Without Muhammad Ali, there would be no President Obama: We must celebrate the life of The Greatest

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1. Ali was willing to risk his profession, risk going to jail for his convictions. He was a man with

guts, and he was quick-witted too.

I remember having seen him once being interviewed on TV. The interviewer asked
short fast questions, and Ali's replies were just as quick and short:

I: What do you think of Marciano?

A: He was too short.

I; And Joe Louis?

A: Too slow.

I: Jack Dempsey?

A: Too light.

I: How about Jack Johnson?

A: Too ugly.

When his fighting days were over at another interview, he was asked about his
Parkinson's disability. Ali replied that he had taken too many punches. The
interviewer remarked that he had seldom been hit in the ring, at least during
his younger days.

Ali replied that he had the idea that he could train his brain not to get knocked
out. So, during his training, he would stand still and ask them to hit him in the
jaw as hard as they could. The interviewer asked how many times did he take
those punches? Ali: Thousands and thousands.

Max Baer had done the same thing in the 1930s. But Baer didn't stay in the
ring as long as Ali did.

Each time a person gets hit hard, there could be a tiny bit of bleeding into the
brain tissues. Multiply that by thousands.......you can imagine the result.
But didn't Ali also have a personal physician, Dr. Ferdie Pacheco? Did Dr.
Pacheco know about this? I guess not. If he did he certainly would have
told Ali to stop it.

Yep, Ali is the greatest boxing champ, ever - and a great man, to boot.!