kokane_muthashed
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Loved Holmes' phone in his car. I had no idea that was possible back then.
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Baltimoreguy said:Thought this was great -- also didn't think that Ali came off like the a-hole that others here did.
nafselon said:If you've ever spent a good bit with Larry Holmes he's about as nice and genuine a guy as there is in boxing. He had funny stories about his family and he isn't as bitter as the people around him are for his lack of recognition in the sport.
In his world, he did a job, made a ton of money, did good things with his money, takes care of his family to the best of his abilities and is completely devoted to spending the rest of his life in and around Easton, PA. As a 13-year-old dropout he's come a long way and just talking to him you can sense how he still feels this sense of how lucky he is to have everything.
Ali isn't and wasn't as big of an ashhole as this documentary made him seem. He was and still is a mega superstar and he was never a humble guy. But he was also pretty generous...probably to a fault. He just didn't want someone in his camp upstaging him. That's almost every boxer/fighter on earth.
Bubbler said:Baltimoreguy said:Thought this was great -- also didn't think that Ali came off like the a-hole that others here did.
I don't think Ali comes off as an ashhole, but his hubris in believing he still had it isn't terribly sympathetic. He had people warning him it was dangerous, but he thought he was indestructible.