{"id":241,"date":"2024-04-09T01:19:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T01:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbiz.thongtinluat.com\/?p=241"},"modified":"2024-04-09T01:19:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T01:19:42","slug":"a-lot-of-you-wouldnt-have-liked-him-cuz-he-spoke-his-truth-israel-adesanya-on-why-muhammad-ali-is-the-goat-vu-thuy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbiz.thongtinluat.com\/a-lot-of-you-wouldnt-have-liked-him-cuz-he-spoke-his-truth-israel-adesanya-on-why-muhammad-ali-is-the-goat-vu-thuy\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;A lot of you wouldn&#8217;t h\u0430ve l\u0456ked h\u0456m \u0441uz he \u0455\u0440oke h\u0456\u0455 truth&#8221; &#8211; I\u0455r\u0430el Ade\u0455\u0430ny\u0430 on why Muh\u0430mm\u0430d Al\u0456 \u0456\u0455 the GOAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israel Adesanya\u00a0has called out critics of\u00a0Muhammad Ali\u00a0by suggesting they wouldn\u2019t have liked him in his prime for \u201cspeaking his truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2021\/09\/ee734-16317965244526-800.jpg\" alt=\"Israel Adesanya on why Muhammad Ali is the greatest of all time\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Right now there are few better mixed martial artists residing in the UFC than Israel Adesanya. From his precision to his timing and power, &#8216;The Last Stylebender&#8217; certainly knows how to put on a show. Over the years, many have drawn comparisons between Izzy and Muhammad Ali.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today on social media, Israel Adesanya opted to pay tribute to Ali by bringing up a clip of the boxing legend calling out two women for racism on a talk show.<\/p>\n<p><em>See Adesanya&#8217;s Twitter post praising Ali below:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udc10<br \/>A lot of you wouldn\u2019t have liked him cuz he spoke his truth. The nigga was RAW!!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AvatarRoku?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AvatarRoku<\/a> \u2728\ud83e\udd32\ud83c\udffe\u2728 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DYZPfsBQXd\">pic.twitter.com\/DYZPfsBQXd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stylebender\/status\/1438449534221180928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>For better audio, check out the incident in the video below:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Muhammad Ali always stuck up for what he believed in. When it comes to activism, few athletes have ever compared to the heavyweight boxing great. Nobody ever succeeded in telling him what to do or what to say. Instead, he forged his own path. With that in mind, it makes sense that Israel Adesanya would want to look up to somebody like that.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Israel Adesanya is expected to face Robert Whittaker next<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Israel Adesanya likely hasn&#8217;t faced the same kind of scrutiny on the same kind of scale as Ali. But you can bet there have been plenty of folks out there who told the Nigerian-New Zealander that he couldn\u2019t achieve what he has in the manner in which he\u2019s done it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 2px)\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CTzaXRGDYUo\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">Xem b\u00e0i vi\u1ebft n\u00e0y tr\u00ean Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CTzaXRGDYUo\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B\u00e0i vi\u1ebft do Muhammad Ali (@muhammadali) chia s\u1ebb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Right now, the big talk around the middleweight division is that Israel Adesanya will defend his belt against rival\u00a0Robert Whittaker\u00a0in the early stages of 2022. In preparation for that bout, we\u2019ve seen &#8216;The Last Stylebender&#8217; take his training very seriously. We\u2019ve also seen him expand his horizons with a string of other projects.<\/p>\n<p>Fighters are often taken for granted. 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