Muhammad Ali, died this morning at the age of 74.
3 times Heavyweight Champion of the World.
Olympic Gold medal winner, who threw his medal in the river in protest at civil rights, having been refused service in a restaurant because he was black.
Dodged the draft for Vietnam, sentenced to prison and stripped of his World title... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd9aIamXjQI
Voted by BBC viewers in 1999 as the Sports Personality of the Century, which kinda says it all...
nice one Lauri... there were so many, it'd be hard to reduce them down to the best 10...
Muhammad Ali, died this morning at the age of 74.
3 times Heavyweight Champion of the World.
Olympic Gold medal winner, who threw his medal in the river in protest at civil rights, having been refused service in a restaurant because he was black.
Dodged the draft for Vietnam, sentenced to prison and stripped of his World title... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd9aIamXjQI
Voted by BBC viewers in 1999 as the Sports Personality of the Century, which kinda says it all...