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Yes,you are right.

Yes you should see jesse ventura crack up at the mention of his name😪

Facts

Naive. There are still plenty of old white men who hate Ali, claiming he was a draft dodger, and that he was “uppity.”

agreed

Seconded.

Sameer Khan+ yup, I cried like hell mayne...

Very little makes me cry in this world, I've had a lot happen to me. Nearly every time I talk about Ali I cry. The man was a hero. Completely and utterly. There will never be one like him.

Sameer Khan I didn't cry

HERE HERE!!

Well, there is an online smear campaign on him, so it's really not hard at all to get roped into hating him.

Thanks for the some background information about Jim. I want to say that i cannot condone for everything that he has done, because I don't know of everything he has done. But aside from perhaps inept referees or bogus sanctioning bodies, I never recall any remarks that he said that was personally insulting. I guess I will have to learn more about him to see what the argument is, it seems that he has offended people. I always thought that he does a good job in my opinion to describe people and their actions objectively.

mcsmoothstyle The argument is that he hates black fighters, literally. There's a channel called Dontae's boxing nation, which is pretty cool, except for the fact that his M.O. is to drum up donations by pretending to be about black pride in various rant videos, and he's found it's easy to say there's something called "The coincidental list", and that's a list of black fighters that Lampley has criticized. Problem is that it's fairly obvious he criticizes fighters that aren't aligned with HBO, 'cause he was full of praise for Mayweather until he went to SHOWTIME. And some people have even took it further than that and said he's a women beater and a drug addict, even though I couldn't find any articles about that except a video of someone claiming he is.

Sinister, I like how you give credit to Dontae's video. I have seen them and they are informative and cool. I also like how you are standing up for what you believe in if you believe Jim is not racist. I personally don't know, but the man works with so many people of so many backgrounds and races that it hard for me to see him racist as opposed to him actually have friendships with the ones the mentioned. One of my most admirable comments of any boxing commentator was when he Jim said in round 10 of the Bowe-Holyfeild first fight, "Look at Holyfeild! What a warrior!". I give you a lot of credit for standing for Jim. If he is in fact not a racist and the good man that he appears to be... I find these allegations very insulting to him and any good will he had towards people of African ethnicity.

mcsmoothstyle Well, I don't think he hates black fighters, that's all. He could still be just a run of the mil asshole for all I know, really. But, I am a true boxing nerd, and I remember watching old Floyd fights on HBO and Lampley really kissing his ass, against Mitchell he was saying stuff like "A right hand like thunder like only Mayweather Jr can throw" and "Mitchell is trying to outbox Mayweather on the outside, which is virtually impossible.", BUT when he went to SHOWTIME he started criticizing him very harshly, so, as I see it, it's just corporate rivalry. And, Donae's channel is brilliant for coverage of sparring and training, but he does have some very palpable racial prejudices - which is fine given his age and that he's a black man in the US; it'd be impossible for him not to, honestly. The most sad example I remember was when Canelo fought Kirkland, the preview video was like an 11 minute video of how Kirkland had a chance, but in the post-fight he just trashed Canelo's victory and even turned on Kirkland and dissed him fairly badly as well. Anyway, this is fairly inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. Cheers. It's nice to find composed people online for a change.

I agree

+MrBrunothedog this ain't the time for bullshit like this, chill out man smh

+MrBrunothedog lol

oh...youre racist lol

Juan Diaz My brother Juan, I caught that as well, most people when racism is mentioned it's about blacks and hispanics,Asians especially south east Asians are given a pass helping them to establish homes and businesses after coming here from Viet Nam ,when was the last time you had a donut from a Hispanic or Black owned business? To include Asians in the racism issue is just not real,this includes Koreans,Chinese,Japanese at this time, I say that becuase these people back in the day were treated poorly,internment camps during WW2 etc

Jonas Ferguson yes he has

Was he classy when he beat up his wife!?!?

Mohammed Tariq your religion and hence your brother . What a hypocrite.

retipser j I think someone else is acting hypocritical🙍

@@aj_wuwei You're an ass.

He was EVERYONE'S brother.

Bapak saya pun sama pakcik. Cuma pada 70an tu dia dah bekerja sebagai guru. Setiap match Ali dia akan tengok. Dia pun anggap Ali sebagai boxer terbaik sepanjang zaman.

Wow his mother was a queen an angel to teach your son what's right and wrong where racism was normality

WOW

Loved Ali too, but Michael Jackson's death was the biggest in recent history.

how was it bigger

In everyway- it broke the internet, it had WAAAAYYYY more news coverage etc etc.

Muhammad Ali was the uber celebrity . He was the Hero to all the biggest celebraties in all categories ,and Presidents and dictators of countries . Michael Jackson couldn't go to Iraq byhimself and get 16 human shield Hostages out from madman Sadaam Huissein . Nobody but Muhammad Ali could have done that . Muhammad Ali is part of Human History . If you look up time Magazine s 100 most important people of the 20 th century # 1 Albert Einstein # 2 Franklin D. Roselvet , #3 Ghandi #4 Muhammad Ali

Well said brother..I thought the same, Mohammed Ali was our neighbor, our big brother..believe me!

............. You are right DMX

Facts 💯; Both

Perfect statement...truly. It seems that you can say his name in any language and there is an instant connection. He truly was a citizen of the world. Kris Kristofferson ( who was a friend of Ali's) once said he loved everyone as much as they loved him. Not Liston, not Frazier, Not Foreman, Not Parkinson's, and now it seems not even death can stop his impact.....amazing man.

Besides that,he had 2 cool names.

​@@joneshugh He made those names cool.

@@HIMCULES He got those great names because he was great.

Gee Diesel a lot of things I've read says he was terrific at magic. Don't know how he learned, however.

@@maitreyas.4902 Ali said in one interview that his fan send him a book about magic tricks...

Makes sense. Magic is a lot like Pro Wrestling in that there is a lot of tricks to the trade. Ali did some wrestling matches too. He was just an all around entertainer.

I'm crying man

Yeah, he's in that pic where Ali stands over Liston with his arm across his chest. He was only 13 though I think. Harold Lederman and Larry Merchant were there as well.

No, that picture was in my hometown of Lewiston Maine during Ali-Liston 2, the phantom punch fight. And he was not in that picture.

James Howaniec that was larry merchant that was in that picture

He watched history unfold for sure.

not a phantom punch, but a sharp right that landed

ALI WAS THE GREATEST PERIOD A TRUE AMERICAN.

I still say lampley had the best play by play call when big George Foreman dropped Michael Moore to regain the heavyweight championship of the world, IT HAPPENED IT HAPPENED,

jester haha!

...... Jesus Christ is more famous than Ali. Jesus has been known for thousands of years. But, Ali is still a legend. RIP

+ExclusiveLM Jesus doesn't exist though.

Sgreenenov13 Even Jesus' enemies knew he existed you fool. Religious beliefs aside, THERE IS NO ONE EVER who seriously questions his existence- besides you. Idiot.

Nawaz sharif the prime minister of Pakistan presently in jail for corruption charges