speaking of boxing, i saw Ali/Frasier III and Ali/Forman (Rumble in the Jungle) last night on ESPN classic. that was the first time i'd ever seen an Ali fight and man, i'm freaking amazed. i've always heard about how great he was but that didn't do him justice until i saw him. his hand speed was incredible. just about every round he'd get a good combination in. my only question is, if he was muslim, isn't he supposed to be humble? i also saw Douglas/Tyson for the first time in it's entirety. that last set of combos douglas put on tyson was brutal.
It always seems that when there is a big fight cancelled (Rahman-Klitchko) and the challenger is forced into another fight (Monte Barrett) while the champ recuperates the match never comes off. In the end the big fight never happens because the interim fight is lost -- how can you shift your concentration from a title fight to a regular match in just a couple of months? The preparation is not the same at all ~ it looks like Rahman is having just this kind of trouble... _____ Yet instead of concentrating on his looming fight with Barrett, Rahman has spent most of his time belittling Klitschko and accusing him of running from their fight. link
Thats like saying, if your christian arent you supposed to follow, "thou shal not lie", or "You shall not commit adultery", etc etc, but these things keep happening. Nobody's perfect. And just because someone accepts a religion, does not mean that he is representing it 100% the right way. Hope that helps.
Modesty is a good trait in general for all mankind. I'm sure somewhere in the bible it says to be humble and modest but you are who you are... edit: i got beat...better answer than mine..i'm not too good with words
In Ali's boxing heyday, he was not a "regular" Muslim, but rather NOI. I know Ali was a Nation of Islam follower when he fought Foreman in 1974 (I know that because he went on a huge praisefest of Elijah Muhammad when David Frost was interviewing him after the fight). I'm pretty sure he still followed NOI when he fought Frazier in 1975. I don't think he became a Sunni Muslim until later. In regards to your point about being humble (a valid point indeed), if you know about the NOI of the 1960's and 1970's, they were the antithesis of humility. Ali talking as much as he did was right in line with what the NOI was doing at the time. Not to mention that the poetry of Ali is a huge part of what defines him.
Indeed. Current major HW names: Byrd, Klitchko, Rahman, Ruiz, Brewster, Toney, uhhhh... At least Tyson is making another comeback.
Golota was a big name but he just got TKO'd in 53 seconds by Brewster (who?). There's a young heavyweight on the rise named Samuel Peter aka The Nigerian Nightmare.
Wait until you see him dancing around Liston. He wasn't as precise, but he was a hundred times faster pre-Draft. The Foreman fight is so great. Knowing what we know now, you can tell he goes through the entire fight just dying to let us in on this little secret he's holding in.
Great! Rahman and Klitchko, two names that will surely ressurrect the heavyweight boxing division. I would rather watch reruns of Rocky v. Drago Decent boxing now can be found in the lighter divisions. Heck, even the "Contender" had better boxing than I have seen in HW division in years.
man Ali was my favorite. His charisma was what set him apart from everyone else. He had the skills to back up his smack talk. I dont know if he could haave taken Tyson, but we ll never know.
I saw Samuel Peter fight in person (although at the time the program listed his name as Peter Samuel) at an amateur tournament in 2000. That man is scary. Even in just three rounds.
