For these are the actions of a person who I truly believe will go down as "The Greatest of All Time"
Without getting to emotionally involved Id like to start off talking about Muhammad Ali, who to many is considered the GOAT of boxing(not to all lol).Ali as we all know is well known for what he did in the ring, but his stance on his religous and cultural beliefs and the war in Vietnam for me personally far outweigh anything he did with the gloves.
His coming as a leader for his people and bringing to the forefront the disrimination they endured in the early part of the 20th century, coupled with his antiview on the war in Vietnam is something to my knowledge I am yet to witness from a sportsmen since Ali.
Ali inspired many people from the ghettos of USA to prominent figures like Martin Luther King Jr, who up until Ali's exposure on the Vietnam War had been reluctant to address his views on it for fear of alienating the Johnson Administration and its support of the civil rights agenda. Now, King began to voice his own opposition to the war for the first time.Lets not forget the man served 4 years in prison for his views and probably lost the prime years of his boxing career.
Sure he had his flaws, calling white people devils lol and his martial affairso, but no ones perfect.Fast forward 60 odd years, we now have a UFC LHW Champ who claims to be christian, yet we never hear him say put an end to the wars his country and her allies(mine included) weigh in on in foreign countries, hopefully putting an end to the thousands and thousands of innocent lives lost, also the lives of those currently serving from both sides.Why not at a press conference bring up the fact that his boss has fake snow shoveled in while millions of children around the world drink water from puddles of mud.
In no way am I targeting Jones as the sole person whos failed to do such things, as every current and former champ is yet to do different to my knowledge, but more of an example of what could be.In my opinion addressing our worlds problems at a press conference, fox interviews would be a huge statement to not only help seperate the barbaric persona that comes with mma to the uneducated, but also put the sport on a stage much bigger then the fighters and mma itself.Connor McGregor imo could fill this void(im not a fan)but unfortunately it seems as though hes on the Mayweather path.And more power to him.Im gonna leave it there as this is the most Ive written since i left school.
Thoughts?
Without getting to emotionally involved Id like to start off talking about Muhammad Ali, who to many is considered the GOAT of boxing(not to all lol).Ali as we all know is well known for what he did in the ring, but his stance on his religous and cultural beliefs and the war in Vietnam for me personally far outweigh anything he did with the gloves.
His coming as a leader for his people and bringing to the forefront the disrimination they endured in the early part of the 20th century, coupled with his antiview on the war in Vietnam is something to my knowledge I am yet to witness from a sportsmen since Ali.
Ali inspired many people from the ghettos of USA to prominent figures like Martin Luther King Jr, who up until Ali's exposure on the Vietnam War had been reluctant to address his views on it for fear of alienating the Johnson Administration and its support of the civil rights agenda. Now, King began to voice his own opposition to the war for the first time.Lets not forget the man served 4 years in prison for his views and probably lost the prime years of his boxing career.
Sure he had his flaws, calling white people devils lol and his martial affairso, but no ones perfect.Fast forward 60 odd years, we now have a UFC LHW Champ who claims to be christian, yet we never hear him say put an end to the wars his country and her allies(mine included) weigh in on in foreign countries, hopefully putting an end to the thousands and thousands of innocent lives lost, also the lives of those currently serving from both sides.Why not at a press conference bring up the fact that his boss has fake snow shoveled in while millions of children around the world drink water from puddles of mud.
In no way am I targeting Jones as the sole person whos failed to do such things, as every current and former champ is yet to do different to my knowledge, but more of an example of what could be.In my opinion addressing our worlds problems at a press conference, fox interviews would be a huge statement to not only help seperate the barbaric persona that comes with mma to the uneducated, but also put the sport on a stage much bigger then the fighters and mma itself.Connor McGregor imo could fill this void(im not a fan)but unfortunately it seems as though hes on the Mayweather path.And more power to him.Im gonna leave it there as this is the most Ive written since i left school.
Thoughts?
