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A powerful symbol of American discontent
JOHN WIGHT laments the lack of boxers standing for anything other than their own wealth today, and remembers one who did at great cost
Alonso Johnson ducks away from Muhammad Ali, during exhibition bouts at the London Hilton, October 11, 1971
“WHAT’S wrong with me going to jail for something I believe in? Boys are dying in Vietnam for something they don’t believe.”
This defiant statement, made during an interview with “The Black Scholar” magazine in June 1970, encapsulates the greatness of Muhammad Ali more than any performance in the ring ever did before or would thereafter.
Surveying the arid topography of today’s boxing landscape, you cannot but be struck — when you compare and contrast — by the lack of any current elite level fighter who enters the ring in the name of anything more than self and personal wealth. And, after all, it’s not as if today there aren’t causes to be fought and fought for.
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