Dana White
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as a fighter, but when you focus on him as a human and you think about what he meant at that time and place, the things he said, the poems he came up with, you know, just the overall brilliance of Muhammad Ali, the guts... the guts to have the strength mentally, physically, and emotionally to go against the grain at the time that he did it was very dangerous time for him to be who he was.
as a fighter, but when you focus on him as a human and you think about what he meant at that time and place, the things he said, the poems he came up with, you know, just the overall brilliance of Muhammad Ali, the guts... the guts to have the strength mentally, physically, and emotionally to go against the grain at the time that he did it was very dangerous time for him to be who he was.
as a fighter, but when you focus on him as a human and you think about what he meant at that time and place, the things he said, the poems he came up with, you know, just the overall brilliance of Muhammad Ali, the guts... the guts to have the strength mentally, physically, and emotionally to go against the grain at the time that he did it was very dangerous time for him to be who he was.
Um, yet. Because of how smart he was and because of his personality and how if you sat down with him, you could be the biggest racist on the planet. It's hard to get in a room with Ali and not like Ali.
Um, yet. Because of how smart he was and because of his personality and how if you sat down with him, you could be the biggest racist on the planet. It's hard to get in a room with Ali and not like Ali.
Um, yet. Because of how smart he was and because of his personality and how if you sat down with him, you could be the biggest racist on the planet. It's hard to get in a room with Ali and not like Ali.
Yeah. Humor.
Yeah. Humor.
Yeah. Humor.
He might be one of the... all-time greatest humans, you know what I mean? Just an impactful, powerful human being who happened to be a great boxer. And sometimes the right moment meets the great human being. That's important. I agree with you. And he was the right guy in the right place at the right time. And he's also a guy who used his platform for all the right things.
He might be one of the... all-time greatest humans, you know what I mean? Just an impactful, powerful human being who happened to be a great boxer. And sometimes the right moment meets the great human being. That's important. I agree with you. And he was the right guy in the right place at the right time. And he's also a guy who used his platform for all the right things.
He might be one of the... all-time greatest humans, you know what I mean? Just an impactful, powerful human being who happened to be a great boxer. And sometimes the right moment meets the great human being. That's important. I agree with you. And he was the right guy in the right place at the right time. And he's also a guy who used his platform for all the right things.
The art of it, the science of it. Yeah, I would say I really fell in love with it. So I was a senior. It was 1987 and Hagler Leonard happened. Yeah. And I watched that fight and I taped it. And I watched that fight like a million times. I was a huge, huge Hagler fan. And I like Sugar Ray Leonard too, but I was a huge Hagler fan.
The art of it, the science of it. Yeah, I would say I really fell in love with it. So I was a senior. It was 1987 and Hagler Leonard happened. Yeah. And I watched that fight and I taped it. And I watched that fight like a million times. I was a huge, huge Hagler fan. And I like Sugar Ray Leonard too, but I was a huge Hagler fan.
The art of it, the science of it. Yeah, I would say I really fell in love with it. So I was a senior. It was 1987 and Hagler Leonard happened. Yeah. And I watched that fight and I taped it. And I watched that fight like a million times. I was a huge, huge Hagler fan. And I like Sugar Ray Leonard too, but I was a huge Hagler fan.
And, you know, I just remember I watched that fight a million times because I was pissed off and I felt like Hagler got robbed in the fight. You know what I mean? But that was really what made me start to love the sport of boxing. The battle of it. Yeah. I was 17. And then after that... USA's Tuesday Night Fights came out on television. It was on every Tuesday night.
And, you know, I just remember I watched that fight a million times because I was pissed off and I felt like Hagler got robbed in the fight. You know what I mean? But that was really what made me start to love the sport of boxing. The battle of it. Yeah. I was 17. And then after that... USA's Tuesday Night Fights came out on television. It was on every Tuesday night.
And, you know, I just remember I watched that fight a million times because I was pissed off and I felt like Hagler got robbed in the fight. You know what I mean? But that was really what made me start to love the sport of boxing. The battle of it. Yeah. I was 17. And then after that... USA's Tuesday Night Fights came out on television. It was on every Tuesday night.
Religiously, never missed Tuesday Night Fights. I was there, watched all those fights. A lot of the things you see in the UFC, not necessarily just the production, but I would say the feel and the style and all those things are all things that I... Things that I loved about boxing and things that I hated about boxing, right down to the commentary. You loved and hated? Hated, yeah.
Religiously, never missed Tuesday Night Fights. I was there, watched all those fights. A lot of the things you see in the UFC, not necessarily just the production, but I would say the feel and the style and all those things are all things that I... Things that I loved about boxing and things that I hated about boxing, right down to the commentary. You loved and hated? Hated, yeah.