Guys, please watch this video. It's not specifically about boxing, because it's about Ali in general but it's amazing. It has great music and great clips from his interviews, pre-fight hype, etc. Chances are that we will never see another athlete with his charisma and talent. He's just all-around one of the most interesting people imho, and he truly is the greatest ever.
Also the backstory to what's going on around 2:45. When he converted to Islam a few years into his boxing career, he changed his name from Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali. His opponent kept referring him as Cassius Clay and Ali warned him to either refer to him as Muhammad Ali or he would make him do so after their fight. For 15 rounds Ali brutalized him but wouldn't knock him out. He would punch him a few times and then yell "What's my name?" Finally, Terrel said "man, your name is Muhammad Ali", and then Ali knocked him out.
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There are also lots of stuff they left out, like when he stopped a guy from committing suicide. There was a guy on top of a building that was about to jump, and they closed off the street and had the police trying to talk him out of it with a megaphone. Muhammad Ali happened to be walking along the street and went up to talk to the guy. He sat up there and talked with him for an hour and convinced him to come down and then promised to visit him in the mental hospital or wherever they send those people.
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Also another quick story. When Will Smith was playing him in "Ali", Smith got really into the zone and was spending the day in character, trash talking in rhyme, and Ali himself watched from one corner of the room and said "Was I really that goofball when I was that age? Don't matter, I was the Best."
