Muhammad Ali Is Dying

[rudee]

According to Yahoo Sports, Ali is very close to death. Days in fact.
Apparently the quest for his money is already on amongst the family.
According to Ali's brother, Ali has left him and family members a trust.
Well, Ali's wife has blocked it.
If anyone wants to read more about it, its in Yahoo Sports.

[bigbadbrother]

this is bad news. it really sucks . he is still The Greatest

[steven charles]

thats sad to hear bro,now the greedy family is going to start fighting for the money starting with his wife and kids,thanks for the news friend....

[twodragunns]

Very sad news indeed, he will always be the greatest boxer that ever lived and competed ..... may god welcome him with open arms.

[Fibroso]

Family says Muhammad Ali watching Super Bowl, rooting for Ravens, and not on verge of death.




http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/family-says-muhammad-ali-watching-super-bowl-rooting-014851864--nfl.html;_ylt=AqpDopXLl0uk0R8vY62a3Gk5nYcB;_ylu=X3 oDMTQ0Z2g5NGxnBG1pdANGRUFUVVJFRCBNZWdhdHJvbiBTUE9S VFMgRlAEcGtnAzcyMTE1YjkyLTFjMDUtMzExZC05YmI3LTBkMD ViN2VhNDBkYwRwb3MDMwRzZWMDbWVnYXRyb24EdmVyAzBkODgx MWYzLTZlNzAtMTFlMi1iZjk3LTE3NDRkN2U5MjRkMA--;_ylg=X3oDMTFpNzk0NjhtBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRw c3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25z;_ylv=3

[Highwayman]

Maybe their trying to crank up the royalties with
the Superbowl and the movie The Greatest staring
Ali following the game.Watchin the movie as i type
Ali is a terrible actor lol..

[rudee]

Seems Yahoo pulled the story on Ali dying... we will see.
I know he is in pretty bad shape though...

[sinned004]

According to Yahoo Sports, Ali is very close to death. Days in fact.
Apparently the quest for his money is already on amongst the family.
According to Ali's brother, Ali has left him and family members a trust.
Well, Ali's wife has blocked it.
If anyone wants to read more about it, its in Yahoo Sports.
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Not True!


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[rudee]

Didn't say I believed it... just posted what I read.
Not a word of it in the daily newspaper. Obviously a false alarm.

[chuck]

one of ali's greatest accomplishments, captureing the world heavywieght title. an iconic photo...

http://i973.photobucket.com/albums/ae213/chuck067/MuhammadAlivs_SonnyListonLewistonMaine1965.jpg

[Fibroso]

one of ali's greatest accomplishments, captureing the world heavywieght title. an iconic photo...

http://i973.photobucket.com/albums/ae213/chuck067/MuhammadAlivs_SonnyListonLewistonMaine1965.jpg

His name was young Cassius Clay ... then

[rudee]

AND,,, Sonny laid down for him in that fight...
Cassius hit him with the "Step N Fetchit" punch... that noone saw.
Sonny got hit by Cleveland Williams, a 6ft 7 inch giant with more muscles
than 5 Lou Ferragamos, and knocked Sonny from one end of the ring to the other.
Did not knock him down though. Sonny knocked him out.
Sonny was controlled by the mafia. They ended up killing him.

[chuck]

c/p wiki
The Phantom/Anchor PunchThe ending of the second fight remains one of the most controversial in boxing history. Midway through the first round, Liston fell to the canvas, in what many have argued was not a legitimate knockdown. Referee Jersey Joe Walcott, a former world heavyweight champion himself, appeared confused after Ali refused to retreat to a neutral corner. Instead, Ali stood over his fallen opponent, gesturing and yelling at him, "Get up and fight, sucker!" The moment was captured by ringside photographer Neil Leifer in what became one of the most iconic images in sport, chosen as the cover of the Sports Illustrated special issue, "The Century's Greatest Sports Photos". Ali then raised his fists in the air celebrating the knockdown.
While Walcott tried to sort out the situation, 20 seconds passed, and by then Liston had gotten to his feet and resumed boxing. Nat Fleischer, publisher of The Ring, took it upon himself to climb into the ring and tell Walcott that as Liston had spent over 10 seconds on the canvas he had been KOed. Walcott stopped the fight — awarding Ali a first-round knockout. However, Fleischer was quite wrong in his interpretation of how the rules applied: since Clay had deliberately not gone to a neutral corner, Walcott had been correct in not counting Liston out; the actual time Liston had been down was beside the point. The counting officially begins only when a fighter is in the neutral corner.
The blow that ended the match became known as "the phantom punch" (referred to by Ali as the "anchor punch") so named because most people at ringside did not see it. Even Ali was unsure as to whether or not the punch connected, as footage from the event shows Ali asking his entourage "Did I hit him?" after the match. Slow motion replays show Ali connecting with a quick, chopping right to Liston's head as Liston was moving toward him. In their book on Ali, Felix Dennis and Don Atyeo argued that "the blow generated enough power to lift Liston's left foot, upon which most of his weight was placed, off the canvas." Liston was unsteady when he finally got to his feet, and the fight continued momentarily, with Ali connecting with four additional unanswered punches before Walcott belatedly declared the knockout, ending the contest. In the final analysis, it remains inconclusive whether the blow was a genuine knockout punch. Ali biographer Wilfred Sheed offered his opinion in Muhammad Ali that Liston was going to throw the fight going in and when he suffered a legitimate flash knockdown from the punch in round 1 decided on the spot to seize the opportunity and end the fight. It was Walcott’s confusion and Ali’s behavior that forced Liston to feign disorientation for far longer than a knockdown of that type would have caused.
RumorsThere were claims that Liston had bet against himself and "took a dive" because he owed money to the Mafia. Others believe that he feared for his safety from Nation of Islam members who supported Ali. The latter theory was supported by Mark Kram's book Ghosts of Manila, which included an interview with Liston conducted years after the fight. Liston claimed to have intentionally lost because of his fear of retaliation from the Black Muslims. No independent substantiation of this claim has come to light.

[rudee]

I saw Sonny and Ali train many many times in Los Angeles, There is no way on God's
green earth Ali would ever knock Sonny out with 10 punches,, much less 1.
I have to say, in my long life I have been legitimately scared maybe 10 times.
When Sonny Liston walked into the Main Street gym in Los Angeles, walked right by me, looked down at me
and gave me the Sonny Liston glare, I got scared.