
That was the thing about him. He spoke his future out loud, and then walked straight into it, unbothered by the weight of his own prophecy. He moved like he knew something the rest of us didn’t, like the world would eventually catch up to the truth he already carried. And sure enough, it did. Every round, every fight, every stand he took outside the ropes… the nickname stopped being a claim and became simple fact. Ali didn’t ask for the title. He became the reason it exists. Officially licensed by Muhammad Ali.
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