Ali & Floyd: Arrogant and Funny vs Arrogant and Abrasive

Lots of revisionist bull****.

 

Nothing but it... Ali was admired by certain parts of the black community.. That is all. Nobody gives a **** if you love them after its all said and done. Thats fake ass love. ****ing people man I tell. "But Ali was articulate" Yeah they still hated his ass even more than Floyd. Actually twice as much hate.

 

lol floyd's a great boxer..but because of his personality..i'd like to see pacquaio shut him up...like why can't he relax with the mouthing off and let his boxing do the talking...but he is a great boxer...im not gonna let his personality take away from his skill in the ring

 

Ali was despised for the longest time. Fraizer still dislikes him for all the **** Ali talked about Fraizer. Everyone got on Floyd's case for calling Steward an Uncle Tom, but guess who called Fraizer an Uncle Tom and a gorilla? Ali said racist **** all the time and built up a following by creating a racial divide. His refusal to go to Vietnam gained him some hippy, liberal white fans. What the hell would you guys be saying if Floyd joined the Nation of Islam and made some of the racially charged comments that Ali made?

 

You are aware that the social environment back then was completely different to what it is now?

The "racist ****" that Ali came out with, was in my opinion justified. Black people were treated as animals back then.

 

Was he justified in calling Frazier a gorilla and an Uncle Tom? I've got no problem with Ali. He did what he had to do. However, how the hell is Floyd abrasive while Ali is funny? I think both are funny, but Ali was much more abrasive than Floyd.

 

What makes this debate trickier than it needs to be is that America has changed drastically since the 60s and 70s. Racism is still alive and well, but it comes in so many shades of grey that very few people can clearly articulate from the black perspective how it is perceived. And there are more white people who are less interested in admitting that it still exists. The tide was in on white guilt during Ali's reign, and acknowledging him as a great man undoubtedly made some people feel better about themselves and their country at the time. This was a part of the times.

But the simple truth is that setting this aside, Ali was simply a greater man than Floyd. Spin it how you want, he gave up years of his prime to make a political statement. He gave us the greatest trilogy in heavyweight history, and he was genuinely loved by millions of people across every continent. He was an icon.

Floyd doesn't have the presence or the intelligence to be any of these things, and he makes that clear almost every time he opens his mouth. He's a great fighter and nothing more.

 

I think Ali's funny and Floyd's an *******

 

How was Ali funny when all he did was make racist comments?

Fantastic boxer; grade A ****.

 

Ali made people laugh. Big difference.
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It really aint. If I called your mother a ho in a funny way that dont make it any different if I just said she was a ho. Either way... I mean what I say.

 

Some of Ali's poems were funny but he also said some disgraceful things like calling Frazier a gorilla and an Uncle tom after Frasier had helped him out during the three years he was away from boxing,thats why Frasier still holds a grudge against Ali to this day.

 

Ali ran game. You are like gullible bitches..
All of that was for show...