Boxing legend Muhammad Ali has died
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May he rest in peace.
I was watching the evening news earlier, and it was said that he was in critical condition.
I'm not a fan of boxing, but he was the first boxer I had ever known of when I was growing up. The world has lost another great legend.
I'm not a fan of boxing, but he was the first boxer I had ever known of when I was growing up. The world has lost another great legend.
He was a person who made money by punching others. Why glorify that? I don't get the obsession with "sports" that have people beating the shit out of each other. Don't get me wrong, it's sad that a human being has died, but I really don't get the glorification of someone who is paid to beat up someone else.
RIP, Muhammad Ali. 
He was a giant of his era; not just incredibly charismatic, but a truly brave man. He opposed the war and the draft, but didn't run away to another country. He went to trial for his beliefs, and took it all the way to the Supreme Court. He ultimately won, but it cost him a lot in his chosen profession. Nevertheless, he was able to use his celebrity to inspire people and to change people's minds. That was his greatest contribution to the world. He changed people's minds. Boxing made him famous, but it was his pacifism that made him a legend.
He was a giant of his era; not just incredibly charismatic, but a truly brave man. He opposed the war and the draft, but didn't run away to another country. He went to trial for his beliefs, and took it all the way to the Supreme Court. He ultimately won, but it cost him a lot in his chosen profession. Nevertheless, he was able to use his celebrity to inspire people and to change people's minds. That was his greatest contribution to the world. He changed people's minds. Boxing made him famous, but it was his pacifism that made him a legend.
Not only a great athlete, but in his time the most recognizable American in the world, and a man of influence.
RIP Mr. Ali .
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I'm sure there are some who don't get why we glorify people for playing make-believe astronauts on cardboard sets. If you just don't get sports maybe stay out of discussions like this. Clearly you don't understand boxing or Ali's impact on the sport and outside of it, so why even say anything?
My condolences to his family.
I don't like gratuitous violence either, but the thing that made him remarkable came after his boxing career - the noble. Way he dealt with the illness, in its early days, that was dealt him before he succumbed to it.
Thanks for those comments Diogenes. I didn't know about the draft issue and going to trial over his beliefs. That adds to my comments about his illness. I know many people have turned to boxing instead of violence in the public arena. We know little about young people's early lives, but if boxing channels their violence in an arena that gives them confidence and turns them away from street violence good luck to them and the people who give their time to coach. I don't like boxing myself but don't feel the need to critisize those who do.RIP, Muhammad Ali.
He was a giant of his era; not just incredibly charismatic, but a truly brave man. He opposed the war and the draft, but didn't run away to another country. He went to trial for his beliefs, and took it all the way to the Supreme Court. He ultimately won, but it cost him a lot in his chosen profession. Nevertheless, he was able to use his celebrity to inspire people and to change people's minds. That was his greatest contribution to the world. He changed people's minds. Boxing made him famous, but it was his pacifism that made him a legend.
