What Made Muhammad Ali the GREATEST

That does not change the fact that he ducked the fight his country was fighting and they made him into "the american hero". What a joke.

 

I tell you what All-American Soldier Boy, feel free to volunteer for the military and go fight some peasants - because America won't fight a real-dangerous fricken' Army. Anyways, when you come back all crippled and delusioned, please don't be whining to me about how you were "Defending my Freedom" - because I never asked ya' to fight...especially for me.

I know your kind. You are what I call "Cannon-Fodder". Your patritic, young dumb and full of cum and millions of the graves of your kind can be found on every continent and every country. Ya' never learn, and ya' always die - fighting someone else's fights.

Sucker.

 

60s america, was a good place eh bremen, what an ass you are!!! Classic forum for this please.

 

Big mouth, being at prison, Liston-Ali -Phantom Punch, Revenge of Joe Frazier, beat Foreman in Rumble of the Jungle, Olympic Winner, charmy, handsome, fast, unique style, fought 15 rounds hands down and dancing, show man, genius, and he was black. Legend.

 

Because he IS Ali.

End Of.

 

defend the country against midgets in a third world country???

the country was not even under attack...the country was bullying a small country with small people :rofl

 

The greatest sportsman there ever was and ever will be :good

 

the iron curtain

 

Because he said so and some people are sheep and follow suit.
People seem to love oneliners, even if they aren't or just partly true. Often are they used as a copout by fans because everyone knows the line and it always gets a lot of support.

He wasn't the greatest in my book. Not at HW, but certainly not overall.

 

he was the greatest simply because he put boxing on everyone's mind...

ali transcended boxing into another level...inside and outside of boxing...

boxing wont be as big as today if not for the greatest....

 

Defend his country against what exactly?

 

He's not the greatest.

He used to mention it all the time that he was the greatest HW ever and that Ray Robinson was the greatest fighter ever P4P.

He tried to emulate Ray Robinson in pretty much every facet of the boxing game.

He was a great self promoter though, easily the greatest in the history. He was also a very polarizing figure- he was extremely charismatic and had many amicable traits but he was also known to be very nasty and was openly racist for a good period of his life especially when he was a member of the Nation of Islam.

He fought in a time when there was a lot going on politically in the United STates, and his actions (or lack thereof,) was almost a direct representation of how most people in the US felt about the Vietnam war.

IMO he was the greatest HW ever, but there's no way he could be seen as the greatest fighter in boxing history. He lost 3 years of his absolute prime due to being banned from boxing, but was still able to get incredible wins in the 70's against many HOF fighters.

He's definitely a top 10 P4P fighter of all time, just not #1.

 

Physically and technically he was the greatest when he busted Cleveland Williams. Style and skill and strategy put together with mental drive and cool mind, he was the greatest when he mastered intimidating Sonny. Beat the System and became a free man inside as well as outside. Again, he mentally worked on Big George and humilliated him. His heart and soul were put to the test in Manilla and still he was the Greatest. And he would win a Championship a third time b'sides fighting beatdowns like against Holmes and fighting disease all this time. In resume, the Greatest.