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Hauser lets us know Ali is still great
FROM THE
SIDELINES
BY ASHLEY CONKLIN
Twenty seven years ago, Cassius (May. now
known as Muhammad Ah. shook up the world
when he boat Sonny Liston for the heavyweight
championship of the world
In his new book, Muhammad Ali. His Ufa and
Timas, Thomas Hauser does some shaking up of
his own. The fxiok, written with Alt's coopera
lion, is the first one that completely delves into
the Ali persona from his rise to the heavyweight
championship to what lie is today
Although the book is written with All's cooper
ation, it is not a self promoting gospel espoused
bv the former champion instead, it's an in-depth
look at Ali's life presented with interviews from
those who new him lies!
lint more importantly. Hauser's book looks at
how Ali. now supposedly in ill-health, is living
day-to-day
Ali's health. Hauser says, is not as bad as some
think He does have Parkinsonism, or Parkinson s
Syndrome, Ini I not the more threatening Parkin
son's disease. Although All's poor health resulted
from boxing, he does not suffer from what is torn
monly referred to as punt h drunkenness, as many
other fighters do
In fact, Ali is really quite healthy He does have
to take medication and his voice is very soil and
sometimes difficult to understand Hut Mils 'liv
mg at 90 percent of what would lie normal lor
him without ins physical problem
Ali continues to travel extensively around tin
world and actually lives a very booth life, al
though it now seems relaxed compared to the
days when lie was the king of the ring
Hauser does a terrific job of putting Ali in per
sportive Not only does Hauser dis< uvs Ali s
piano in history In thci ring hut more import.mtlv
liis place out of the ring
Unlike other celebrities. AH has never trier! to
shelter himself from the public where he has
probably had a greater following than any other
athlete ever put on berth Consider that when lie
fought Ceorge Foreman in Zaire in 1074 Aii
would go Into African villages that had no eler
tricity or running water let alone a television set
'let little children would swarm to All. chanting
his name over and over as if he were a god
Cod-like may f*e the best wav to describe All.
which might seem ironic in light of the Islamic
beliefs he has held since joining Kli|ah.Muham
mad's Black Muslim movement m the Mis
What impressed me the most about All is his
religion convictions All didn’t use his religion
just as a means of not serving in the Vietnam H ar
His devotion to Ills religion was actually more u
portant than his boxing i areer Unlike some, who
use religion merely as a sham. Alt is true to !:,
tenets of his religion
All was more than just a great heavyweight
boxer He was the epitome of the r hanging times
in the (il)s and perhaps more important than M ir
tin 1.other king |r in giv ing blur ks hope for rights
and liberties prev iously denied
Like other boxers. All did last too long in tin
ring, and it's sad remembering defeats to Larry
Holmes and I revor Herbie k two men win
should never have even been all wed m the 1
with a chump like All
It's easy to fault him for hanging on to long Hut
in ins day. Ah was truly the greatest I wish I
could have been around then to cover the i hump
He was anything but dull and it's hard to imegim
hav ing mom fun than being around All when lit
was preparing for a light
Thankfully. Hauser lets us know that as time
goes by, Ali is still Ali Nothing could lie greater
than that
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