Boxing
Celebrities, entertainers and athletes from all walks of life converged upon the MGM Grand Garden on Saturday to pay tribute to “The Greatest.” Muhammad Ali is one of the only people who can draw such a diverse crowd.
The name, singular in mention yet worldwide in recognition, says it all: Ali. Nobody in sports history has been so unifying yet so polarizing. His life has transcended boxing and has caused the kind of societal debate usually reserved for politicians. To this day, he remains revered and despised, even though he last fought in 1981.
Angelo Dundee, the brilliant motivator who worked the corner for Muhammad Ali in his greatest fights and willed Sugar Ray Leonard to victory in his biggest bout, died Wednesday in Tampa, Fla. He was 90.
