Vegas float like a butterfly sting like
a bee welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 of Muhammad Ali moments we’ll be
looking at highlights from the life and
times of the man formerly known as
Cassius Clay but forever known as the
original people’s champion the
Louisville lip and the greatest stage is
set for me to be ranked as the greatest
time the late great Muhammad Ali holy
holder first names various number 10 Ali
takes on Saddam by the end of his career
Muhammad Ali had faced and beaten the
top heavyweights of his era but none of
those fights could prepare him for a
challenger like Iraqi dictator Saddam
Hussein following a racks invasion of
Kuwait and weeks away from full-on war
with the United States Hussein took 15
American citizens hostage the men many
of whom were employees of a General
Motors facility in Iraq were being held
in strategically important buildings as
a safeguard from American bombing
against all recommendations including
that of President George HW Bush Ali
went to Iraq to personally negotiate
their release despite the odds and the
champ having run out of Parkinson’s
medication days prior Hussein
surrendered all 15 men to Ali and three
days later all were safely back in the
United States
it’s not me number nine the first
three-time world heavyweight champ on
these first championship title win was
impressive enough demolishing eight to
one odds on favorite Sonny Liston in
1964 by his retirement Ali would be
crowned heavyweight champ a
record-setting three times I saw Sonny
Liston a few days ago cash in yoga heat
he’s too ugly to be the world’s change
the world’s champ should be pretty like
me after defeating Liston and claiming
himself to be the greatest as well as
the prettiest thing that ever lived
Ali was robbed of his title when he
refused to serve in the Vietnam War
after returning to boxing in 1971 Ali
worked his way back up the card finally
securing a title shot against and
beating then champ George Foreman in
1974 Ali held the title until February
1978 when he lost to Leon Spinks only to
retake the title in a rematch the same
year becoming the first three-time World
Heavyweight Champion
number eight I am the greatest I said I
always knew how hard he hit and I always
knew he couldn’t hit me that’s why I
talk so cool if anyone wondered how
Holly earned a nickname like the
Louisville lip his 1963 spoken word
album should clear up the mystery
released while he was still known as
Cassius Clay I am the greatest arrived
just six months prior to his name change
conversion to Islam and first
heavyweight championship this is the
legend of Cassius Clay the most
beautiful fighter in the world to date
the labels first eight cuts were labeled
rounds rather than tracks and saw the
ever competent Ali boast brag and even
predict his title win in front of a live
studio audience this brash young boxer
is something to see and the Heavyweight
Championship this is definitely me
co-written in part with comedy writer
Gary Belkin the album earned a Grammy
nomination and hit number 61 on the
charts with Ali’s flow now seen as proto
rap the LPS title track meanwhile was
spun off as a single with the diss track
of all diss tracks will the real Sonny
Liston please fall down as a b-side I’m
going to fight Sonny Liston that is if
he doesn’t chicken out
I will win that fight because I’m
president of the boxing world and this
fist is my veto I am the greatest number
seven float like a butterfly sting like
a bee the hands can’t hit what the eyes
can’t see more than just a memorable
catchphrase float like a butterfly sting
like a bee was a poetic yet act way of
summing up alleys unusual boxing style
rather than resemble anything remotely
traditional the early ollie style relied
on speed and constant movement rather
than brute force ollie also had a
tendency to duck back and make his
opponent overextend or put themselves
off-balance he was known as much for his
fancy footwork as he was for his
rapid-fire aij abs upper right hand got
that you saw that was the best punch
thus far landed by the champion host
exile Ali took this approach even
further with the rope-a-dope style
rather than come in guns blazing Ali
would effectively become a punching bag
until his opponent was completely worn
out and ready to have his ass handed to
him left-handed and the weight on the
job taken by the
number six becoming Muhammad Ali asana
come is the Castro he looks for Cuban
here comes mr. Lumumba Mr Kenyatta you
look for Africa on a black man now
what’s your last name starting around
1961 the man then known as Cassius Clay
became increasingly interested in the
Nation of Islam otherwise known as the
Black Muslim movement eventually being
mentored by famed member Malcolm X but
due to his boxing career he was
initially refused membership this
changed however leading up to his
championship bout with Sonny Liston in
1964 prior to the match news of clays
conversion leaked the day after
defeating Liston he publicly renounced
his slave name Andrey emerged as Cassius
X before taking the name Muhammad Ali
the following week one of the
interesting developments of just always
interesting young man called Cassius
Clay is that he has changed his name and
keeping with his religious convictions
and he is now you Hamid ally I believe
with his new identity Ali became
increasingly outspoken about race civil
and religious issues and frequently
butted heads with the establishment of
the day no nation no people can be free
