Who was cooler, Jack Johnson or Muhammad Ali?

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  1. Unforgiven

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    Ali wasn't cool.

    Captivating and charismatic, yes.
    But not cool.
    At his best he was like a big over-grown kid.
     
  2. Senor Pepe'

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    King of Cool says,

    Jack Johnson, was the Count of Cool.

    The 'Art-of-being-Cool', is not trying to draw attention to yourself by being a 'braggadoccio'.

    People of Cool, let their presence dictate coolness.

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  3. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Johnson was cool before there was a template for being cool.
     
  4. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Monzon, of course, was the modern day King of Cool. Arrogant, unsmiling, aloof...these are ingredients for cool.
     
  5. Seamus

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    So cool he had his pink Cadillac shipped to France when he went to fight over there...

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  6. DrBanzai

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    Johnson was a pure bad ass, his people were getting strung up for just looking at a white woman...Johnson openly ****ed and married white women. He was a true rebel, and also a top 10 ATG heavyweight boxer.

    Ali was just a poser, he had no balls.
     
  7. he grant

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    JOhnson was far cooler and far, far smarter ...
     
  8. Senor Pepe'

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    Sonji Roi said Cassius was,,,,,,,,,,,,,very limp

    That is 'not' cool.

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  9. Colonel Sanders

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  10. Azzer85

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    Lennox was pretty cool

    I mean he was smiling before he was KTFO,


    now THAT is ****ing cool
     
  11. Azzer85

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    Poor Sonji, all sour because she wasnt with the champ

    Ali apparently didnt book hotel rooms, he used to book a whole floor and have a women waiting for him in each room for a 'personal' 'sexual autograph'
     
  12. joebeadg

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    Aii dad cool moments, funny moments, touching moments, but overall, he was anything but cool. Jack on the intervals, while I have much less knowledge of him, seemed like a real cool, slick guy, great boxer too!
     
  13. dpw417

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    Johnson way cooler...drivin down south with his women...not giving a damn...way cooler.
     
  14. sinol

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    Both cool in thier own way.........ali carasmatic....johnson dressed like a total fukin pimp fr his time
     
  15. Mendoza

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    Johnson a civil rights icon? Not in his own time.


    I would have to say Johnson was cooler. He never let others influence his action or words, and had talents outside of boxing.