Why Does Muhammad Ali Insult Everyone He Fights? | The Dick Cavett Show
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Michael Parkinson asks what Mohammad thinks to be a silly question.
Date aired - January 17th 1974 - Muhammad Ali & Joe Frazier
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Dick Cavett has been nominated for eleven Emmy awards (the most recent in 2012 for the HBO special, Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again), and won three. Spanning five decades, Dick Cavett’s television career has defined excellence in the interview format. He started at ABC in 1968, and also enjoyed success on PBS, USA, and CNBC.
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Even the KKK was calling him Ali by then! What a line!
@MrBarberboy42
5 жыл бұрын
Classic!
@maverick4810
5 жыл бұрын
It is hard to hate a man like Ali, even for KKK hahah
@RRR-is3rf
5 жыл бұрын
Before the Thrilla in Manilla in 1975 Muhammad Ali did go meet with the leaders of the KKK .
@32gigs96
5 жыл бұрын
R RR why
@salahali2710
4 жыл бұрын
Even the kkk were calling Ali the greatest
"What's the point of insulting each other? The Garden is sold out. That's why!". Amazing, and smart.
@danishkm9842
5 жыл бұрын
What does that mean?
@alsoknownas875
5 жыл бұрын
It was a BRILLIANT reply.
@enematwatson1357
5 жыл бұрын
@@danishkm9842 Madison Square Garden. The venue for the fight.
@easygrin1127
4 жыл бұрын
This was very civel compared to the fighters in the 80's aand beyond some couldnt even be in the same room
@claudes.whitacre1241
4 жыл бұрын
@@danishkm9842 Insulting each other creates drama, and sells tickets. Like the promotions they use on professional wrestling. A feud sells tickets.
"Even the Ku Klux Klan call me Ali." Brilliant, just brilliant. 🤭
@ettawing5955
5 жыл бұрын
KKK
@fernandondawana9786
5 жыл бұрын
Genius
@ettawing5955
5 жыл бұрын
Did he say it or was he making a joke?
@MartinGonzalez-qm8mw
5 жыл бұрын
@Horace Debacle Cheer up you miserable git.
@joshbell882
5 жыл бұрын
@Horace Debacle bet your fun at partys
The video, the studio decoration, the audience genuinely clapping and laughing, people's outfit, the way they speak... everything makes me wanna live in that time.
@thundersquid5715
2 жыл бұрын
only if you're white and would you enjoy that time
ali the type of guy you wish was your friend, and you pray to god that he aint your enemy
@AslamShaik
4 жыл бұрын
I like your comment.
@afsahidreesakhtar4343
4 жыл бұрын
Omg I like your comment dud
@lodii7246
4 жыл бұрын
That Goes to Mike tyson A lot better
@loganbills4745
4 жыл бұрын
🐦🍆🎦🤠
@small6859
4 жыл бұрын
Its quite the opposite.
Joe Frazier was so courteous and polite.
@Witnes13
4 жыл бұрын
@catije the disrespect is revolting
@lwmson
4 жыл бұрын
@catije All I know is that had it not been for that "motor mouth," Joe would have never made the money he did from the fight game. Joe was a great fighter, but obviously didn't have the witty personalty that Ali did.
@guy5140
4 жыл бұрын
LUF LUOS it’s called promotion stupid. He made his opponents rich
@Jacob-nj5hg
4 жыл бұрын
joe jones aye bruh I’m Ali fan too but don’t sleep on joe.. joe had a lot of fans too also beat the greatest in his prime when it actually meant something
@lwmson
4 жыл бұрын
@@Jacob-nj5hg Ali was the GOAT, but the truth is that he never fought in his prime. His prime was during his years in exile. When the two first fought in 1971, Ali had come off a nearly four-year layoff and was suffering from ring rust. And even then he connected more punches than Joe, as Frazier's battered head would attest. Had the two squared off during the 60's or Ali's real prime years, Joe wouldn't have lasted no more than 9 rounds.
