I read this book with passion and when I finished, the life of the greatest boxer of the world remains stay in my mind. This was the man who made me be punished at school when at that time (around 1979-1980) I, along with several classmates (I was still at the grade 5/6 of elementary Catholic School at my hometown) – decided to leave class when my teacher was not in (probably was going to toilet or somewhere – I forgot). We sneak slowly till we reached the school fence, climbed and jumped outside, then run to my friend’s house for watching Ali. Ali was always attracting all people of all ages whenever he was fighting. He was very fast, powerful and always move & dance in the ring. See the recording of his fighting in Youtube today, how no boxer like him. And today when I reminisce my experience of climbing & jumping the school fence, I laugh while also ask why I did that? Surprisingly, I even didn’t think of the risk by leaving the class, because the following day m...
Life is beautiful, and also..., simple.