The Greatest (Boxer)

[NGONGE]

 

In the words of the man himself.

 

I done wrestled with an alligator

I done tussled with a whale

I handcuffed lighting, thrown thunder in jail

yesterday I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick

I’m so mean I make medicine sick

A commentary of a fight.

 

Clay comes out to meet Liston

And Liston starts to retreat

If he goes back any further

He'll be in a ringside seat

Clay swings with a left

And Clay swings with a right

Look at young Cassius

As he carries the fight

Liston keeps backing

But there's not enough room

It's a matter of time

Till Clay lowers the boom

Now Clay swings with a right

What a beautiful swing

And the punch knocks the Bear

Clear out of the ring

Liston's still rising

The ref wears a frown

For he can't start counting

Till Sonny comes down

Now Liston disappears from view

The crowd is getting frantic

But our radar stations pick him up

He's over the Atlantic

Who would have thought

When they came to the fight

That they'd witness the launch

Of a human satellite?

Yes, the crowd did not dream

When they laid down their money

That they would see

A total eclipse of the Sonny!

 

I am the greatest!

 

PS

 

Sonny Liston was his opponent ( Ali nicknamed him the Bear).

For the really young amongst you (or those living under rocks) Cassius Clay was Ali’s name before he became a Muslim.

[Salafi_Online]

^^ Salamu alaykum

cant comfirm this...but story has it that he got his act from a former WWF wrestler...it is said that Mr Ali was a great booker, but the wrestler adviced him to act and entertain the people before and after each fight ...thus increasing his popularity! is there any truth to this?

[NGONGE]

^^^^ Probably!

 

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. His hands can't hit what his eyes can't see. Now you see me, now you don't. George thinks he will, but I know he won't.

The above, are his most famous rhymes. Most boxing fans recognise those words, however, Mr Ali did not coin them. They were the words of one of his corner men.

 

In any case, whether it was his idea to clown around and “market†himself or the idea of another, it still required Ali’s personality and charisma in order to “catch onâ€. Ah, did it catch on though? He’s so so pretty.