The Greatest of all time dies.

He might be gone but into the dark or light, his smile still glistening because he never fell at all.

As a boxer it was easy to overlook that Ali was equally good at fighting going backwards as he was moving forward such was his seamless style and continuity of speed and movement. On that count alone he stands out before you get to that magical jab that could deliver 3 in a row, seemed like more sometimes. Doubling up on the jab is the ceiling for most boxers but Ali went past that with ease, out thought his opponents before he was even in the ring. None of that compared though to his wit or quick mind, however for me it was when the establishment took him down for his beliefs that the true champion emerged, then later as the messenger of time visited upon his skills his mortality until he was but one man again fighting for the beliefs and aspirations of millions worldwide that I could see the greatest.