1:40 that smile. just warms my heart.
Only ali who can do trash talk to everyone without being hated. What a legend!.
@testy518
Жыл бұрын
I didn't hate him, but I did dislike him intensely!
@user-zf9wh3cq4p
7 ай бұрын
فقط أدعو للمحبة والسلام وليس الكراهية 👉
The most charismatic in the history of sports.. He was a great boxer, but also with uniquely attractive personality.
Had there been social media in Mr Ali's time, OH MY....he'd probably been a billionaire #StarPower
@patrickfitzsimons8764
5 жыл бұрын
I understand what you mean but what makes Ali so beautiful is he didn't spend a second of his life on social media he lived it to the full
@thomastaylor1217
5 жыл бұрын
@@patrickfitzsimons8764 News and shows like this was the social media of his time. I personally don't think he placed value in it as we do. But that he used it as a platform to elevate his craft and promote black excellence. As humorous, entertaining and skilled as he was, he was also VERY intelligent and conscious for the African American community. He was always articulating his love for God, his family and his people. But he in my opinion FASHO used the modern day social media he had available then....
@sm112
5 жыл бұрын
I agree. Along with Prince Naz, I beleive these two boxers would have ruled social media
@J.C.117
4 жыл бұрын
@@patrickfitzsimons8764 You don't know much about Nipsey do you?
@J.C.117
4 жыл бұрын
Career earning yes but he would have never invested and do promotions so he would go broke
I wish my brain was as quick as Ali, he is hilarious
@patrciaclemons8183
3 жыл бұрын
Stop the junk food and it will be!
Ali man...no matter where he was, ring or tv set, he was always the star. He exuded charisma. GOAT.
Imagine Ali would trash talk without any f or mf words unlike today's fighters
@Jackkenway
5 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I was thinking!
@zeesher
4 жыл бұрын
Because he became. Muslim and in this religion its forbidden to use such words
@therealbyrdman86diego24
4 жыл бұрын
That is intelligence right there
@Charles-yf5bk
4 жыл бұрын
@@zeesher He never cursed even before he became muslim
@andreitomescu7847
4 жыл бұрын
Chael Sonnen rarely used to curse
After his retirement, he said in an interview thst he never considered himself the greatest and he used to showboat to only sell fights. Makes me cry.
@xeon2394
4 жыл бұрын
@MTS BOUR Well that's bs. You don't have to follow everything in the Quran to be able to call yourself Muslim. For example, in the Quran, it says that "A man may marry a girl who hasn't reached puberty yet." So, if you are like many other Muslims, and do not believe in this statement, you can't be considered a Muslim? I beg to differ.
@sahilhakimi1418
4 жыл бұрын
@@xeon2394 lmfaoo dont spread false info to people on subjects you arent knowledgeable in
@amiqai
4 жыл бұрын
@LiL Speng okay, so what did this prove? It literally says after the coming of age. and about our Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad SAWW, Hazrat Ayesha was not a pre-pubescent girl. And all such bashers have no grounds to clear their opinion, but we do.
@amiqai
4 жыл бұрын
I don't know why people pick on Islam. Just go away if you're do butthurt about us. And don't consider it as a tactic to get away from your filthy accusations. I'm here to answer.
@rizwanahmed4717
4 жыл бұрын
@@xeon2394 we are all eagerly waiting for you to educate on the verses of the Quran that tell men to marry women who have not yet reached puberty!?
1:11 From the look and that smile, (especially Joe’s) they gave each other a blind man could see through the trash talk and recognize two, each other loving Brothers.
@MikeBrownLegend
3 жыл бұрын
Ali and Frazier absolutely loved each other. If you want the "this is your life" for Ali, he is by far most excited when Frazier showed up
It's sad how well they speak coherently in this footage. Tthey sounded nothing like this towards their later years, so sad.
@denissssss8579
4 жыл бұрын
Joseph yea but they r great bro
@elvicare35
4 жыл бұрын
Muhammads great intelligence and wit NEVER left him, Parkinson, Parkinson's had EVERYTHING to do with that!!!!!!!!
