Muhammad Ali RIP

RobertKK · 04-06-2016 05:32AM #1

Just announced that boxing legend Muhammad Ali has died.
Aged 74 and had been in hospital on life support.

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LightsStillOn · 04-06-2016 05:33AM

Ah no

Had seen some stuff on Twitter earlier about him not being well so had a feeling this was coming.

Cathy.C · 04-06-2016 05:44AM

They don't, and won't, make them like that anymore.

Rest In Peace. An amazing boxer and even more amazing man.

Cypher_sounds · 04-06-2016 05:47AM

Leaves some great memories.

BBC sport's personality of the century.

RIP Great man.

viztopia · 04-06-2016 05:48AM

While he may have been a good boxer i found some of his quotes overly racist and a white person would not have been able to say these things about a black person.

BBDBB · 04-06-2016 05:51AM

A unique character, he will be sorely missed

RIP

KevIRL · 04-06-2016 06:00AM

The Greatest. Sad news to wake up to. RIP

Felix Jones is God · 04-06-2016 06:14AM

viztopia wrote: »

While he may have been a good boxer i found some of his quotes overly racist and a white person would not have been able to say these things about a black person.

But, they were, and that was the problem

Michah · 04-06-2016 06:18AM

viztopia wrote: »

While he may have been a good boxer i found some of his quotes overly racist and a white person would not have been able to say these things about a black person.

He said some questionable things, in today's context, as a young man whilst being treated as a second class citizen(at best!) in his own country and at a time of great civil unrest. Context is important. I think he can be excused.

RIP to one of the greats.

Panthro · 04-06-2016 06:33AM

"I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want"

Rip to the greatest

Gael23 · 04-06-2016 06:36AM

Heard last night it was only a matter of time.
One more all time great taken in 2016

Curly head · 04-06-2016 06:40AM

Rest in peace Champ. The greatest ever seen!

Odyssey 2005 · 04-06-2016 06:41AM

He was a true legend of our time. Usually we only read about people like him. I think it is a happy release for "The Greatest".
Allah has him now...

mansize · 04-06-2016 06:46AM

Truly a giant of the 20th century.

One of the things that struck with me was his response post 9/11

This man took on the American Establishment over the folly that was the Vietnam war and was stripped of his titles because of it

As a boxer he was a supreme athlete. And was the most famous sportsman on the planet.

When We Were Kings will get a replay tonight

mansize · 04-06-2016 06:48AM

http://www.thenation.com/article/i-just-wanted-to-be-free-the-radical-reverberations-of-muhammad-ali/

04-06-2016 06:52AM

In an era when self obsessed sports "stars" tweet about cars and money, his legacy as the Greatest looks ever more assured.

Pawwed Rig · 04-06-2016 06:52AM

One of the true icons of the 20th century. Sad I never witnessed him in his prime.

shrewdness · 04-06-2016 06:56AM

He wasn't just the greatest, a phenomenal boxer, he was so much more. He transcended sport in a way that no-one could ever do again.

Rest in peace champ.

SeaFields · 04-06-2016 07:07AM

What sh!te news to wake up too.

A fantastic character, entertainer and sportsman.

RIP champ.

OldRio · 04-06-2016 07:13AM

Some of my fondest memories are of listening to Cassius Clay fights. I would be allowed to stay up late with my Father (RIP). We would drink endless cups of tea and eat mountains of toast.
The wireless would be turned on and we would have to wait for the set to warm up. Then my father would tune it in. (BBC Long Wave I think) At the end of each round he would give his verdict on the proceedings.

Ali (Clay) was our favourite. Just an incredible boxer............and then some more. RIP and may your God go with you.

Wanderer78 · 04-06-2016 07:15AM

Rip what an incredible human being

chopperbyrne · 04-06-2016 07:28AM

Very sad news.

One of the greatest sportsmen of all time, and a political activist,with a wit, charm and fast mind that nobody could match.

The flying mouse · 04-06-2016 07:36AM

RIP
A boxer and entertainer of the highest order and yes you were the greatest.

I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale; handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail; only last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick; I'm so mean I make medicine sick. Muhammad Ali

realdanbreen · 04-06-2016 07:36AM

viztopia wrote: »

While he may have been a good boxer i found some of his quotes overly racist and a white person would not have been able to say these things about a black person.

He wasn't a 'good' boxer he was a brilliant boxer. His quotes were froma different era, not the sanatised PC era we now live in where people feel unable to speak their mind. His stance against the Vietnam war (at huge personal cost) was probably one of the most courageous acts by a celebrity in a generation.

dirtyden · 04-06-2016 07:52AM

realdanbreen wrote: »

He wasn't a 'good' boxer he was a brilliant boxer. His quotes were froma different era, not the sanatised PC era we now live in where people feel unable to speak their mind. His stance against the Vietnam war (at huge personal cost) was probably one of the most courageous acts by a celebrity in a generation.

Perfectly put. He was as brave outside the ring as inside.

The Greatest.

nehe milner skudder · 04-06-2016 08:06AM

2016 continues its murderous rampage

Foreign Sports · 04-06-2016 08:08AM

Terribly sad. His greatest battle of all was against parkinsons.

Ali at his peak debuting the 'ali shuffle';

mrsdewinter · 04-06-2016 08:13AM

Of all the celebrity deaths of 2016 so far, this must be the most affecting. I know nothing about boxing but he was about so much more than sport. He had to negotiate race (at a time & place when a misstep could be fatal), politics, religion... and then he had to live with serious illness for more than 3 decades.
I mean, what a life, what a man...

LuckyGent88 · 04-06-2016 08:14AM

R.i.p will never forget the time he came to his "ancestral home" of ennis and I got to shake hands with the man. Even as a 21 year old I didn't want to wash my hand for the rest of the day. I felt I had literally touched a god!!

ebbsy · 04-06-2016 08:19AM

That lucky son of a bitch God now has Ali vs Fraizer 4 to look forward to...........

The_Kew_Tour · 04-06-2016 08:20AM

RIP

The Greatest

Muhammad Ali RIP

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