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Ten of Muhammad Ali's former rivals pay tribute to the three-time world heavyweight champion.Ten of Muhammad Ali's former rivals pay tribute to the three-time world heavyweight champion.Ten of Muhammad Ali's former rivals pay tribute to the three-time world heavyweight champion.
- Awards
- 6 wins
Henry Cooper
- Self
- (as Sir Henry Cooper)
Muhammad Ali
- Self
- (archive footage)
Ringo Bonavena
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Bonavena)
Mike DeJohn
- Self
- (archive footage)
Jimmy Ellis
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Ellis)
Joe Louis
- Self - World Heavyweight Champion, 1937-49
- (archive footage)
Malcolm X
- Self - Nation of Islam
- (archive footage)
Elijah Muhammad
- Self - Leader, Nation of Islam
- (archive footage)
Jerry Quarry
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Quarry)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaBeetween them Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Leon Spinks and Larry Holmes held the heavyweight title for over 20 years
- Quotes
George Chuvalo: When George Foreman hits you, it's like a Mack Truck hitting you at 40 miles an hour. And when Joe Frazier hits you, it's like a Pontiac car hitting you at 100 miles an hour. It's a different feel to it, you know? But they both hurt.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Episode #8.35 (2009)
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A Great Frozen Moment
Based off the book which was written by Toronto sports writer Stephen Brunt. In the book, he chooses 15 boxers, all of which have faced Ali, some won, some lost. Thankfully, in the movie, we only have to sit through 10 of them.
Mr. Brunt's book did everything it could to find important moments of Ali's life. The most notable fighter omission from the book was Leon Spinks. Why wasn't he included? After a relatively exhaustive search, Mr. Brunt couldn't find him. Fortunately for the viewers of the video, Director Pete McCormack found him after months of searching. Spinks had lost his job and was helping at a shelter in the mid-west USA.
I had heard about this video a while back but I avoided it until I saw MMA fighter Randy Couture say that he liked it a lot. Only then did I make a point to watch it.
Sitting down to watch the screening of the video, I feared that it would be just another glowing, "Ali was the greatest", lovefest for 100 minutes. Fortunately, this was not the case. Most of the fighters interviewed were genuine in their praise, a few were self-serving and one was bitter. Probably from being asked for the umpteenth time how great Ali was.
This is an essential video to watch about the life of Mohammed Ali. For those who forget just how fast, how smart and how talented he was as a boxer. For those who only see him now as an over the hill boxer that had too many fights, or as a shell of his former self because of Parkinson's, this video is for you.
To know the fear, anxiety, power, rage and humbling experience of stepping into the ring with a truly great fighter, you need to hear it from the people who have done it.
Mr. Brunt's book did everything it could to find important moments of Ali's life. The most notable fighter omission from the book was Leon Spinks. Why wasn't he included? After a relatively exhaustive search, Mr. Brunt couldn't find him. Fortunately for the viewers of the video, Director Pete McCormack found him after months of searching. Spinks had lost his job and was helping at a shelter in the mid-west USA.
I had heard about this video a while back but I avoided it until I saw MMA fighter Randy Couture say that he liked it a lot. Only then did I make a point to watch it.
Sitting down to watch the screening of the video, I feared that it would be just another glowing, "Ali was the greatest", lovefest for 100 minutes. Fortunately, this was not the case. Most of the fighters interviewed were genuine in their praise, a few were self-serving and one was bitter. Probably from being asked for the umpteenth time how great Ali was.
This is an essential video to watch about the life of Mohammed Ali. For those who forget just how fast, how smart and how talented he was as a boxer. For those who only see him now as an over the hill boxer that had too many fights, or as a shell of his former self because of Parkinson's, this video is for you.
To know the fear, anxiety, power, rage and humbling experience of stepping into the ring with a truly great fighter, you need to hear it from the people who have done it.
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- Feb 23, 2010
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- Лицом к лицу с Али
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- $1,800,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $15,524
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
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