wasn't that big a deal at the time. I didn't resent him for it. Ali didn't dodge the draft, he stood...
I was in my 20s during Ali's first incarnation. He was widely viewed as being an obnoxious, loud mouthed clown. He was viewed that way because...
Which rankings? If you're talking about how they are rated on this forum or by sportswriters, what difference does it make? It's all opinion and...
Willard - Dempsey
I don't agree that it was a legitimate punch or knockdown. Let's say for the sake of argument it was legit. Walcott gave the fight to Clay....
Sure. You could even bet money against yourself. If he was dealing with a legal sports book, a boxer would send a confederate in to make the bet,...
Ali depended on foot speed, hand speed and natural agility. He wasn't a tecnician.
Liston Max Baer
