Muhammad Ali Passes Away At 74

I usually don’t comment on celebrity deaths but this one has a big wrestling connection.  In addition to refereeing the main event of Wrestlemania I, there’s the Boxer vs. Wrestler match in 1976 which was kind of a forerunner to MMA.  On top of that though there’s the showmanship.  Yeah he got a lot of it from Gorgeous George, but Ali brought it into the mainstream and made it something special.  He was the greatest of all time and his influence will be felt for a long time to come.

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