This is probably not the right forum to ask this sort of thing, but why is Muhammad Ali so revered? (And haters, racists, trolls need not reply; this is a serious inquisitive question for the well read.)
I understand Ali was the great boxer of his time but someone like Floyd Mayweather Jr has a better w/l record than Ali so why is he not as revered? They both have done the same type of trash-talking and bashing from videos I've seen…
So is it because of Ali's stance against the war and his civil rights contribution?
From the videos I've seen of Ali, to me he comes off as very cocky, full of himself, and arrogant. I wasn't around in his heyday but I saw and read about a lot of people looking up to him when I was coming of age. From what I've gathered, it seems maybe he's so revered because he was the first of his kind: brash, over-confident, opinionated, controversial, gave you a story to cover. Nowadays, these people are a dime a dozen so the novelties faded.
Would love to hear some genuine thoughts. Again, if you're gonna troll, save it, **** off and keep scrolling.
The part in bold pretty much sums it up. But check out any of his comments on youtube, or if you can, find the interview that Bob Costas, Bryant Gumble, and Jim Brown did on Meet The Press.
Found it!
Additionally, it wasn't just his bravado and style, it was how he used it to draw attention to himself, then while you were looking at him, whether you were sneering at him or not, he'd say something that simply made freaking sense.
There's always some bad that comes with people, and some here will focus on that simply because he was black and that's a fact, but ultimately, he was a world renowned athlete that never abused his fame for his own good.