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Posted on 1/10/09 at 3:22 pm to Kafka
best you can do asswipe, like I said hearsay.
Posted on 1/10/09 at 3:36 pm to Kafka
I'll talk about a time that I know a lot about. Some random memories about Clay/Ali.
1. The draft dodging did not upset me because we used a draft board at that time and the boards were notoriously corrupt at exempting people with status in the town and punishing people not liked.
2. I remember him saying from jail "If they let me fight the taxes they would charge me would buy a tank." He was right.
3. Ali is part white and spoke often that "you want kids who look like you" and that's why he married a black woman ...as opposed to Jack Johnson.
4. White people almost unanimously wanted Liston to defeat Clay because Clay was brash/mouthy/uppity. Whites also wanted Patterson to beat
Clay because Patterson was a nice black guy.
5. Ali, in his youth...was the best fighter I've ever seen. He was a heavyweight with a lightweight's quickness. He could go through an entire fight without getting hit in the face. In later years he got in the face...a lot.
6. The only fighter I saw that might have been better in his era was Teophilo Stephenson of Cuba. They never met because Stephenson was never allowed to fight professionally. In their primes I would put my money on Teophilo...he was scary.
7. Reverence for Ali is similar to that of Elvis. Elvis was a white drug addict who made a lot of people happy singing. Personally, I hated Elvis' singing and I was very sorry when he died because I knew the radio stations would play his songs non stop for a week.
1. The draft dodging did not upset me because we used a draft board at that time and the boards were notoriously corrupt at exempting people with status in the town and punishing people not liked.
2. I remember him saying from jail "If they let me fight the taxes they would charge me would buy a tank." He was right.
3. Ali is part white and spoke often that "you want kids who look like you" and that's why he married a black woman ...as opposed to Jack Johnson.
4. White people almost unanimously wanted Liston to defeat Clay because Clay was brash/mouthy/uppity. Whites also wanted Patterson to beat
Clay because Patterson was a nice black guy.
5. Ali, in his youth...was the best fighter I've ever seen. He was a heavyweight with a lightweight's quickness. He could go through an entire fight without getting hit in the face. In later years he got in the face...a lot.
6. The only fighter I saw that might have been better in his era was Teophilo Stephenson of Cuba. They never met because Stephenson was never allowed to fight professionally. In their primes I would put my money on Teophilo...he was scary.
7. Reverence for Ali is similar to that of Elvis. Elvis was a white drug addict who made a lot of people happy singing. Personally, I hated Elvis' singing and I was very sorry when he died because I knew the radio stations would play his songs non stop for a week.
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