Ali won me over, but not by his boxing. As a young lad I detested his loud mouth ways and wanted to see him get whipped, which, of course, did not happen. It was not until after he was stripped of his title (and I was almost draft age), that I began pulling for him and once he returned to the ring I was in his corner all the way. Ali was, imo, "The Greatest" not because of his boxing skills but because of his commitment to stand and fight for his principles despite of the unpopularity of the masses. RIP, Champ.