Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Corie Blount, Los Angeles Lakers player from 1995-98 recalls when he brought Muhammad Ali to the locker room. The legendary fighter and social activist took photos with the team including Kobe Bryant.
Full interview from KCAL News: youtu.be/196_la1b8Dw
Excerpt from ‘Tyson Fury Pays Tribute to Legend Muhammad Ali in Latest Story’ article by Chirag Radhyan:
The video in question is an Instagram reel that is edited in such away, it shows similar quotes used by Fury and Ali in different scenarios. The thirty-second reel opens with Tyson Fury comparing himself to Muhammad Ali. He said, “But I’d say I’m a modern-day Muhammad Ali.”
Then the following cut is a video of Ali where he’s calling Henry Cooper a “bum”. Following that, Tyson Fury’s clip comes up where he’s calling Deontay Wilder a “bum” too. Similarly, Ali gave his opponent Floyd Patterson, the nickname “The Rabbit” before their fight. In the succeeding clip, Tyson Fury can be seen calling Oleksandr Usyk the same word “The Rabbit”, after knocking out Derek Chisora.
In the same scenario, Fury said to Usyk, “Well I ain’t a bodybuilder ‘sucka’, but I’ll end this ‘sucka’.” And this clip was in contrast with Ali’s clip where he was shadowboxing while facing the camera and said the following words, “Back up ‘sucka’, back up! Come get me ‘sucka’ I’m dancing”.
Full article: essentiallysports.com/boxing-news-tyson-fury-pays-tribute-to-legend-muhammad-ali-in-latest-story/amp
🏷 #muhammadali #kobebryant #legends #socialactivism #socialactivist #ali #bryant
Corie Blount, Los Angeles Lakers player from 1995-98 recalls when he brought Muhammad Ali to the locker room. The legendary fighter and social activist took photos with the team including Kobe Bryant.
Full interview from KCAL News: youtu.be/196_la1b8Dw
Excerpt from ‘Tyson Fury Pays Tribute to Legend Muhammad Ali in Latest Story’ article by Chirag Radhyan:
The video in question is an Instagram reel that is edited in such away, it shows similar quotes used by Fury and Ali in different scenarios. The thirty-second reel opens with Tyson Fury comparing himself to Muhammad Ali. He said, “But I’d say I’m a modern-day Muhammad Ali.”
Then the following cut is a video of Ali where he’s calling Henry Cooper a “bum”. Following that, Tyson Fury’s clip comes up where he’s calling Deontay Wilder a “bum” too. Similarly, Ali gave his opponent Floyd Patterson, the nickname “The Rabbit” before their fight. In the succeeding clip, Tyson Fury can be seen calling Oleksandr Usyk the same word “The Rabbit”, after knocking out Derek Chisora.
In the same scenario, Fury said to Usyk, “Well I ain’t a bodybuilder ‘sucka’, but I’ll end this ‘sucka’.” And this clip was in contrast with Ali’s clip where he was shadowboxing while facing the camera and said the following words, “Back up ‘sucka’, back up! Come get me ‘sucka’ I’m dancing”.
Full article: essentiallysports.com/boxing-news-tyson-fury-pays-tribute-to-legend-muhammad-ali-in-latest-story/amp
🏷 #muhammadali #kobebryant #legends #socialactivism #socialactivist #ali #bryant