@lwmson
4 жыл бұрын
Why all tend to lose a lot as we get old and way past our primes.
@chipskylark5086
4 жыл бұрын
Thats life. You get old. Your grandkids carry the torch.
@sumangandhi1740
4 жыл бұрын
@@chipskylark5086 Meaning?
The Garden is sold out ! It’s called promotion !
@malcolmpatterson4232
4 жыл бұрын
Ali was one of a kind...a Smokin Joe was the RealRocky...2 Legends!💪💪👊
@emadalghoul3152
4 жыл бұрын
What does that mean ?!
@Seanryan2001
3 жыл бұрын
Not really. Look back at the great fights before this fight and they were sold out. Rocky Marciano and Joe Louis sold out The Garden and there was no trash-talking involved.
@bobbyhulll8737
3 жыл бұрын
@@Seanryan2001 interest a hype surrounding boxing grew immensely in the Ali era ..interest had waned since the brown bomber also those fighters weren’t able to demand the money that Ali did .. all of fighters he fought were able to get paydays they never dreamed of ..fights all over the world also dont forget the closed circuit revenue . It became must watch TV
@bobbyhulll8737
3 жыл бұрын
@@Seanryan2001 Patterson biographer W.K. Stratton claims that the conflict between Ali and Patterson was not genuine but was staged to increase ticket sales and the closed-circuit viewing audience, with both men complicit in the theatrics. Stratton also cites an interview by Howard Cosell in which Ali explained that rather than toying with Patterson, he refrained from knocking him out after it became apparent Patterson was injured. Patterson himself later said that he'd never been hit by punches as soft as Ali's. Stratton states that Ali arranged the second fight, in 1972, with the financially struggling Patterson to help the former champion earn enough money to pay a debt to the IRS.[26]
The chemistry Ali and Joe had was so beautiful. Lol
Interviewer: “Whats the point of insulting eachother?” Ali: “Whats the point of insulting eachother?!?! The Garden is sold out thats why!”
@Eorzat
4 жыл бұрын
ARS That wasn’t the interviewer who said that...
@mshklh2099
4 жыл бұрын
i don’t get it ?
@pt1sa1
4 жыл бұрын
It means the stadium Maddison square garden was sold out for the fight. All the trash talk is hype to sell tickets
@pt1sa1
4 жыл бұрын
Abdulwahab Rajeh it means Maddison square garden in New York god sold out for the fight. All trash talk sells tickets
@pt1sa1
4 жыл бұрын
Madison square garden the venue for boxing sold out because of the hype نور شمآسنة
The way Ali looks at things in life and his perspective towards them is beautiful. He literally made Joe to think to himself how stupid he is for calling Ali clay with humor into reality. Thats amazing. What a beautiful man Ali.
the two greatest boxers with the two greatest interviewers. Doesn’t get better
omagaddd Muhammad Ali i never see someone like him in this world!! he is so genius brave and wise... i love him, may god always bless him..
@johndickson9542
4 жыл бұрын
How about the "wisdom," "If a black man messes with a white woman, he should be killed"? Ali said that too.
@jerrymccausland2294
4 жыл бұрын
He died back in 2016
@johndickson9542
4 жыл бұрын
@@jerrymccausland2294 Yes, but his words live on.
@jerrymccausland2294
4 жыл бұрын
@@johndickson9542 yeah nobody can argue with that 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽
@ah_o_kay
4 жыл бұрын
@@johndickson9542 he said same for a muslimgirl that wants to marry an non muslim i geuss his look on it was like, we shouldn t mess around with eachothers women which is in weird way respective, besides u those times where different. ask the same to orthodox christians , jews, muslims nowadays and the answers are similair. Think about the saying dont do something to someone u don t want to be done to you. i think he ment it more in that way. i might be wrong i am just assuming that he looks at it in that way. anyway these where 60/70s different times. different hirachie u cant compare it with nowadays.
