Hands down the greatest heavy weight the world has seen. There will never be another Ali. Not even after a million years.
Damn shame, he had Parkinsons disease all these years, we have been robbed of his wit, wisdom, charm and hilarious humour. My old man was lucky enough to meet him twice. Bastard.
Yiggity, he was OTT with smoking Joe, but he was selling the fight, he really didn't mean the things he said. Plenty of interviews after their fights prove this.
That Thriller and Manilla fight is still one of my favourites. That wasn't boxing, it was a street fight, they tried to kill each other that night.
The only boxer ever that could have beaten Foreman at Rumble in the Jungle. That win made him the greatest heavy weight of all time IMO.
RIP Ali, you have earned your rest.