If Muhammad Ali was from Norway...?

Question

and not america, do you think he still would still be remembered as the greatest boxer that ever lived? (same skill and same fighting record).

Answer 1

He'd still be the greatest but with less exposure. America's the biggest market in boxing.

Answer 2

Good question, the problem is that Ali encompassed a time, a society in turmoil and fighting for there rights, so great fighter that he was, he was about much more than boxing, he was uniquely of an America struggling to come to terms with itself.
Much like the Beatles were of 60s Britain, they wouldn't mean as much now, but the encompass everything that was the 60s as it is

Answer 3

Muhammad Ali, regardless of where he was from, will always ,and quite rightly, be remembered as the greatest boxer of all time because that is exactly what he was.

Answer 4

He would be known as the greatest heavyweight from a purely boxing standpoint. His status as an American icon would not exist. His legend has a lot to do with his stand against the Vietnam War and the United States Government.

Answer 5

Doubt it. America is boxing's biggest audience, and they are particularly parochial. Look at Calzaghe, one of the best pound for pound boxers in the world over the last decade, and is hardly recognised in the states.

Answer 6

It is almost impossible to say, because Ali's personality was defined not just from genetics but also from the social, religious and ethnic background of his childhood and early adult years.

Answer 7

I doubt it. Even some of the great Russian athletes get little attention. But then, everybody respects Pele, so there could be a case for it.

Answer 8

Ali would be the greatest, wherever he was from. It was his personality that won people over...

Answer 9

not necessarily. Because the racial adversity that he fought through during his career also made him a greater more
well-known boxer

Answer 10

yes