muhammad ali - the greatest

by **spurgistan** on Mon Jul 02, 2007 4:53 pm

Certainly as far as the modern heavyweight boxer goes, you could not find one with the pure ability, not mention drive or self-promotion, of Muhammad Ali. However, if we're talking about pound-for-pound, who I'd put in just about any fight against just about anybody?

Philosopher, too. A great man. Like Muhammad Ali, only a more rounded fighter.

by **dwightschrute** on Mon Jul 02, 2007 7:59 pm

heavycola wrote:A friend announced on saturday that muhammad ali was the most overrated sportsman ever. This is an insane thing to say, isn't it? He was the greatest sportsman of all time. There can be no argument.

greatest sportsman, i dont know, but definitely not ovverated.

by **heavycola** on Tue Jul 03, 2007 2:51 am

spurgistan your link is broken! Who was the pic of?

by **spurgistan** on Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:44 am

Balls. It was Bruce Lee. Will fix it, but absolutely must dash. Ta ta.

by **DAZMCFC** on Tue Jul 03, 2007 6:09 am

now ali was one of the greatest, no doubt about that. rocky marciano has to be reckoned to be one of the best boxers aswell. sportsman, jack nicklaus 18 grand slams 18 runners up in grand slams. tiger has a lot of catching to do, but only he at the moment could catch him.

in athletics, there was a czechoslovakian called ceplech(forgive the spelling if in correct), in one olympic games he won the 5000 yards, the 10,000 yards and the marathon all at the same games. now that is something that no one could ever repeat.

i would also like to mention Sir Steve Redgrave. enough said about him.