Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Ali would not be Ali unless I had come along. Him and me had three fights.
When you look back in history and see other fighters coming back, it's never really been good for them.
Muhammad Ali was the kind of guy you either loved or hated, but you wanted to see him. I happen to really love him. He brought boxing to another level and always made you laugh.
Sugar Ray Leonard was as close as anyone came after Ali to being Ali, but he wasn't Ali.
There's so much pressure on becoming the next Muhammad Ali or Mike Tyson, and if you don't achieve that in boxing, you're nothing.
I think on balance, Don King has been bad for boxing. I think he's done some very good things and I think he did a heck of a job of promoting Ali but I think I could have promoted Ali.
In fifty years of covering the sport, of course Muhammad Ali is by far the dominant figure.
Muhammad Ali is a combination of personality and athlete who is probably better known around the world than any other. He became a great hero.
Ali vs. Stevenson would have served as a symbolic battle between the United States and Cuba, capitalism and communism: Castro's values instilled in his boxers pitted against the values of 'merchandise' boxers from the rest of the world.
Muhammad Ali is a true hero, and the fact there's something wrong with him is his badge of valour. He's a great man.
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