Muhammad Ali was a magician in and out of the ring.
The essence of Ali's fighting style was the essence of magic: misdirection and timing. You can see some beautiful examples here.
All his life, Ali loved magic, and magicians. Here's a touching story about his own "personal magician."
In the 1970s his people contacted me about setting up a match between Ali and a Tai Chi master. I was game, but then I explained that the opponent would be more than 70 years old and weigh about 145 pounds. Ali realized he could never win this fight: if he lost, he'd be humiliated. And if he won, he was just beating up an old man!
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