The Great White Hope 1970

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  1. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Fair comment :yep
     
    AlFrancis, Jun 16, 2010
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  2. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Still trying to figure out who could play Ali and Frazier in a film about their rivalry ! That would make a good feature.
     
    Stevie G, Jun 16, 2010
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  3. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The problem with Ali is that he is so much larger than life. I do think that Will Smith did a good job though. I saw that Terrence Howard play him once in King Of The World, a tv movie but he didn't really do it or me.
     
    AlFrancis, Jun 16, 2010
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  4. Stevie G

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    I saw King Of The World. Not bad. It contentrated on the early years,did n't it ?
     
    Stevie G, Jun 17, 2010
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  5. Dempsey1238

    Dempsey1238 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It would be real hard to find the perfect person to be Ali. Smith did his best, but he seem a little flat to me imo. I have the footage of what Ali said and when Smith repeated it nearly 40 years later, it didnt have the Ali magic so to say.

    Smith seem like a poor man's Ali, and that is a good thing when you compare it to the real Ali lol.

    Like I said, when Ali says it, he was amazing, when Smith says the lines, it seem dull or something. Not sure something was missing.
     
    Dempsey1238, Jun 17, 2010
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  6. Stevie G

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    That's the thing. Only Muhammad could have got away with he said sometimes,and it sounds palin daft when it's said by somebody imitating him.
     
    Stevie G, Jun 17, 2010
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