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DonaldsRump

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16. This world is a diminished place without Ali
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 11:09 PM
Mar 2020

I remember in the '70s that more people around the world knew his name than the US President.

It's funny that two of the greatest icons ever, Ali and the Beatles, both became huge in the US in February 1964 and they actually met each other that month. Ali's brilliant line: "They are the greatest, but I'm the prettiest."

He SHOOK UP THE WORLD!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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Some of us know Muhammad Ali is my hero. [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2020 OP
No comparison. elleng Mar 2020 #1
Why? I'm curious to know. frazzled Mar 2020 #3
Physical v. political. elleng Mar 2020 #4
It's a metaphor frazzled Mar 2020 #18
Ali had nothing that night, and still stayed up until it was stopped. IluvPitties Mar 2020 #2
It was stopped in the tenth round and he lost every round. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2020 #7
Rope-a-Dope in 1974 was the greatest ever DonaldsRump Mar 2020 #5
Too bad George is a Republican! IluvPitties Mar 2020 #6
I don't think it's so much he's a Republican. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2020 #8
Could be. Let's call him patriotic then. IluvPitties Mar 2020 #10
Wow, I didn't know that DonaldsRump Mar 2020 #9
I believe he knocked Moorer's tooth out DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2020 #11
He's friends with Sean Hannity. IluvPitties Mar 2020 #12
Hannity, yikes. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2020 #13
Wow. One of my heroes may be a non-hero n/t DonaldsRump Mar 2020 #14
My favorite boxers are Ali, Lennox Lewis, and Sugar Ray Leonard. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2020 #15
This world is a diminished place without Ali DonaldsRump Mar 2020 #16
There wasn't a world figure of that era that Ali didn't meet DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2020 #17
Weaver? Sanders is his money ticket, no one will hire him grantcart Mar 2020 #19
I walked from USC campus to Olympic Auditorium to watch closed circuit of that fight Awsi Dooger Mar 2020 #20
Reflex fighters have a short shelf life. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2020 #21
I thought Ali should have quit after Norton III or especially the Shavers fight Awsi Dooger Mar 2020 #22
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