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Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali was an American boxer that was nicknamed "The Greatest." He had an unusual boxing style where he would 'float like a butterfly and sting like a bee'. He went on to become the first and only three-time Lineal World Heavyweight Champion and is still ranked amongst the best in boxing history.
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Who would win in a Mike Tyson vs Muhammad Ali computer simulation?
This question is asked so often that any answer will be debated. While it is true that Trevor Berbick fought both men (beating Ali and losing to Tyson), he fought a declining Ali and a rising Tyson. Tyson was a powerful puncher, but even that was not enough against Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis a decade later. Matching Tyson and Ali in their prime would find Tyson the underdog.
In at least two widely-viewed simulations, Ali outfought Tyson to score knockouts or TKOs.
Ali was a much taller man with a 9-inch reach advantage on Tyson. Ali's speed was unmatched from anyone Tyson fought, however Ali fought many fighters who hit harder than Tyson (including Earnie Shavers who has been called the hardest hitting boxer of all time winning 68 of his 74 wins by knockout).
To give you an idea of how hard a hit Ali could take, Ken Norton had broken Ali's jaw and Ali STILL won the fight. Tyson just did not have the heart Ali had either. Tyson was known for throwing in the towel in the Mcbride fight, while Ali fought much longer than he had any business to because he couldn't stand to give up. In the 1981 fight Ali had fought Trevor Berbick and it was obvious his disease and age had finally caught up with him. He was a shell of a former champ, one that floated like a log and stung like a moth. Ali admitted father time won and finally quit, but it took over twenty years. The Boxing World doesn't title him "The Greatest of all Time" for no reason.
Who did George Foreman fight in the Olympic trials in 1968?
Robert Lee Terry
went 12 Rounds
Foreman wins by decision
What are three things Muhammed Ali is afraid of?
This is an opinion and I'm going to say he has no fear: "Now you see me, now you don't. George thinks he will, but I know he won't!"
Muhammad Ali taunting George Foreman "...a fighter can condition his body to go hard certain rounds, then to coast certain rounds."
Muhammad Ali "You may talk about Sweden, you may talk about Rome,
but Rockville Center's Floyd Patterson's home.
A lot of people said that Floyd couldn't fight,
but you should have seen him on the comeback night."
Muhammad Ali "Old age is just a record of one's whole life."
Muhammad Ali "Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change."
Muhammad Ali "We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last."
Muhammad Ali "Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise."
Muhammad Ali "To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich."
Muhammad Ali "It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe."
Muhammad Ali "Float like a butterfly.
Sting like a bee.
Your hands can't hit
what your eyes can't see."
Muhammad Ali "My way of joking is to tell the truth.
That's the funniest joke in the world."
Muhammad Ali "Love is a net that catches hearts like a fish."
Muhammad Ali "Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer."
Muhammad Ali "If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize."
Muhammad Ali "Frazier is so ugly he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wild Life."
Muhammad Ali "I'm the most recognized and loved man that ever lived cuz there weren't no satellites when Jesus and Moses were around, so people far away in the villages didn't know about them."
Muhammad Ali "All I want now is to be a nice, clean gentleman. I've proved my point. Now I'm going to set an example for all the nice boys and girls. I'm through talking."
Muhammad Ali meeting with reporters on the morning after the Sonny Liston fight "I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want."
Muhammad Ali "A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have seen the light and I'm crowing."
Muhammad Ali "LaLaLand gossips say Joe Frazier ain't happy with his characterization in movie Ali. Sez he should have been consulted since he has a memory and Ali doesn't."
Blackie Sherrod, The Dallas Morning News, 1/27/02 "Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths."
Muhammad Ali "I'm a Muslim. I've been a Muslim for 20 years. . . . You know me. I'm a boxer. I've been called the greatest. People recognize me for being a boxer and a man of truth. I wouldn't be here representing Islam if it were terrorist. . . . I think all people should know the truth, come to recognize the truth. Islam is peace."
