Muhammad Ali Essay

Ever since the day of the greeks, mankind partook in sports. From the first race, the first fight, the first game, these sports became a social construct. As a social construct, jointly constructed understanding about the world that form the basis for shared assumptions and reality, their social purpose can be assess, but this purpose was often different on a situational personal level. It can be seen that a single sporting event can have different meanings to different people depending on how…

Was it a case of art imitating real life or did the WWE give former WWE wrestler CM Punk the raspberry by mocking him at the Backlash pay-per-view event this past Sunday? It's no secret that the WWE and former wrestling superstar and World Champion CM Punk have been at odds over several issues. In fact, he is still sitting on the sidelines awaiting a ruling related to a defamation lawsuit brought against him by WWE physician Chris Amann. After leaving the organization amid all the controversy,…

Joe Louis was a prize fighter in the 1930s who was seen as a heavy slugger. In his first year of boxing he fought in 22 matches and had 18 knockouts. Joe Louis’ image was seen as an idol amongst the African American community, and along the United States. He never fought in a soft or fixed fight, he never gloated or taunted over an opponent, and he never showed too much emotion in front of the cameras and media. The media used Joe Louis to advertise many of his boxing matches, they called him…

Why I Love Street Fighter’s Adon Date Published: Despite his brash and outspoken nature, Adon has been a character widely overlooked when it comes to his recognition in the Street Fighter universe. Frankly, Adon is not even the most popular Muay Thai fighter in the series¬—a title held by Sagat. However, what separates Adon from the pack is his unwavering personality combined with a certain chip on his shoulder, as he is self-aware of his weaknesses yet, still carries on with an exuberant…

Reigning WBA and IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin appears to be moving on from the name-calling and thrash talking with super middleweight champ Andre Ward as he had chosen to fight current IBF middleweight titlist David Lemieux for a unification bout at the Madison Square Garden in New York on October 17. ESPN’s Dan Rafael reported that the match is official and would put on the line the belts of the two greatest middleweight fighters right now. Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs), who is also…

Old School Vs. Modern Jiu-Jitsu Today the most argued about topic in the world of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is if modern Jiu-Jitsu is better than old school Jiu-Jitsu. This question, many times, has led to negative commentary or actions towards the opposing viewers. To help give a better understanding of Jiu-Jitsu here is its beginning. Jiu-Jitsu derived from the art of Judo by a man named Miysuyo Maeda; this man settled in Brazil and opened up a gym there with one of his best students Carlos Gracie.…

inventor Thomas Edison, he was a prolific inventor, holding over a thousand US patents in his name. The impact of his inventions changed the world. Such as; the electric light and power utilities, sound recording, and motion pictures. Boxing legend Muhammad Ali, known as one of the most recognized sports figures of the past 100 years in the world.…

people who did made these judgments had been raised that way by their parents. Even though some of these people were either the greatest or one of the greatest athletes in American history. Some of these people were Jackie Robinson, Jesse Owens, Muhammad Ali, and Michael Jordan. The reason that…

with you. We are victims of evil customs. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls of the house as prisoners. There is no sanction anywhere for the deplorable conditions in which our women have to live,” said Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The role of women evidently has many similarities and differences between civilizations and time eras. When comparing the role of women in the early river civilizations, Egypt and China, there are many pronounced similarities and…

restricts them of their freedom. People have been reporting of airport security detaining people they seem to suspect are Muslim. Even the son of famous boxer Muhammad Ali, Ali Jr. while returning from an event in Jamaica, was detained at airport by ICE officials and questioned him about his religion. They said it was to verify his passport but Ali Jr. stated "they didn't ask me nothing about my passport. They asked me, what religion was I? That's nothing to do with the passport” (Vales). This…