If Ali could choose retirement at 30 without Parkinsonians rather than ATG number 1 status, would he

Good question .Even though for most people its a no brainer ,they'd put their health first ,as u said athletes are in a different mind set .There probably well aware of the dangers anyway in boxing but still choose to do it
How many fighter s do you hear of retiring at the age of say 25 ,because they want to avoid health issue s later on ? They tend to think as well it'll never happen to them .
But if Ali could actually see what was going to happen to his body ,then I think he'd get right out of boxing .Parkinson's took so much a way from Muhammad and I've no doubts he'd wished many a time to turn back the clock, so I feel he'd trade glory for health.

 

He already had the genetic predisposition for Parkinson's. Boxing just brought it up harder and faster.
Plenty of boxers with brain damage who didn't end up with Parkinson's syndrome since they don't have the genes for it.

Ali would have possibly suffered from it eventually anyway even if he had retired earlier.

If you told him before he came back in 1970 that it would cost him his health he would probably be fine with it

(just like in the Goldman's dilemma, a survey by a physician that revealed that the majority of athletes would take a pill that would kill them in a short period of time if it gives them the ability to win a gold medal)

That's a champions mentality.


He probably regretted it down the line in his 50s and 60s as other things like spending time with his family, health and the quality of his life became more important to him

 

I dont think Ali would change anything. He lived an unbelievable life. He went everywhere he wanted to go and he did everything he wanted to do. He would look at it as Gods will.