RE: The Ali Shuffle7 Jul 2020 15:18
Apologies as totally unrelated to ggp but I wanted to share one of Ali's verses composed before the Liston fight. The way he recited these was a thing of beauty as well.
Now Clay swings with a right, what a beautiful swing!
And the punch raises the Bear clear out of the ring.
Liston is still rising, and the ref wears a frown,
For he can't start counting till Sonny comes down.
Now Liston disappears from view; the crowd is getting frantic,
But our radar stations have picked him up somewhere over the Atlantic.
Who would have thought when they came to the fight
That they'd witness the launching of a human satellite?
Yes, the crowd did not dream when they lay down their money
That they would see a total eclipse of the Sonny.
I am the greatest!