without land and we are whole nation 22
million people without a toothpick
factory number 5 the Thrilla in Manilla
razor will try to foreign and catcheth
man
when Ali returned to boxing in 1971 he
was entitled to a shot at reclaiming his
championship pitted against smokin Joe
Frazier in what was billed as the fight
of the century
Ali entered the bout a relative equal
but left the match defeated four years
later Ali was champion again and it was
now Frazier with his eyes on the prize
dubbed the Thrilla in Manila the Ali
Frazier matchup went 14 solid rounds in
120 degree Fahrenheit or 49 degrees
celsius heat Ali dominated early Frazier
led the mid rounds but by the 10th round
the tide had turned very much in Ali’s
favor and Frazier gave up just before
the 14th round during the match Ali lost
five pounds due to extreme heat a
situation he called the closest he’d
ever been to death
remember the scoring is on a round
faceless razor is tired and its eyes are
closing number four lighting the Olympic
torch
the US Olympic Committee managed to keep
Ali’s participation in the 1996 Atlanta
Summer Games a secret but the crowd made
no secret of their admiration for the
former champ by 1996 Ali had been
retired 15 years and although he was
still a relatively young 54 the effect
of Parkinson’s disease were starting to
show his body may have been working
against him his arms may have been
shaking but lighting the Olympic torch
and basking in the crowds love Ali stood
proud with as much command and dignity
as he ever had in his youth
number three the rumble in the jungle
round one I’ll leave bouncing around
shifting left or right George moves
slowly gets the first punch in a late
right hand take it on the forehead by
George form of the champion after
missing his shot in 1971 against Joe
Frazier Muhammad Ali had fought his way
up the rankings to square off with then
heavyweight champ George Foreman in 1974
known today as a cheery electric grill
spokesman the George Foreman of 1974 was
a lean mean punch throwing machine for
the big-money showdown in Zaire Ali
opted to use his now fine-tuned
rope-a-dope technique rather than try to
match Foreman’s power
Foreman wore himself out pummeling Ali
with body shots while Ali sat back on
the ropes and blocked inviting the man
in counter punching inviting him in in
the eighth round the greatest took
things a bit more seriously delivering a
five punch combo that sent form into the
mat and Ali to victory
number two refusing military service
this will still be nothing if I am NOT
content internally and if I’m not in
court with the will of Almighty Allah
Ali was rejected for military service in
1964 based on a shockingly low IQ score
however in 1966 standards had changed
the champ was now eligible and suddenly
faced the very real threat of being
drafted couldn’t see myself taking part
in nothing or I would help an aide in
any way to shooting and killing these
are Asiatic dark black people who
haven’t called me to heaven lynched me
if they haven’t deprived me of freedom
just in equality they haven’t exhaustion
ated my leaders war however was against
both his religious and social beliefs as
well as his personal conviction so Ali
refused to serve calling himself a
conscientious objector downdraft is
another thing that’s against my
religious beliefs arrested and found
guilty of evading the draft in 1967 Ali
faced a ten thousand dollar fine and
five years in prison he was also
stripped of his titles his license to
box and even his passport leading
Esquire magazine to represent him as a
martyr the former champion stayed out of
prison thanks to an appeal that
eventually reached the Supreme Court he
spent his exile years giving lectures
and even acting on Broadway to pay the
bills I’m just about what they call
broke because I’m not allowed to work of
a stop right in the middle of my
profession and I’m not complaining over
what they have done but I’m just saying
that if I never fight again I’ll never
see a rain or the people will know that
all you know who the real champion
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions
known for floating like a butterfly and
stinging like a bee who later became
known outside the ring as a global
humanitarian dashes play the winner for
the USA number one the Sonny Liston
rematch that Belleville round one here
we go Muhammad Ali towering in victory
over a crumpled Sonny Liston is among
the most famous images in sports history
happening just minutes into the match it
was just one of many things about the
fight that was rife with controversy
security issues including the
possibility of Liston being attacked by
Nation of Islam members or Ali being
killed by Malcolm X supporters led the
match to be held in small-town Maine
rather than Boston Mass ringside much of
the half capacity audience never saw the
so called phantom punch that took Liston
down largely because many of them hadn’t
yet made their way to their seats
meanwhile in the ring even oli himself
wasn’t sure the punch had connected when
the fight ended amid confusion with Olli
failing to return to his corner
the referee neglecting to restart the
count and about continuing before Liston
was declared Kayode
do you agree with our list all that you
all were wrong you didn’t know what
you’re talking about what was your
favorite Muhammad Ali moment for more
knockout top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com I
don’t have to be what you want me to be
I’m free to be what I want I think what
I want
