Muhammad Ali dead

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He seemed like a decent guy, ignoring for the moment that he beat the snot out of people for money.

Our modern day gladiators. Let's face it, watching two guy beating the shit out of each other is only a tad more civilzed that the Roman sport of old.

But, funnily enough, boxers tend to be gentle person with humanist streaks. Tyson aside. There was that German champion of old, Max Schmeling, who lived to the ripe age of 99, pushing 100. His most famous fights were against Joe Lewis, whom he became friends with and supported him to his death, after Lewis had fallen on hard times.