RIP Muhammad Ali

I might even try to find Will Smith's Ali film I've heard many say that is the closest anyone has come to portraying him in a film (And Will mas Oscar nominated for it, so it must be good)
Lennox Lewis and Will Smith have been named as two of the pall bearers of Ali's coffin for Ali's funeral on Friday

In 1999 the BBC had a Sports Personality of the Century award. It's not surprising that Muhammad Ali won.

No words needed, other than these two: The Greatest.

He was no angel. He called Joe Frazier an Uncle Tom. He was a seperatist. He met up with the Klu Klux Klan to try and set up white and black zones. On top of his this he belonged to a religion that believed all men were created black and whites were created by an evil scientist and that the black people wil be rescued by a wheel shaped spaceship whilst whites are left to face retribution.

He was a very funny, charismatic guy who had many qualities but I don't think he is worth the messiah status people elevate him to.

I can't see there being another Muhammad Ali. Give up 3 years of your career, peak years too, by making an unpopular stand - who's going to do that? Sports people these days are more concerned with counting their vast earnings than making political statements.

He refused to fight in the Vietnam war. Not particularly a political statement. So if he did fight in the Vietnam war he would have had inferior morals?

Billy Crystals moving eulogy on Ali from the memorial:

https://youtu.be/7XB3sD9QJCI

Ali told the world he was The Greatest, and he was, because who else could be the greatest sports figure in history - it is no contest.

It was good to see how Muhammad Ali's funeral brought people from all faiths together.