That big cheeky grin that spreaded across joe's face at 1:36
The whole interview is absolute class
“Ohhh Man” 😆 I love that bit.
Allah bless you Muhammad Ali you were legend, we all miss you
@amersiraz7455
4 жыл бұрын
Joshua Jung any questions u can ask don’t be ignorant and explain why Islam is lame
@muhammedbhayat6142
4 жыл бұрын
@Joshua Jung what about nine eleven
@Ok-us5th
4 жыл бұрын
Joshua Jung bit of a fucking lame excuse ngl
WHEN IT CAME TO ALI ON THE SHOW, EVERYONE BECOMES PART OF HIS ACT. R I P
Grandi tempi anni 60/70 GRANDI UOMINI! PERIODI UNICI CHE NON RITORNERANNO PIÙ!
Ali Was The Charm 🤩 Ali Was So Alive 😍 Ohh Lord Give Us one More Ali
Gentleman. The way the speak and conduct themselves, they still show respect to one another and will forever be a class act.
These two carried the heavyweight division, and indeed boxing throughout my youth. Ali/Frazier, the best “rivalry” in sports for me!
Damn, he was pretty, wish I had been old enough to see him live in his prime, possibly the greatest athlete personality ever. RIP both of you Ali & Joe
@reareddust8329
4 жыл бұрын
Not possibly. Definitely was and always will be
@MAel-qh3sn
2 жыл бұрын
@George Swift Why do you say that?
The way Ali insulted, he could have insulted me anytime!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@imacorrectyacomment1364
4 жыл бұрын
@@manofkentcatapultsgunsando5069 *According to google...* Cuckold Description A cuckold is the husband of an adulterous wife. In evolutionary biology, the term is also applied to males who are unwittingly investing parental effort in offspring that are not genetically their own. Wikipedia
@TonyEnglandUK
4 жыл бұрын
@@basitk12 Man, you people take Ali's "insults" way too seriously. He always had a glint in his eye because he was JOKING with them to sell tickets for their fight.
@Artix-x3kk
4 жыл бұрын
I could insult you right now, but it would be a waste of time...
"That point of insulting each other?!! The garden just sold out, that's why!" Greatest time for heavyweight boxing ever!!
Ali was an entertainer and he said things in fun, he has a good heart and spirit that's why even Frazier later said how much of a champ Ali was🥰❤️🖤💚
Prime Ali here!
@checkerslane
5 жыл бұрын
This is not prime Ali at all. Ali was at his prime before he went jail. He was still ok here but this is not his prime
@wrestlexwrestlingshorts661
5 жыл бұрын
He got in best shApe for the rumble in the jungle
@soleknight3212
5 жыл бұрын
@@checkerslane We never saw a prime Ali as he was banned during his TRUE prime years.
@ajtg3807
4 жыл бұрын
RK 516 his prime was definitely here. Beat joe fraizer , beat George. And a lot others .
@breakstone1000
4 жыл бұрын
Ali never reached his prime .. when he came back he came weaker and slower .. u can observe that
Giants of men,respect.
I remember the Dick Cavett Show when I was a kid. How times have changed..
I love both. BEAUTIFUL PERSONS AND GREAT BOXERS
At one point during this interview Ali said to Fraiser, "My attorney told me to bring a bail bondsman to the fight because what I'm gonna do to you might be illegal." 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 The only thing quicker than his fists was his wit. How can you not love and respect this man.
You can see they love each other ♡
Funny how Dick Cavett is completely forgotten by anyone that didn't watch him at the time and Johnny Carson is known by almost everyone that owns a TV to this day. Ali was right
@simege3367
4 жыл бұрын
I wonder why that is? I didn't know who Dick was until a few months ago. But, I've always knew who Johnny Carson was and I'm in my early twenties 😎
@nicoleraheem1195
4 жыл бұрын
@@simege3367 I just found out about dick as of today, when I was watching Eddie Murphy interviews. 😂
@barbelljoe
4 жыл бұрын
And everyone remembers Michael Parkinson in the UK haha
@61dodgelancer
4 жыл бұрын
That's because Johnny Carson is the greatest talk show host of all time. Dick Cavett is one of the best talk show hosts of all time. I loved watching both of their shows. Today there are no talk hosts anywhere close to being in their league. Carson and Cavett were better than any of the "comedians" on television now in 2020.
