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Ali's Life Before Neurological Disease: Thriller

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Life Before Neurological Disease

The young Ali was full of energy which he showed it to the world on a constant basis. He was expressing charismatic and energetic Ali whether he was talking about his greatness or training but doing something. He was a very fast boxer as he is definitely one of the fastest boxer ever, known for his very fast shuffle and arm speed. He was always talkative expressing every bit of his thoughts. He was quite the entertainer written poems, songs and spoken word and very funny one as well. He had taken his entertainment to his matches, too and they were quite entraining and funny such as when he would shake in front of his opponent to get him. Even in his fight, he would talk usually asking the opponent to get him. …show more content…
This made him take even more blows to the head than his previous fights. His fights after the “Thriller in Manilla” fight were slower with each fight, allowing him to take more beating to his head more with one fight after another which could have caused him traumas to which possibly caused him the disease. During his last fights, especially, last two fights showed his speech was a bit slurred, slow and quiet nothing like Ali before. He had nothing left in the tank and was very ill as his very slow movements and reaction showed he was ill to box, minding the fact he might actually be …show more content…
He walked by himself, but he was unstable with limited coordination and his walk was very slow. He had frequent tremors usually his hands and limbs shaking rapidly. He had a masked face. As the disease progressed, he like anybody with the disease he had more and more difficult doing everyday actions such as talking, walking, eating and so forth having little to no control of himself and tremors occurring frequently. He lost a significant amount of weight along with all the other symptoms worsening as well through time. Later stages of the disease, he was walking with a walking aid or holding someone else’s hands. He needed the assistance to sit as well. Perhaps he talked privately, but from the public eye we really never did because by this time it was probably too difficult for him and we wouldn’t understand him as well. When he did have tremors it was far lot severe than in the early stages. He had a blank face and eye most or all the time as it was difficult to put on facial expression and hard for his brain to

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