Highlights of Ali during his prime years. This was before getting his license stripped prior to fighting Joe Frazier. Many consider Ali in these years to be the best fighter ever.
“Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.”
Ali’s a heavyweight that moves like a welterweight. Crazy how agile and nimble he was. That elusiveness must be so frustrating for opponents.
“He was a dancer and a poet who just happened to punch for a living”
‘I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was’
One of the more underrated & saddest parts of Ali’s legacy according to his long time trainer, Angelo Dundee, is that “we never got to see him fight during his prime years.” He was barely 25 when he was forced to stop boxing….🥊