The Greatest
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I guess if you don't agree with everything your government does you're un American. .
I've known a couple of people who believed in the fight and went down to the US to enlist. I can't honestly tell them that they were wrong.
Except for being its leaders.
That particular draft was pretty honest. In the Civil War, if you were drafted, you could pay another man to go in your place. Later, you could just flat-out buy your way out. If I recollect right, the bill was $300.
As for the other hate blasts, don't pay 'em no mind, RCS. They don't care about the facts, they only care about the hate.
Sorry, but these people are in no way representative of Christians and of Christianity.
I see many who represent saulianity but no one representative of Christianity. Maybe you can name a few.
You don't know Locust
it has been forgotten that his denouncement of the Nation of Islam and its demand for separatism helped undermine that group's influence in the inner cities
I'll never forgot him when he was in court and shouted : " I'm Just MUHAMMAD ALI " . he was The myth of jealousy .
Plaque honouring Muhammad Ali proposed for Ossington Ave. site
By Maryam Shah, Toronto Sun
First posted: Saturday, July 09, 2016 02:50 PM EDT
Councillor Mike Layton wants to install a tribute to Muhammad Ali’s time in Toronto.
Layton will ask council this week to create and install a plaque in Toronto to commemorate “The Greatest.”
Ali died last month at the age of 74 following a battle with Parkinson’s disease.
The proposed plaque and its future maintenance would cost around $6,500, according to Layton. It would be located at a site currently under development at 109 Ossington Ave. — the same place Ali trained before he famously fought Canadian heavyweight George Chuvalo in 1966.
“I think it’ll be a long time till we see someone with the same skill and the same charisma that we did in Muhammad Ali,” Layton said.
Ali also had a “significant anti-war message” during his career, he added.
He ended up fighting in Toronto that year because major American boxing centres turned him down based on his objection to the Vietnam war.
“Given Canada’s and Toronto’s historic position leaning on the side of peace over war, I think that it’s fitting that we can commemorate him in this way in Toronto,” said Layton.
The councillor said half the cost for the plaque would come from the city and the other half from the community that has raised funds through the site’s developer.
He doesn’t anticipate a fight over his motion on the council floor.
“This is the community celebrating their local heritage and it’s a fairly small sum of money,” he said.
Plaque honouring Muhammad Ali proposed for Ossington Ave. site | Toronto & GTA |
By Maryam Shah, Toronto Sun
First posted: Saturday, July 09, 2016 02:50 PM EDT
Councillor Mike Layton wants to install a tribute to Muhammad Ali’s time in Toronto.
Layton will ask council this week to create and install a plaque in Toronto to commemorate “The Greatest.”
Ali died last month at the age of 74 following a battle with Parkinson’s disease.
The proposed plaque and its future maintenance would cost around $6,500, according to Layton. It would be located at a site currently under development at 109 Ossington Ave. — the same place Ali trained before he famously fought Canadian heavyweight George Chuvalo in 1966.
“I think it’ll be a long time till we see someone with the same skill and the same charisma that we did in Muhammad Ali,” Layton said.
Ali also had a “significant anti-war message” during his career, he added.
He ended up fighting in Toronto that year because major American boxing centres turned him down based on his objection to the Vietnam war.
“Given Canada’s and Toronto’s historic position leaning on the side of peace over war, I think that it’s fitting that we can commemorate him in this way in Toronto,” said Layton.
The councillor said half the cost for the plaque would come from the city and the other half from the community that has raised funds through the site’s developer.
He doesn’t anticipate a fight over his motion on the council floor.
“This is the community celebrating their local heritage and it’s a fairly small sum of money,” he said.
Plaque honouring Muhammad Ali proposed for Ossington Ave. site | Toronto & GTA |
Ali was a great boxer. But considering all circumstances, I think James J. Braddock was the greatest heavy weight champion.