Save the date: "When Ali came to Ireland" Sept 21, 5pm. captures - TopicsExpress



          

Save the date: "When Ali came to Ireland" Sept 21, 5pm. captures the madcap week when legendary boxer Muhammad Ali went to fight in Ireland at the height of his career. Self proclaimed ‘World’s Strongest Publican’ Michael ‘Butty’ Sugrue pulled off a massive sporting coup in 1972 when he convinced Ali’s promoter that he was good for the $300k down-payment required to bring Ali to Ireland and then largely paid for proceedings in beer-stained bank notes. The trip had a huge impact on those Ali met and, some say, on the man himself. The documentary reveals that his trip to Ireland influenced how Ali viewed white people in the aftermath of his conversion to Islam and his declarations that white people were devils. youtube/watch?v=wA8_th5nYBU
Posted on: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 18:33:18 +0000

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