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a champion's champ
RIP to the true GOAT.
I always liked Clay/Ali going all way back to the 1960 Rome Olympics when I first starting hearing about him. I remember listening to the first Liston/Clay fight on the radio. I don't remember a lot of details about the fight but I definitely remember winning a $5 bet on the outcome which was a lot of money to an undergrad in those days----probably about like $50-$75 today. I don't remember but I must had gotten some kind of odds (maybe $5 against $3 or $4) because Sonny (the "Bear") Liston was the overwhelming favor of almost everyone. Shortly thereafter Clay became Ali and he later caught a lot of flack over that especially when he stood up to the lying politicians and refused to be one the 58.000 American needlessly and criminally sacrificed in that morass known as Viet Nam. RIP to the true Champ.
Well said
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