Comments on: Encountering “The Greatest” In Boise

By: Dave G.

Dave G. — Sun, 21 Aug 2016 15:24:54 +0000

One of the greatest for sure. I’ve been watching some of his fights again. Such a giant. I would have loved to meet him in person. Thanks for sharing your story.

By: rabula

rabula — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 21:43:14 +0000

Nice shot, Dave!

His deep humility shines in that image.

Share more of your work, please!

Did you get one of Ali with the kid, who’s in his 30s by now (& would probably die for such a memento)?

EDITOR NOTE–Image was made on film and the best are still with my agent in London.

By: bikeboy

bikeboy — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 21:46:00 +0000

At the time of Ali’s visit to Boise 25 or so years ago, I worked for the City. He was scheduled to drop in on City Hall and meet the mayor. (If I’m not mistaken, it was a fella named Dirk Kempthorne.)

I wasn’t going to miss a chance at a “brush with greatness,” so at the appointed time I drifted casually up to the 3rd floor (mayor’s office and council chambers) and hung around. The scheduled meeting never happened. Probably because Ali got delayed up the street at Victors, huh, Dave? (haha!)

I can confidently declare that in his prime, Ali was the most famous person on the planet! I was in Uruguay, South America in ’73 and ’74 (LDS mission)… lots of people knew about the pope, and lots of people knew about Nixon… EVERYBODY knew about Ali! (And somehow he was just as much a hero to the Uruguayos as he was to the citizens of Louisville, KY.)

By: Yossarian_22

Yossarian_22 — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 13:29:48 +0000

He really was a good man. He had a heart of gold. Glad you got to meet him. I remember watching a 60 Minutes piece on him by the late Ed Bradley and Ali, afflicted with Parkinson’s, managed to pull off a gag on Ed. It was great and he was the greatest.