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DonaldsRump

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5. Rope-a-Dope in 1974 was the greatest ever

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 10:51 PM

Mar 2020

Great for the wonderful Ali, the best there ever was.

Not so great for George Foreman, but I think he was just right behind Ali in what he accomplished.

Two wonderful people.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Some of us know Muhammad Ali is my hero. [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2020 OP

No comparison. elleng Mar 2020 #1

Why? I'm curious to know. frazzled Mar 2020 #3

Physical v. political. elleng Mar 2020 #4

It's a metaphor frazzled Mar 2020 #18

Ali had nothing that night, and still stayed up until it was stopped. IluvPitties Mar 2020 #2

It was stopped in the tenth round and he lost every round. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2020 #7

Rope-a-Dope in 1974 was the greatest ever DonaldsRump Mar 2020 #5

Too bad George is a Republican! IluvPitties Mar 2020 #6

I don't think it's so much he's a Republican. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2020 #8

Could be. Let's call him patriotic then. IluvPitties Mar 2020 #10

Wow, I didn't know that DonaldsRump Mar 2020 #9

I believe he knocked Moorer's tooth out DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2020 #11

He's friends with Sean Hannity. IluvPitties Mar 2020 #12

Hannity, yikes. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2020 #13

Wow. One of my heroes may be a non-hero n/t DonaldsRump Mar 2020 #14

My favorite boxers are Ali, Lennox Lewis, and Sugar Ray Leonard. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2020 #15

This world is a diminished place without Ali DonaldsRump Mar 2020 #16

There wasn't a world figure of that era that Ali didn't meet DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2020 #17

Weaver? Sanders is his money ticket, no one will hire him grantcart Mar 2020 #19

I walked from USC campus to Olympic Auditorium to watch closed circuit of that fight Awsi Dooger Mar 2020 #20

Reflex fighters have a short shelf life. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2020 #21

I thought Ali should have quit after Norton III or especially the Shavers fight Awsi Dooger Mar 2020 #22