Snapshot of the Day: Previously Unreleased Muhammad Ali Photos

by Anton Tabuena on Sep 3, 2010 3:52 AM EDT in MMA History

50 years ago, Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, won the Olympic Gold Medal in Rome. To celebrate the occasion, his friend and award winning photographer, Michael Gaffney, released previously unseen pictures of the boxing legend.

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Muhammad Ali: previously unseen photographs of the Champ

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by Anton Tabuena on Sep 3, 2010 4:12 AM EDT reply actions

This is awesome Anton, thanks for sharing!!!

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by midwestbred on Sep 3, 2010 4:22 AM EDT reply actions

I gotta say, that man is pretty.

So pretty.

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If you like it, you should put a rec on it.

by jemaleddin on Sep 3, 2010 6:36 AM EDT reply actions

I didn’t know that ron jeremy was that old.

by AfflictedLotus on Sep 3, 2010 7:05 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

GOAT

period. (..to say it with toneys word(s))

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by tshabalala on Sep 3, 2010 7:19 AM EDT reply actions

Muh ahmed Ah yee Muh hamed Ah yee gretsst ov alll time but not ass great ass Jemes Toney. Jemes Toney fight Randy Couture. Who Muh ahmed Ayee fight? Huh?

by Krimson on Sep 3, 2010 7:48 AM EDT up reply actions

The Captain Lou lookalike in pic one

Must be Just Bleed Guy’s grandfather.

by menckenstein on Sep 3, 2010 8:12 AM EDT reply actions

Pic #4 = Greatest Fighters Ever

Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Muhammed Ali all together is the mount olympus of boxing man.

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by Roman727 on Sep 3, 2010 8:39 AM EDT reply actions

I skimmed past it

after reading your comment I went back and looked and it sunk in what I was looking at. 3 of the greatest from three different era’s. The amount of Talent/Skill/Knowledge in that photo in unreal.

by JaeeJaee on Sep 3, 2010 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions

Hahaha

I loved how he clowned on Inoki.

by Bandaka on Sep 3, 2010 10:48 AM EDT reply actions

Never got all this Ali worship. Admittedly he was before my time but people think of him like some sort of demigod. I’m not that into boxing but my friend who is firmly believes that the Klitchsko’s of today are way better than Ali was, but just aren’t as recognized because they aren’t American or charismatic/polarizing like Ali.

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by frosnt1 on Sep 3, 2010 11:56 AM EDT reply actions

You have to look at

How young Ali was when he first took his title, also the level of competition he faced. No one wanted Sonny Liston, but this kid with a big mouth put him away early, despite few thinking he could. Liston, Fraiser, Foreman, those are bad men. Vitali and Wladimir could very well be better, but they don’t have the iconic rivals Ali faced.

by JaeeJaee on Sep 3, 2010 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions

It's like comparing Jordan to LeBron/Wade..

Of course the stars of today are better. But it doesn’t make Jordan’s accomplishments have less meaning, because guys like him shaped how the sport is today. The Lebrons the Wade’s are good now because of Jordan.

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