After all, earlier that year he beat Pinklon Thomas by unanimous decision to win the WBC Heavyweight title. His career was over - everyone knew it but him.įast forward, five years later, November 1986, just days before Thanksgiving, Trevor Berbick truly had a lot to be thankful for. But by 1981, Muhammad Ali was simply finished. It wasn’t that Berbick was such a great fighter - he would have NEVER gotten close to beating Ali in his prime. Yes, the fight went the distance but Berbick won by unanimous decision. Trevor Berbick was 12 years younger than a slow and gradually deteriorating Ali when they squared off in the ring. The fight, billed, “Drama In Bahama”, was a mix-match from the start.
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Not only do I consider Ali to be the greatest boxer of all time - he’s the greatest professional athlete of all time, in my humble opinion, because of his supreme confidence and performance the uncompromising way he carried himself in-and-out of the ring.Īli vs. He was at the tail end of his career by the time I was born in ‘77, therefore, I don’t recall seeing any of his last fights live on television as they happened, still, I have always admired ‘The Greatest’. While not a general consensus, many boxing writers, fans, and serious aficionados of the pugilist sport, consider Muhammad Ali to be the greatest boxer of all time - the GOAT. Is President” put the rap game on notice. Is President”, the whole world was instantaneously ‘blessed’ by the words of ‘The God’. Rakim dutifully answered the call - and once he debuted his rhymes on “Eric B. Great MCs are self-made but a gifted MC is ‘called’ into existence. While I admit the above sentence has the tone of hyperbole, I won’t diminish (not even a little) the high degree of importance Rakim’s lyricism has been in the elevation of Hip Hop. Rakim’s ‘exception’ for rhyming is greater than the usual and unusual - his lyricism is a gift that hip-hop should always cherish as if the state of the culture depended on it. What does it mean to be exceptional? Well, the Cambridge Dictionary defines the adjective this way: much greater than usual, especially in skill, intelligence, and quality.Įvery Lyrical Luminary is exceptional in some way, but Rakim fully embodies the attribute - each part of the word’s meaning - in spectacular fashion.
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