There will not be a second Olympic
champion called Muhammad Ali after Britain’s flyweight with the most
famous name in boxing was defeated in his Rio debut on Monday.
The young Ali – reportedly bestowed the
name by his boxing-mad father – was left distraught and in tears after
his Olympic dream came to a premature end after just nine minutes of
action.
Venezuela’s Yoel Finol, 19, was awarded
the bout on a unanimous points decision to leave Ali, who is a year
older, with his head in his hands and looking stunned.
“I’ve been here too long and I was
itching to get in there,” said Ali, who was making his first appearance
nine days after the Rio boxing began.
“I let the emotions get the better of
me, I just tried too hard and nothing was flowing and now I am just
here…” said Ali, his voice trembling and tears welling in his eyes.
“I just feel like it’s the end of the world.”
The heavyweight legend Ali, who died in
June aged 74, announced his presence to the world — he was then called
Cassius Clay — with gold at the Rome Olympics in 1960.
Source: Punchng.com
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