Muhammad Ali speaking on September 21, 2001 at a fundraiser for victims of the WTC and Pentagon attacks. "Prejudice comes from being in the dark; sunlight disinfects it."
Muhammad Ali "Ain't no reason for me to kill nobody in the ring."
Muhammad Ali's comment after the fight with Jimmy Ellis in July 1971 stopped by the referee in the twelfth round. "The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses-behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
Muhammad Ali "I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark."
Muhammad Ali "People don't realize what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy - nobody like him. Like The Beatles, there will never be anything like them. Like my man, Elvis Presley - I was the Elvis of boxing.''
Muhammad Ali "It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am."
Muhammad Ali "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."
Muhammad Ali "That all you got, George?"
What Ali whispered into George Foreman's ear in a late round clinch during the Rumble in the Jungle. "It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself."
Muhammad Ali "Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them: A desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill."
Muhammad Ali "It's not bragging if you can back it up."
Muhammad Ali "I am America. I am the part you won't recognize, but get used to me. Black, confident, cocky -- my name, not yours. My religion, not yours. My goals, my own. Get used to me."
Muhammad Ali "The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life."
Muhammad Ali "I'm a baaaadd man!"
Muhammad Ali "If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you."
Muhammad Ali "Eat your words! Eat your words! I am the greatest."
Muhammad Ali shouting at reporters who had dismissed him as a loudmouth and a fake before his fight with Sonny Liston. "I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest."
Muhammad Ali "It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I just beat people up."
Muhammad Ali "It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself."
Muhammad Ali "Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth."
Muhammad Ali "The man who has no imagination has no wings."
Muhammad Ali "Be loud, be pretty and keep their black-hatin' asses in their chairs."
Muhammad Ali "Cassius Clay is a slave name. I didn't choose it, and I didn't want it. I am Muhammad Ali, a free name - it means beloved of God - and I insist people use it when speaking to me and of me.''
Muhammad Ali "What's my name, fool? What's my name?"
What Ali kept yelling while winning a 1967 decision against Ernie Terrell, who had insisted on calling him Cassius Clay.
Muhammad Ali "I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
Muhammad Ali (from Healing, a Journal of Tolerance and Understanding) "He was like God - God with a custard pie up his sleeve.''
Joseph D. O'Brian describing Muhammad Ali.
Was Muhammad Ali the only pro boxer to never be knocked out?
Ali was TKO'd by Frasier. Other boxers have gone without being knocked out Calzahgi, Mayweather, Rocky Marciano.
Did Mike Tyson and Muhammad ali Fight?
No; had they encountered one another in real life Tyson would have destroyed him. This is operating under the assumption that is, that Tyson had encountered the 40 something Ali as opposed to the prime one. Time machines don't exist but if they did, had Tyson fought Ali he'd have been smacked around. Frazier managed to beat Ali for the following reasons;
1) Ali was lazy with his training and had little respect for Frazier.
2) Frazier was riding an emotional and career high, he was really on a roll.
3) Believe it or not, Muhamad Ali's main Achilles heel were left hooks, which was Frazier's specialty. Even in his prime, when he was lightning fast, as Cassius Clay (before he changed his name), what few times he did get hit was by left hooks. Even Patterson managed to hit Ali with several left hooks in fact. For all intents and purposes between having that weakness, and that being Frazier's talent, Ali was almost made to order for Frazier. As Ali leans back, because he uses an orthodox stance, the angle of back leaning allows for an easy connect with a left hook. Frazier himself talks about it in the book "Box Like The Pros." It was a major Achilles heel that Ali never polished.
Now, Tyson apologists insist that he could have beaten Ali, because he also had a tremendous left hook, and, some Boxing people consider Tyson vastly more dangerous than Frazier with how he timed it. In the end though its hard to say; when both Tyson and Ali finally die, God himself will have to arrange that fight in heaven if they both go there.
Did Cassius Clay retire with heavyweight title?
ali retired after regaining the wba title from leon spinks. john tate outpointed gerry coetzee over 15 rounds for the vacant belt.