a bee welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 of Muhammad Ali moments we’ll be
looking at highlights from the life and
times of the man formerly known as
Cassius Clay but forever known as the
original people’s champion the
Louisville lip and the greatest stage is
set for me to be ranked as the greatest
time the late great Muhammad Ali holy
holder first names various number 10 Ali
takes on Saddam by the end of his career
Muhammad Ali had faced and beaten the
top heavyweights of his era but none of
those fights could prepare him for a
challenger like Iraqi dictator Saddam
Hussein following a racks invasion of
Kuwait and weeks away from full-on war
with the United States Hussein took 15
American citizens hostage the men many
of whom were employees of a General
Motors facility in Iraq were being held
in strategically important buildings as
a safeguard from American bombing
against all recommendations including
that of President George HW Bush Ali
went to Iraq to personally negotiate
their release despite the odds and the
champ having run out of Parkinson’s
medication days prior Hussein
surrendered all 15 men to Ali and three
days later all were safely back in the
United States
it’s not me number nine the first
three-time world heavyweight champ on
these first championship title win was
impressive enough demolishing eight to
one odds on favorite Sonny Liston in
1964 by his retirement Ali would be
crowned heavyweight champ a
record-setting three times I saw Sonny
Liston a few days ago cash in yoga heat
he’s too ugly to be the world’s change
the world’s champ should be pretty like
me after defeating Liston and claiming
himself to be the greatest as well as
the prettiest thing that ever lived
Ali was robbed of his title when he
refused to serve in the Vietnam War
after returning to boxing in 1971 Ali
worked his way back up the card finally
securing a title shot against and
beating then champ George Foreman in
1974 Ali held the title until February
1978 when he lost to Leon Spinks only to
retake the title in a rematch the same
year becoming the first three-time World
Heavyweight Champion
number eight I am the greatest I said I
always knew how hard he hit and I always
knew he couldn’t hit me that’s why I
talk so cool if anyone wondered how
Holly earned a nickname like the
Louisville lip his 1963 spoken word
album should clear up the mystery
released while he was still known as
Cassius Clay I am the greatest arrived
just six months prior to his name change
conversion to Islam and first
heavyweight championship this is the
legend of Cassius Clay the most
beautiful fighter in the world to date
the labels first eight cuts were labeled
rounds rather than tracks and saw the
ever competent Ali boast brag and even
predict his title win in front of a live
studio audience this brash young boxer
is something to see and the Heavyweight
Championship this is definitely me
co-written in part with comedy writer
Gary Belkin the album earned a Grammy
nomination and hit number 61 on the
charts with Ali’s flow now seen as proto
rap the LPS title track meanwhile was
spun off as a single with the diss track
of all diss tracks will the real Sonny
Liston please fall down as a b-side I’m
going to fight Sonny Liston that is if
he doesn’t chicken out
I will win that fight because I’m
president of the boxing world and this
fist is my veto I am the greatest number
seven float like a butterfly sting like
a bee the hands can’t hit what the eyes
can’t see more than just a memorable
catchphrase float like a butterfly sting
like a bee was a poetic yet act way of
summing up alleys unusual boxing style
rather than resemble anything remotely
traditional the early ollie style relied
on speed and constant movement rather
than brute force ollie also had a
tendency to duck back and make his
opponent overextend or put themselves
off-balance he was known as much for his
fancy footwork as he was for his
rapid-fire aij abs upper right hand got
that you saw that was the best punch
thus far landed by the champion host
exile Ali took this approach even
further with the rope-a-dope style
rather than come in guns blazing Ali
would effectively become a punching bag
until his opponent was completely worn
out and ready to have his ass handed to
him left-handed and the weight on the
job taken by the
number six becoming Muhammad Ali asana
come is the Castro he looks for Cuban
here comes mr. Lumumba Mr Kenyatta you
look for Africa on a black man now
what’s your last name starting around
1961 the man then known as Cassius Clay
became increasingly interested in the
Nation of Islam otherwise known as the
Black Muslim movement eventually being
mentored by famed member Malcolm X but
due to his boxing career he was
initially refused membership this
changed however leading up to his
championship bout with Sonny Liston in
1964 prior to the match news of clays
conversion leaked the day after
defeating Liston he publicly renounced
his slave name Andrey emerged as Cassius
X before taking the name Muhammad Ali
the following week one of the
interesting developments of just always
interesting young man called Cassius
Clay is that he has changed his name and
keeping with his religious convictions
and he is now you Hamid ally I believe
with his new identity Ali became
increasingly outspoken about race civil
and religious issues and frequently
butted heads with the establishment of
the day no nation no people can be free
without land and we are whole nation 22
million people without a toothpick
