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MikeBrown30
11-20-2009, 09:51 PM
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No idea on a release date, but it looks good so far. Probably better opening it in a new browser to watch it in HD.
Caponecartels
11-20-2009, 10:08 PM
Good to see Joe earning some money.
Last I heard he was completely broke.
PetethePrince
11-20-2009, 10:57 PM
December 29th

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MikeBrown30
11-21-2009, 12:40 AM
Cheers Pete.
Bill Butcher
11-21-2009, 08:14 AM
Cant wait for this shit, they had better say nice things about him - ya hear that Joe ? - or there may be consequences.
he grant
11-21-2009, 10:16 AM
That money is already spent. I heard Joe's gym has been repossed and no one knows where he is living now ...

The trouble with this doc is that no athlete in the world has been more overexposed than Ali ... go to any bookstore and there are twenty books on Ali ... it's done already ..
Briscoe
11-21-2009, 10:57 AM
That money is already spent. I heard Joe's gym has been repossed and no one knows where he is living now ...

The trouble with this doc is that no athlete in the world has been more overexposed than Ali ... go to any bookstore and there are twenty books on Ali ... it's done already ..

Yeah, except this concept hasn't been completed on Ali (it has on Tyson). So your argument poses that all books on Ali are the same. That's bullshit, I've read the good ones and they aren't all the same.

Also I've read "Facing Ali" and it talks about Ali through the eyes of his opponents. There isn't 20 books on that, just one.

Also, by suggesting "it's done already" that you're saying that the time is up on researching Ali and that there is all there is to know, that's bullshit too. For any subject in history there will always be someone continuing deeper research for that subject.

Finally, I'm shocked to see that you think that one of the most important heavyweights of boxing is overexposed. That's like saying, "I'm so sick of people talking about Michael Jordan, he's wayy over exposed". There's a reason he's known as well as he is, and talked about for as long as he has been talked about. Ali transcended a lot of boundaries in his sport and outside his sport, and history is recognizing that.
PetethePrince
11-21-2009, 02:01 PM
This is different to get a viewpoint from the men that faced Ali. I agree, Ali and Tyson are becoming tiresome topics but this seems to be a fresh concept for a documentary. At least for an Ali documentary. I'm excited.