aleshemsky83
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- Apr 8, 2008
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He took a muslim name.never saw any of his fights, and I don't really know much about him other than of course he was a legendary fighter and was arrogant as hell and quite a character. I think that's what made him unique he certainly had some epic lines. I'm guessing he also had a very amazing record. So that's pretty much my knowledge of him as an athlete superstar.
About his persona, I just know that he was very vocal about the social realities of his race and skipped the draft and was jailed for it. I also know about his conversion to Islam and dropping what he called his "slave/christian name" for an authentic black name to fit him. Well that I just think is laughable because he changed his name to an Arab name
but he was without a doubt a cultural icon
I'm not a muslim anymore but how is that a contradiction?
Also, people need to understand that like malcolm x much of what ali believed as a young man in the black and white film, or the grainy outdated technicolor you saw on youtube he stopped believing over 40 years ago. So much ridiculousness out there.
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