What a great experience to be able to share with us

I haven’t seen the Doc Ellis documentary; I’ll check it out. Jim Brown used to claim he could beat Ali. He changed his mind when he and Ali were playing hoops. He shoved Ali under the basket. The story goes that Ali open-handed slapped him and spun Brown’s head. Brown supposedly never challenged the GOAT again.

Thanks for the reply. Ima make sure and get both books. I guess Stephen Brunt interviewed all the fighters in Facing Ali? Ron Lyle’s story was very moving especially the way he spoke of Ali being such a standup guy and admired by the other boxers outside the ring as well. The story Foreman told of God speaking to him…

A little something extra: here’s the author’s note that begins APPROACHING ALI:

Wonderful story! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks, Billy. I’m happy you enjoyed this excerpt from the book.

I posted this yesterday in the story about Kareem and Ali. It’s such a crying shame that his disease robbed the world of his wonderful big mouth and trash talking all these years. I mean big mouth and trash talking as positive as possible. He was the greatest trash talker of all time, bar none. My hero too. I think…

This is the best thing I have read in quite some time. Thank you Dave

Perhaps I’ll get that for my stocking!

I’m happy you liked my story, Tippy. Ali is The Man! As he has said time and again, “After me, there will never be another.” APPROACHING ALI would make a fine Christmas present to yourself. I promise you that you’ll never read a better, more fun book about The Greatest of All Time.

I was so very happy to see Ali thump Trump yesterday.

I will never, ever get tired of Muhammad Ali stories. Nothing, save for my own children, can make me smile so consistently.

Too bad this book will be banned if Trump becomes president.

Wow...just...wow. Muhammad F*n Ali! While Ali was emblematic of my parents' generation, I have seen the old footage and all of the anecdotes and feel like I can only begin to understand the man himself. The intimacy of sitting down to dinner with the family is something that very much reminds me of growing up in the…

This story is both incredible, and so well-written. Thank you for having the courage to knock on The Champ's door so that we could all live vicariously, Mr.Miller. Go Deacs.