His mouth roared, never bored, with wit as sharp as a sword, who went full bore into each fight with a silver tongue and heavyweight gold Muhammad Ali taunted opponents with razor-sharp rhymes, comical one-liners and the type of boxing braggadocio that both endeared
him to and angered the masses.
Ali was a loudmouth threat to the establishment. He could make heavyweight rivals Joe Frazier, Sonny Liston and George Foreman feel like unwitting participants at their own roast. He was king of the world and a clown prince, who fought for
both championships and his rights as a conscientious objector.
His mouth roared, never bored, with wit as sharp as a sword, who went full bore into each fight with a silver tongue and heavyweight gold. No one could say it better than Ali. So why try?
"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. Rumble, young man, rumble." — 1964, before his fight with Sonny Liston. "I'm king of the world! I'm pretty! I'm a bad man! I shook up the world! I shook up the world! I shook up the world!" — Feb. 25, 1964, Ali after defeating Sonny Liston.
"It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am." — Undated.
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