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Muhammad Ali Dies Aged 74


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Very sad news, he was one of the reasons I took up boxing as a kid although I never really knew what he had campaigned against and his other achievements outside of the sport until I was older.

 

Someone who can truly be called a great. R.I.P Muhammad

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Arguably the most recognised sportsman of the last century. If you are a 70's kid like me that grew up with wresting on a Saturday afternoon at 4pm on World of Sport with Dickie Davis then Ali ( a boxer I know!) was a significant part of my childhood TV memories. My Dad didn't often comment on sporting matters but use to call him Motormouth. He was iconic and I had a Ali glove puppet with a trigger grip that would punch out - Terrorised my brother all through Christmas and Winter in 1975 with it and the cat!

 

The years weren't kind, Parkinson's Disease robbed the world of a mind and wit that was faster then his speed in the ring. I feel privileged to remember watching the Michael Parkinson's interviews live on the Beeb. One of sports eternal.

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He first came to my attention when he fought Henry Cooper back in 1963, I don't remember him winning the Olympic Title in 1960, in fact I don't remember much at all about that Olympics. When he fought Sonny Liston in 1964 I thought he'd take a real beating and I was pretty shocked when I got up to go to school and my Dad told me he'd beaten Liston. I can remember most of his fights, "The rumble in the jungle", The thriller in Manila" and so on. A truly great boxer and a great person. Although its so sad to see him go in many ways its a blessing as he'd suffering really badly in the past few years. There'll never be another one like him....RIP

 

 

Pete

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