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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2016 4:30:58 GMT
Very sad news breaking now on CNN...Just passed away in the last few minutes.
RIP Cassius Clay and thank you for a lifetime of memories...
Very Very sad...
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jun 4, 2016 4:47:09 GMT
All very quick at the end.
Fantastic memories.
RIP.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2016 4:48:55 GMT
Maybe as you get older you start getting a bit emotional, but not ashamed to say I do have slightly moist eyes watching his obituary now on CNN...
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jun 4, 2016 4:55:46 GMT
Maybe as you get older you start getting a bit emotional, but not ashamed to say I do have slightly moist eyes watching his obituary now on CNN... Rarely do people carry the degree of gravitas and presence that he had. He is one. He'll be sorely missed by many many people. |
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Post by Cast no shadow on Jun 4, 2016 4:56:42 GMT
One of the 1st Worldwide sporting superstar. Rip
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Post by drjeffsdiscobarge on Jun 4, 2016 5:02:17 GMT
RIP champ
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jun 4, 2016 5:06:27 GMT
So very Sad. We will never again see that combination of talent, genius and charisma. RIP champ.
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Post by madelinesmithmmmh on Jun 4, 2016 5:26:46 GMT
The world has lost a colossus.
Truly a man who changed the world RIP
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Post by partickpotter on Jun 4, 2016 5:28:10 GMT
The Greatest. No doubt. RIP  |
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Post by bathstoke on Jun 4, 2016 5:51:48 GMT
In truth, he's been gone for 20yrs or more. Still the end of an era
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Post by lawrieleslie on Jun 4, 2016 5:59:26 GMT
Probably the most inspirational man that has ever lived. RIP to The Greatest.............. Attachment Deleted |
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Post by drjeffsdiscobarge on Jun 4, 2016 6:03:15 GMT
I've wrestled with aligators
I've tussled with a whale
I've done handcuffed lightening
Thrown thunder in jail.
You know I'm bad.
Just last week, I murdered a rock,
injured a stone, hospitalised a brick...
I'm so mean, I make medicine sick!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2016 6:18:46 GMT
What a crap year for deaths this has been and possibly this is the biggest so far.
RIP to a true legend.
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Post by Timmypotter on Jun 4, 2016 6:23:22 GMT
What an athlete, but so much more than just a sportsman.
RIP.
"Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights? No I’m not going 10,000 miles from home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the domination of white slave masters of the darker people the world over. This is the day when such evils must come to an end. I have been warned that to take such a stand would cost me millions of dollars. But I have said it once and I will say it again. The real enemy of my people is here. I will not disgrace my religion, my people or myself by becoming a tool to enslave those who are fighting for their own justice, freedom and equality. If I thought the war was going to bring freedom and equality to 22 million of my people they wouldn’t have to draft me, I’d join tomorrow. I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I’ll go to jail, so what? We’ve been in jail for 400 years."
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Jun 4, 2016 6:36:20 GMT
What a great man. In his prime he was magnificent - with his hands and with his words. What an inspiration!
The biggest sadness is the way illness robbed him (and us) of much of the the last 30 years of his life.
R.I.P to the greatest!
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Post by supersimonstainrod on Jun 4, 2016 6:36:52 GMT
In an age when every twerp and wannabe in sport and politics bangs on about their 'Legacy' here was a colossus who genuinely transfigured society and his environment.
The most charismatic sportsman there has ever been.
The litany of anecdotes,Refusing the Draft to his own detriment,Rope-a-dope,the ghost punch,the shuffle,Thriller in Manilla,myriad magnificent memories.
Moist eyes and a lump in the throat as I watched this unfurl on the news at work.
RIP.
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Post by NassauDave on Jun 4, 2016 6:52:13 GMT
Oh shit, what a loss...  |
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Post by diaoshairyballs on Jun 4, 2016 7:05:53 GMT
Just shed a tear. Absolutely gutted. RIP. Some are born great... Ali was a born winner.  Sent from my A0001 using proboards |
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Post by serpico on Jun 4, 2016 7:06:49 GMT
RIP. Literally the greatest sportsman of all time.
unlike modern day champions like Tyson Fury and going back further to the likes of Mike Tyson etc Alis trash talking was intelligent and much of it was tongue in cheek and funny but never crass and vulgar, and he wasn't a boring robot like the Klitchkos who need to have rock bands playing before fights just to keep peoples interest (and stop them falling asleep). This is why Floyd Mayweather can never be held up as "The best ever" (or TBE as he likes to call himself) he has no class, Ali had it in abundance.
Modern day boxers cannot hold a candle to Ali.
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Post by Billybigbollox on Jun 4, 2016 7:24:31 GMT
RIP Ali.
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Post by lordb on Jun 4, 2016 7:26:39 GMT
RIP. Literally the greatest sportsman of all time. unlike modern day champions like Tyson Fury and going back further to the likes of Mike Tyson etc Alis trash talking was intelligent and much of it was tongue in cheek and funny but never crass and vulgar, and he wasn't a boring robot like the Klitchkos who need to have rock bands playing before fights just to keep peoples interest (and stop them falling asleep). This is why Floyd Mayweather can never be held up as "The best ever" (or TBE as he likes to call himself) he has no class, Ali had it in abundance. Modern day boxers cannot hold a candle to Ali. Not just boxers,no sportsman can before or since. |
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Post by redstriper on Jun 4, 2016 7:28:54 GMT
Legend. RIP
The last link to the days when boxing captured the imagination.
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Post by Gods on Jun 4, 2016 7:40:42 GMT
RIP the Louisville Lip
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Post by Rick Grimes on Jun 4, 2016 7:54:05 GMT
He was before my time but he's definitely the greatest, anyone who can come up with quotes like 'fly like a butterfly sting like a bee' amongst many other great quotes is an absolute genius.
I've watched documentaries and many clips on YouTube and the man is a legend. It's hard to believe that the rope-a-dope wasn't the game plan it was just a spur of the moment decision.
RIP Muhammad.
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Post by liam007 on Jun 4, 2016 7:59:13 GMT
RIP to a real legend.
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Post by sheikhmomo on Jun 4, 2016 8:11:45 GMT
Not just The World Champion he was The World's Champion. Way beyond a sportsman and an athelete, he was a spokesperson and a leader.
What a life.
RIP The Greatest.
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Post by Huddysleftfoot on Jun 4, 2016 8:17:11 GMT
What an athlete, but so much more than just a sportsman. RIP. "Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights? No I’m not going 10,000 miles from home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the domination of white slave masters of the darker people the world over. This is the day when such evils must come to an end. I have been warned that to take such a stand would cost me millions of dollars. But I have said it once and I will say it again. The real enemy of my people is here. I will not disgrace my religion, my people or myself by becoming a tool to enslave those who are fighting for their own justice, freedom and equality. If I thought the war was going to bring freedom and equality to 22 million of my people they wouldn’t have to draft me, I’d join tomorrow. I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I’ll go to jail, so what? We’ve been in jail for 400 years." This.... |
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Post by Huddysleftfoot on Jun 4, 2016 8:18:40 GMT
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Post by agingerstokie on Jun 4, 2016 8:37:28 GMT
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