Where did Muhammad Ali get his trash talk from?
HE GOT HIS IDEA FROM A WRESTLER WHO WAS ON A RADIO INTERVEIW WITH HIM . THE WRESTLER WAS CALL GORGEOUS GEORGE
God made them fight because they were evil and it was his will
origami, Golf, sewing, photography, Magic tricks, Play games
What is the name of Muhammad Alis autobiography?
"Float Like a Bee and Sting Like a Butterfly" By Muhammad Ali
The correct answer is actually "Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee"
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When did Muhammad ali had his first boxing mach?
his first pro fight was in 1960, shortly after the rome olympics.
his first amateur fight was probably 8 years earlier when he was 10.
In which year Boxer Muhammad Ali changed his name and religion?
1964, but didn't go public until after he won the title from sonny liston, because Elijah Muhammad would not want to know clay (as he was then) if liston knocked him out.
it was only after he beat liston that Elijah embraced him like Malcolm x already had.
Did Muhammad ali ever beat Larry Holmes?
No, Ali was too old when he fought Holmes and as such, never beat him.
I've seen a youtube video of him in training and some scenes of his fights, where they showed his speed. Then I stopped time while I watched him punching and doing the "Ali shuffle" and looked how fast he was. Here are the results:
Hand speed:
- 60's Ali(prime): 5 punches in 1 second
- 70's Ali-ca. 1974: 4 punches in 1 second
Footwork speed:
- 60's Ali(prime): 7 footsteps in 1 second
- 70's Ali-ca. 1974: 5 footsteps in 1 second
I took Mike Tyson for comparsion and made the same experiment also with a YouTube vid of Mike's training. Here are the results:
Hand speed(ca. 1988-prime): 6 punches in 1 second
Footwork speed: 5 footsteps in 1 second
You can see that Muhammad Ali had the fastest feet ever in heavyweight history. Even as an older man in boxing he was still as fast as a prime Mike Tyson. Tyson rates higher in hand speed. I can make 6 punches in 1 second, like Tyson, but I'm only a very fast middleweight fighter. Tyson and Ali were that fast with a weight of 220 pounds, I'm only 154 pounds and still one of the fastest guys I know. With 220 pounds I would probably even have problems with throwing 2 punches in 1 second.
When you want to know how fast Ali was and comparing him to you, try throwing 5 punches in 1 second or making 7 footsteps in 1 second. I bet you would fail.
What was Muhammad ali childhood like?
nothing much happen in his childhood because his parents were alcholics so he couldn't much at all
What is the value of Muhammad Ali athlete of the century Remarque by Leroy Neiman AP?
Muhammd Ali "Athlete of the Century" serigraphs w/ Remarque by LeRoy Neiman are available for purchase online around $8,000-$10,000 or "best offer". I do not like to use retail pricing as a valuation as something is only worth what someone will pay for it - i.e. a "realized price". I would suggest that if you were to auction it, it would sell in the $6,000-$8,000 range. Of the edition of 850, I'm not sure how many exhibit the Remarque - but it certainly helps the value and adds a premium over the other serigraphs in the edition.
What is Muhammad Ali's height and weight?
He was 6'3" tall and weighed anywhere from 188 to 236¼ in his career. When he was in his prime, he weighed anywhere from 204¼ to 220, his best weight was most likely 210 to 220.
Was the Sonny Liston vs Cassius Clay fight in February 1964 broadcast live to the UK?
The Sonny Liston and Cassius Clay fight on February 25, 1964, was not broadcast or televised in the UK. It took place at the Convention Hall in Miami Beach, Florida.
Muhammad Ali At 530pm on 4/8/9, I observed a black man sitting in a field behind my house. My dog ran down to see him and I followed. He had a black duffle bag. He announced that "I'm Muhammad Ali's son" and "We own all this land around here. He sat there and ate two whole grapefruit. He said "I gave blood today." I asked him his name and he said "Victor", but my last name is not Ali. James T. Conklin Longwood, FL conklin@cfl.rr.com
