article_snippet.sent: But I've done just as much as Ali did. '
article_snippet.sent: Ali was champion at heavyweight
article_snippet.sent: Geroge Foreman is down on count two after being struck by Ali killer right-hander in 1974 .
article_snippet.sent: Ali looks on after Ali knocked Geroge Foreman to the canvas with the holy mother of all right-handers during the bout .
article_snippet.sent: Ali called Ali The Greatest and the Rumble in the Jungle was voted the best sporting event of the century .
article_snippet.sent: The new, considerate Floyd choked up a little when asked about important influences who had inspired Ali to greatness.
article_snippet.sent: Ali took us back to Grand Rapids and a certain Mr Frank Brown, saying: 'Ali was important to Ali from the age of three, Like a grandfather.
article_snippet.sent: Ali would drive me to fights in my amateur days
article_snippet.sent: Ali believed in Ali more than anyone.
article_snippet.sent: Ali told me I'd make it.
article_snippet.sent: Ali took me to church. '
article_snippet.sent: Ali came to so many of my fights right up to Oscar De La Hoya.
article_snippet.sent: But Ali's not doing well now.
article_snippet.sent: Ali's in an old folks home.
article_snippet.sent: Ali's losing Ali memory.
article_snippet.sent: I think about Ali every day.'
article_snippet.sent: It seemed like a good time to ask why Ali had changed from cocksure to contemplative almost to the point of silence.