@paulpierce1366
4 жыл бұрын
Carson was still around when I grew up dick was way gone so for me I still saw him on tv every once in a while when I scrolled the channels
“The way he fights, the licks he takes . Makes him older than me”
Best fight ever between Ali v Fraser two of the best legions in boxing history
That was the classical trash talk
The greatest does wtf he likes!
@bilalsaeed6654
5 жыл бұрын
fuck conor
@jakenconor
4 жыл бұрын
But @Ian Dog ....he did beat Spinks
These 2 boxers are legend respect.
Frazier.. what u can do which i cant?? Ali..(after sometime) I can knock out foreman😂😂
@ettawing5955
5 жыл бұрын
That's a low blow. Lol.
@IhsanKhan-xs5ru
5 жыл бұрын
@@ettawing5955 😀😀😎😎
@krislo4788
4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@ROBINSON-R66
4 жыл бұрын
Muhammad Ali was such intelligent in an instant joking..... salute THE GREAT MUHAMMAD ALI!!!
If only Frazier could pin point the moments Ali was serious and talked good about him
@severusfloki5778
5 жыл бұрын
What for.
@shaynelahmed6323
5 жыл бұрын
@@joys8634 . True
@severusfloki5778
5 жыл бұрын
Boxing Supraves He straight up insulted him. No way around it.
@maoto2283
5 жыл бұрын
Like George Foreman once said “ Muhammad was like that brother that could take a joke and move on like it never happened. Joe was the little brother that took things to heart and could get really upset about it even though he knew Muhammad didn’t mean no harm.” Btw both of them loved eachother like brothers and like Ali said once he loved for his children to play with Fraziers children. Fun fact is that Laila Ali (Muhammad’s daughter) went on to fight Fraziers daughter in the ring. She made it 3-1 for the Ali’s.
@alaza61
5 жыл бұрын
@@joys8634 He wasn't mentally slow. Being sensitive doesn't equate to mental slowness.
Him not going to fight in Vietnam made mister Ali my hero. Great guy.
Ali is a natural comedian. He's the Greatest of all time! Period.
Pure banter
Love Frazier. What a legend!
Esa respuesta deberían de saberla todos los boxeadores de memoria. Genio.
What an eternal champion
The Greatest Of All Time!!!
Muhammad Ali my main man finally explaining what's it's all about. Parkinson did some great interviews with him too
Ali was mad funny he said “The garden sold out that’s why”
@zerothelegndaryreploid
3 жыл бұрын
I didn't understand that line, what does it mean?
@readalgahim8295
3 жыл бұрын
@@zerothelegndaryreploid as in he couldn’t by him flowers before the fight
@Mard_7
2 жыл бұрын
@@readalgahim8295 Nah, he meant that Madison square garden is sold out. Where they fought at. So he basically saying what the point of insulting if the garden sold out. And insulting someone sells the fight.
@lwmson
2 жыл бұрын
@@zerothelegndaryreploid He means that they build up interest in fights by insulting each other.
What a charming guy !!
Legend ❤️
I loved this vid..my dad told me Ali was the original Don King..it was never personal...
Ali was/is legend. I love him. Truly THE GREATEST.
Both y'all were the greatest rip 🐐🐐
And years later they still running that episode on KZread a billion times.
Beautiful
Gotta love Ali
Legend
I wish we spoke like these legends
The licks he take😅Ali just wanted a chance to mention that. I can’t decide if this is more brilliant than funny.
Haha Ali was brilliant.
🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣 Ali is so funny Thanks for the video
That how the garden is filled 😂😂😂
I can tell where Fury gets his inspiration for with the charisma. Ali the godfather of boxing trashtalk
Alli smirking and grinning like a naughty boy...
The greatest will remain the greatest
R.I.P Legend
Ali was a born star he just had that shit that made people love him
This is not an insult his just jiving their cool.
@maxxmabemwe4859
4 жыл бұрын
Jiving is a term used by, so called, white people. Black people do not use it, and don't call the way they talk jive. Terms like right on, jive turkey, which means some is a clown, mo better, and the like serve the same purpose as the terms that you use to convey thoughts and ideas that would take a paragraphs to express, and condense them into just a few words or phrases. IE, double entendre, canard, etc. You Caucasians call it jive to portray it as some low level of communication, but you have little or no understanding of it. However, you jump on it and incorporate it into vocabulary in an attempt to sound hip, or cool, but you completely miss the mark. It is not just some stupid " JIVE" as you call it. Use your word hype for it, and you will hit the mark. Ali told you what the purpose was for him trash talking, but you immediately blurted out jive. He constantly played you like a drum, and sold out his fights. Frazier, Foreman, Norton, and Sphinx all knew what was going on, and played along with it in order to increase the purse..
@f.b.i9112
4 жыл бұрын
@@maxxmabemwe4859 lmao okay lil kang
@Mr_Givik
4 жыл бұрын
Maxx Mabemwe You seem to be pretty sure of yourself that he’s Caucasian, to be talking down to him like that and all, but that’s not where your problem begins. Say Sean was caucasian, say he was a supposed “white man”, what difference does it make? He didn’t insult African Americans, he didn’t knock them down and degrade them, and he certainly didn’t insult Ali. But I suppose you thought you saw an opportunity to defend the entire African American race from the horrendous word “jive.” It Didn’t matter if Sean was aware that you found it offensive, because everyone Knows slang of all kinds can be traced back to African Americans! And because one Caucasian man says that particular word, it undermines all African American history! That was sarcasm by the way, though Im uncertain if your massive intellectual ego allowed you to interpret it as so. In other words, you’re reading too much into one simple comment, and though you probably don’t want to admit it, your comment reveals more about your own prejudices than it does about whites. Before you jump to conclusions as you have with this gentleman, I’m Hispanic, 100% taco 🌮
Both handsome legendary men🤍🙏🏼
Light hearted, the way it should be.
If I didn't know who Ali was I would assume he's the presenter in a lot of his interviews
@2:24 "Dick Cavett ain't nothin' in London" lmao
Joe didn't get the respect he deserved. I LOVED Ali, but think he sometimes went overboard on insulting Joe. I love that they were so respectful of each other in this clip.
God. That charisma is of another level
Imagine if Muhammad Ali boxed today where trashtalking is now a common thing in sports. Man, the present-day athletes would bow down to this guy.
"He is catching on the few things, so I have got to complement on that angle" 😄
@cube-
Жыл бұрын
He said:"...so I got to come from another angle".
Ali, showmanship made many boxers millionaires.
Pure entertainment.
“Dick Cavet...ain’t nothing in London”😆
'Sunny days wouldn't be special, if it wasn't for rain, joy wouldn't feel soo good, if it wasn't for pain, Death gotta be easy cause life is hard'
"The Garden is sold out"! Ali learner early on about promotion from Gorgeous George and Liberace.
Frazier : What can u do I can't do Ali : I can beat George Foreman🤣🤣🤣
These are usually press conferences lol this man got two guys hating on eachother for an interview 🤣
Two of the great heavyweights times two. Ali and Frazier And Dick Cavett and ‘Parkie’. In the UK Parkinson was our Dick Cavett and Johnny Carson rolled into one 😃
class fuckin compliment at the end there
Relate this video to good morning Britain
Ali was a special human being
"What's the point of insulting each other? THE GARDEN IS SOLD OUT!, THAT'S why!"
THE GREATEST IS HERE
I love Ali❤