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re: Marlins announce Ali has died
Posted on 6/4/16 at 2:25 am to tduecen
Posted on 6/4/16 at 2:25 am to tduecen
1. Jack Johnson, not babe ruth, was the first american sports superstar. Ironically enough Jack Johnson was also arrested on bullshite trumped up charges at the height of his career.
2. This is something, and I don't mean this to sound racist at all or anything of the sort, that white people just do not understand. Ali was not just a boxer and american, he was a spokesperson for the African American community. I don't mean Jessie Jackson / Al Sharpton "Spokesperson for the African American community" I mean black people getting the shite beat out of them on CBS not being able to vote leaders getting assassinated African American Community. He was really put in an impossible situation with no right answer. Join the war and be labeled an Uncle Tom by your own people at a time where race was still a pretty big fricking deal; Ali would not be a boxer forever, but he would always be a black man living in America for as long as he lived.. or Don't join the war effort and be labeled a traitor.
They pretty much told him look Ali just fricking go, you don't even have to fight or pick up a gun. We'll put you in a kitchen or do tours where you can boost morale or some shite, just save face and go and he wouldn't do it. I wouldn't call it brave per say, But he stood for his beliefs when it would have been very easy for him not to.
Funny, 3 years later when you have people camped out in front of the white house demanding LBJ bring the troops home, people STILL call Ali a traitor for doing the same thing basically 3 years earlier
3. Not only did he go to prison. He went to prison in his mid 20's. HE'S THE GREATEST FIGHTER OF ALL TIME, AND DIDN'T EVEN GET TO FIGHT IN HIS TRUE PRIME.
Part of me always thought, that MJ's retirement and come back was planned from jump street. MJ retired at 30.. his prime, and came back at 32. The reason we consider MJ and Ali the greatest is because they got to the top, gave it up one way or the other, came back and dominated again, both cases they were better when they came back, AFTER their "primes".
4. A prime Foreman would demolish Tyson. Young Tyson wasn't experienced enough. Old Tyson had no stainima or fundamentals, neither could take a flush punch to the chin and Foreman was the hardest of all time
2. This is something, and I don't mean this to sound racist at all or anything of the sort, that white people just do not understand. Ali was not just a boxer and american, he was a spokesperson for the African American community. I don't mean Jessie Jackson / Al Sharpton "Spokesperson for the African American community" I mean black people getting the shite beat out of them on CBS not being able to vote leaders getting assassinated African American Community. He was really put in an impossible situation with no right answer. Join the war and be labeled an Uncle Tom by your own people at a time where race was still a pretty big fricking deal; Ali would not be a boxer forever, but he would always be a black man living in America for as long as he lived.. or Don't join the war effort and be labeled a traitor.
They pretty much told him look Ali just fricking go, you don't even have to fight or pick up a gun. We'll put you in a kitchen or do tours where you can boost morale or some shite, just save face and go and he wouldn't do it. I wouldn't call it brave per say, But he stood for his beliefs when it would have been very easy for him not to.
Funny, 3 years later when you have people camped out in front of the white house demanding LBJ bring the troops home, people STILL call Ali a traitor for doing the same thing basically 3 years earlier
3. Not only did he go to prison. He went to prison in his mid 20's. HE'S THE GREATEST FIGHTER OF ALL TIME, AND DIDN'T EVEN GET TO FIGHT IN HIS TRUE PRIME.
Part of me always thought, that MJ's retirement and come back was planned from jump street. MJ retired at 30.. his prime, and came back at 32. The reason we consider MJ and Ali the greatest is because they got to the top, gave it up one way or the other, came back and dominated again, both cases they were better when they came back, AFTER their "primes".
4. A prime Foreman would demolish Tyson. Young Tyson wasn't experienced enough. Old Tyson had no stainima or fundamentals, neither could take a flush punch to the chin and Foreman was the hardest of all time
Posted on 6/4/16 at 6:19 am to vengeanceofrain
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Bill Clinton dodged the draft and you made him POTUS
FIFY
Posted on 6/4/16 at 6:28 am to tduecen
quote:Never go full retard.
tduecen
Posted on 6/4/16 at 7:02 am to tduecen
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Ali became his most famous because he got Parkinson's, then he became beloved by all and ran with the torch. It is amazing how the narrative for athletes change over time.
Drunk trolling. Nice work
Posted on 6/4/16 at 7:03 am to StrongBackWeakMind
This is just a weird place man with some sad people
This post was edited on 6/4/16 at 7:12 am
Posted on 6/4/16 at 7:56 am to tduecen
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Marlins announce Ali has died by tduecen quote: why do people still talk about Ruth? Because he changed the way baseball was played... show me where Ali changed boxing...
Holy shite.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 8:01 am to tduecen
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Ali became his most famous because he got Parkinson's
Dumbest thing ive ever read on tigerdroppings.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 8:29 am to Gtothemoney
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Great boxer. Greater showman. Took boxing to a whole other level.
So what the frick happened, because literally no one gives two shits about it now
Posted on 6/4/16 at 8:45 am to TennesseeFan25
You might want to check the PPV sales for that may weather pacqiao fight. I don't really care about boxing but come on, tons of people obviously do.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 8:52 am to Big L
That Canelo fight last month did good numbers too, and I'm sure GGG/Canelo will be high as well if it happens
Posted on 6/4/16 at 9:18 am to Big L
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You might want to check the PPV sales for that may weather pacqiao fight. I don't really care about boxing but come on, tons of people obviously do.
That was a one off and had a lot to do with mayweather being a pussy and dodging him for so long. I bought it hoping to see him get his arse whipped, I've watched maybe 3 boxing matches in my life.
It benefitted from the personality of those guys more so than being a boxing match and won't be recreated for some time if ever
Posted on 6/4/16 at 9:26 am to tduecen
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Ali became his most famous because he got Parkinson's
George Foreman became his most famous because he endorsed an electric grill.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 11:13 am to LL012697
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Ali became his most famous because he got Parkinson's
Yep, this is one of the best examples of tone deaf generation gap.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 11:20 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Yep, this is one of the best examples of tone deaf generation gap.
I think it's a better example of why not to post when you blow a .25
Posted on 6/4/16 at 12:45 pm to LL012697
Yeah, that made no sense, missed a few things in there. Should say I think him with Parkinson's made a lot of people feel sorry for him. That because of that it enhanced his popularity. He was already popular but that his disease made people who disliked him before, like him.
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