Muhammad Ali...........RIP

[water ur seeds]

I know this the Ali thread but damn man Ken Norton just died too wtf going on man?!?
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-heavyweight-champion-ken-norton-dies/

LAS VEGAS Former heavyweight champion Ken Norton, who beat Muhammad Ali and then lost a controversial decision to him in Yankee Stadium, died Wednesday at a local care facility, his son said. He was 70.

Norton had been in poor health for the last several years after suffering a series of strokes, a friend of the fighter said.

"He's been fighting the battle for two years," said Gene Kilroy, Ali's former business manager. "I'm sure he's in heaven now with all the great fighters. I'd like to hear that conversation."

Norton broke Ali's jaw in their first bout, beating him by split decision in 1973 in a non-title fight in San Diego. They fought six months later, and Ali narrowly won a split decision.

They met for a third time on Sept. 28, 1976, at Yankee Stadium and Ali narrowly won to keep his heavyweight title.

Norton would come back the next year to win a heavyweight title eliminator and was declared champion by the World Boxing Council. But on June 9, 1978, he lost a bruising 15-round fight to Larry Holmes in what many regard as one of boxing's epic heavyweight bouts and would never be champion again.

Norton finished with a record of 42-7-1 and 33 knockouts. He would later embark on an acting career, appearing in several movies, and was a commentator at fights.

Norton started boxing when he was in the Marines, and began his pro career after his release from duty in 1967. He lost only once in his early fights but had fought few fighters of any note when he was selected to meet Ali. At the time, Ali was campaigning to try to win back the heavyweight crown he lost to Joe Frazier in 1973.

Few gave Norton, who possessed a muscular, sculpted body, much of a chance against Ali in the fight, held at the Sports Arena in San Diego, where Norton lived. But his awkward style and close-in pressing tactics confused his opponent and Norton broke Ali's jaw on the way to the decision that put him in the top echelon of heavyweight fighters.

Dammit I'm stupid never mind just read the date of the article didn't know he been dead. Please excuse me lol

I thought, daum 2016 is ruthless, bringing dudes back then killing them again!!!

 

[Buck Seventy]

Look at the date of the article about Ken Norton. He's been dead almost 3 years.

 

[illestni99ainne]

I already said that

 

[Trillfate]

Funeral live stream
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/blogs/...--reactions--memorable-moments-151538427.html

 

[Splackavelli]

Ali was fuckin Beyonce on the low?

Ask tomp...dont he got a list or something somewhere?

First slim thug now the greatest!?! :# jiigga you share that girl. How much h y'all wanna bet Barry sampled that also.

Ali had her in the bedroom showing her his rope a hoe tactics. " Come on bay ! Bob and weave Bob and weave! I'm to fast fo' ya I'm too fast fo' ya!

 

[JJ_Evans]

https://twitter.com/WLKYAnnalysa/status/741260313379639296
https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/741278700231004167

 

[JJ_Evans]

https://twitter.com/ZeGamerette/status/741291087000678400
https://twitter.com/ZeGamerette/status/741291460599947265

 

[Maximus Rex]

The champ is getting a lot of props, (and rightfully so,) but is the media covering exactly why he was opposed to the Vietnam War or are they glossing over that fact. From what I see, all they're doing is saying Ali was a conscientious objector without really going into why he took this stance, and nobody has mentioned that the champ was a former member of the Nation of Islam and was an Orthodox Muslim.

 

[ghostdog56]

The champ is getting a lot of props, (and rightfully so,) but is the media covering exactly why he was opposed to the Vietnam War or are they glossing over that fact. From what I see, all they're doing is saying Ali was a conscientious objector without really going into why he took this stance, and nobody has mentioned that the champ was a former member of the Nation of Islam and was an Orthodox Muslim.

I live in Louisville and on the local coverage they talked briefly about the NOI but they mainly focused on how he changed his views once he traveled the world which I feel is bullshit

 

[I Self Lord & Master]

rip big homie!

gon have to holla at my parents. ..but i jus wonder what the atmosphere was like when he was gettin down live in action. ..cause i remember the tyson pandemonium. ..shit was like a 10 minute superbowl lmao...i fuck wit mayweather....but tyson was another beast

i can only imagine what it was like when

Muhammad was throwin down. ...niggas prolly lost their minds lol

and, of course the media is slanting n diluting him, as they do. as with everything else it is OUR responsibility to represent him and his legacy correctly. ..cause they couldn't do it justice even if they wanted ro

 

[Maximus Rex]

https://twitter.com/WLKYAnnalysa/status/741260313379639296
https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/741278700231004167

Shakin' my muthafuckin' head. Taking pictures at funerals is some straight up tacky negro shit.

 

[Splackavelli]

I was born during the last phase of ali's career. he had to be fighting ken Norton jr and earnie shavers around that time. by the time I was a toddler he was making appearances on different strokes and doing d-con roach spray commercials. my dad was a Vietnam vet and said he met him and shook his hand when he was a student at florida memorial college. since elementary school I grew up watching his documentaries the first one being him and cus dimato standing side by side discussing Mike Tyson. I watched all his fight footage on espn classics. he was the go to boxer I always used when playing knockout kings and fight night. i'll end this with a youtube tribute video I used to watch at work.

rest in power champ.

 

[detcatinva]

watching the funeral at work. this pastor is preaching a good sermon right now

 

[Mister B.]

Feel good. Today's Social Studies lesson was on The Greatest and his life. Even let them watch his procession live on CBS News.com.

 

[gh0st]

watching the funeral at work. this pastor is preaching a good sermon right now

That's Rev. Cosby when I first moved to D'Ville I went to his church for a while dude is extra nice, sent me home plenty of times pondering what am I doing with my life.

 

[detcatinva]

Ali at Hampton University around 1968

 

[detcatinva]

My uncle posted this on Facebook. Ali came to my cousins elementary school and he took a photo with the students

 

[Angeles1son85]

Lewis look uncomfortable with tyson sittin on.his side with his forearm leaning on his back lol

 

[Angeles1son85]

Damn that student speech was powerful

 

[playmaker88]

yeah she almost got me :s