easysurfer
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Ali vs Frazier tonight. Round 3: The Rivalry
I learned a lot watching the first 2 episodes. Fun both the boxing and history lessons of the times.
One thing I was not aware of was about the 11th hour before Ali was going to be sent to jail. That got called off not because a sudden change of heart for "right vs wrong" by the government but that Ali was heard on the tapes as the government was spying on MLK and Malcom X.
Also, I learned that Ali was treated like Brittany Spears under a conservatorship
by the Nation of Islam getting his every moved controlled.
Another thought too was how good (or bad) of a fighter was Floyd Patterson? He got peppered by Sonny Liston and again by Ali. I suppose Patterson must have good a good fighter at one time but didn't look that way.
I learned a lot watching the first 2 episodes. Fun both the boxing and history lessons of the times.
One thing I was not aware of was about the 11th hour before Ali was going to be sent to jail. That got called off not because a sudden change of heart for "right vs wrong" by the government but that Ali was heard on the tapes as the government was spying on MLK and Malcom X.
Also, I learned that Ali was treated like Brittany Spears under a conservatorship
by the Nation of Islam getting his every moved controlled.
Another thought too was how good (or bad) of a fighter was Floyd Patterson? He got peppered by Sonny Liston and again by Ali. I suppose Patterson must have good a good fighter at one time but didn't look that way.