factory number 5 the Thrilla in Manilla
razor will try to foreign and catcheth
man
when Ali returned to boxing in 1971 he
was entitled to a shot at reclaiming his
championship pitted against smokin Joe
Frazier in what was billed as the fight
of the century
Ali entered the bout a relative equal
but left the match defeated four years
later Ali was champion again and it was
now Frazier with his eyes on the prize
dubbed the Thrilla in Manila the Ali
Frazier matchup went 14 solid rounds in
120 degree Fahrenheit or 49 degrees
celsius heat Ali dominated early Frazier
led the mid rounds but by the 10th round
the tide had turned very much in Ali’s
favor and Frazier gave up just before
the 14th round during the match Ali lost
five pounds due to extreme heat a
situation he called the closest he’d
ever been to death
remember the scoring is on a round
faceless razor is tired and its eyes are
closing number four lighting the Olympic
torch
the US Olympic Committee managed to keep
Ali’s participation in the 1996 Atlanta
Summer Games a secret but the crowd made
no secret of their admiration for the
former champ by 1996 Ali had been
retired 15 years and although he was
still a relatively young 54 the effect
of Parkinson’s disease were starting to
show his body may have been working
against him his arms may have been
shaking but lighting the Olympic torch
and basking in the crowds love Ali stood
proud with as much command and dignity
as he ever had in his youth
number three the rumble in the jungle
round one I’ll leave bouncing around
shifting left or right George moves
slowly gets the first punch in a late
right hand take it on the forehead by
George form of the champion after
missing his shot in 1971 against Joe
Frazier Muhammad Ali had fought his way
up the rankings to square off with then
heavyweight champ George Foreman in 1974
known today as a cheery electric grill
spokesman the George Foreman of 1974 was
a lean mean punch throwing machine for
the big-money showdown in Zaire Ali
opted to use his now fine-tuned
rope-a-dope technique rather than try to
match Foreman’s power
Foreman wore himself out pummeling Ali
with body shots while Ali sat back on
the ropes and blocked inviting the man
in counter punching inviting him in in
the eighth round the greatest took
things a bit more seriously delivering a
five punch combo that sent form into the
mat and Ali to victory
number two refusing military service
this will still be nothing if I am NOT
content internally and if I’m not in
court with the will of Almighty Allah
Ali was rejected for military service in
1964 based on a shockingly low IQ score
however in 1966 standards had changed
the champ was now eligible and suddenly
faced the very real threat of being
drafted couldn’t see myself taking part
in nothing or I would help an aide in
any way to shooting and killing these
are Asiatic dark black people who
haven’t called me to heaven lynched me
if they haven’t deprived me of freedom
just in equality they haven’t exhaustion
ated my leaders war however was against
both his religious and social beliefs as
well as his personal conviction so Ali
refused to serve calling himself a
conscientious objector downdraft is
another thing that’s against my
religious beliefs arrested and found
guilty of evading the draft in 1967 Ali
faced a ten thousand dollar fine and
five years in prison he was also
stripped of his titles his license to
box and even his passport leading
Esquire magazine to represent him as a
martyr the former champion stayed out of
prison thanks to an appeal that
eventually reached the Supreme Court he
spent his exile years giving lectures
and even acting on Broadway to pay the
bills I’m just about what they call
broke because I’m not allowed to work of
a stop right in the middle of my
profession and I’m not complaining over
what they have done but I’m just saying
that if I never fight again I’ll never
see a rain or the people will know that
all you know who the real champion
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions
known for floating like a butterfly and
stinging like a bee who later became
known outside the ring as a global
humanitarian dashes play the winner for
the USA number one the Sonny Liston
rematch that Belleville round one here
we go Muhammad Ali towering in victory
over a crumpled Sonny Liston is among
the most famous images in sports history
happening just minutes into the match it
was just one of many things about the
fight that was rife with controversy
security issues including the
possibility of Liston being attacked by
Nation of Islam members or Ali being
killed by Malcolm X supporters led the
match to be held in small-town Maine
rather than Boston Mass ringside much of
the half capacity audience never saw the
so called phantom punch that took Liston
down largely because many of them hadn’t
yet made their way to their seats
meanwhile in the ring even oli himself
wasn’t sure the punch had connected when
the fight ended amid confusion with Olli
failing to return to his corner
the referee neglecting to restart the
count and about continuing before Liston
was declared Kayode
do you agree with our list all that you
all were wrong you didn’t know what
you’re talking about what was your
favorite Muhammad Ali moment for more
knockout top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com I
don’t have to be what you want me to be
I’m free to be what I want I think what
I want
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