Boxing Legend Muhammad Ali Dies At 74

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Boxing legend Muhammad Ali



Even so,  Ali ‘s youthful proclamation of himself as “the greatest” rang true until the end for the millions of people worldwide who admired him for his courage both inside and outside the ring.


“Muhammad  Ali was one of the greatest human beings I have ever met,” said George Foreman, who lost to  Ali  in Zaire in a classic 1974 bout known as the “Rumble in Jungle.”



“We lost an icon,” said Delson Dez, 28, a construction worker, who was holding up a poster of the fighter in Scottsdale, Arizona soon after  Ali ‘s death was confirmed in a statement issued by his family late Friday evening.

“He talked trash but he backed it up,” Dez said.

Few could argue with his athletic prowess at his peak in the 1960s. With his dancing feet and quick fists, he could—as he put it—float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. He was the first person to win the heavyweight championship three times.

But  Ali  became much more than a colorful and interesting athlete. He spoke boldly against racism in the ’60s, as well as the Vietnam War.


Ali ‘s diagnosis of Parkinson’s came about three years after he retired from boxing in 1981.


“We lost a giant today. Boxing benefited from Muhammad  Ali ‘s talents but not nearly as much as mankind benefited from his humanity,” said Manny Pacquiao, a boxer and politician in the Philippines, where  Ali fought arch rival Joe Frazier for a third time in a brutal 1975 match dubbed the “Thrilla in Manila.”



His taunts could be brutal. “Joe Frazier is so ugly that when he cries, the tears turn around and go down the back of his head,” he once said. He also dubbed Frazier a “gorilla” but later apologized and said it was all to promote the fight.



Ali was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on Jan. 17, 1942, as Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., a name shared with a 19th-century slavery abolitionist. He changed his name after his conversion to Islam.

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(Cassius Clay) Muhammad Ali and president Kwame Nkrumah in Accra-Ghana.


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Africa: The Pursuit Of Happiness At The Backyard

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In the midst of poverty and medical crimes, Africans are naturally healthy and happy. A locally made clay pool board in a village.

It may be likely that many  doubt if at all there is happiness in Africa, because among all the continents, Africa has suffered all kinds of internal and external atrocities, including slavery, colonial aggression, wars, ethnic conflicts and medical crimes, such as Aids, Lassa fever and Ebola.

As a matter of fact, there is happiness in Africa probably more than any continent on the earth. Why would I make such an assumption when I haven’t carried out any research?

The reason is simple and logical. Among all the seven continents in the world, Africa is regarded as the poorest, but has the lowest suicide rate, compared to Europe and America. The challenges Africans face right from birth to adulthood, can be compared to the training  amateur soldiers have in the developed world.

Some rural students could walk over a mile to school. Some pupils carry their tables and chairs to school and bring them back home after classes. With such a hard daily life routine, Africans grow to be one of the toughest creatures able to withstand pressures and problems.

To pursuit their happiness, there are many ways African youths and children seek that happiness, to avoid depression and boredomness. Some craft football with local materials, make musical instruments out of wood and plastic materials while others invent many incredible things which never appear in the newspapers.

As technology takes its impact in development, Africa is also gradually influenced by technology, including remote and rural areas. Communication is now flexible due to mobile phones. Wells are giving way to projects of pipe borne water and digital or online marketing is improving.

The development of Africa is generally slow, but we have confidence that gradually we shall also reach the top of the mountain that many have already reached.

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