Tributes are pouring in from the sports community after the death of legendary boxer and cultural icon Muhammad Ali. While most of the remembrances have been positive, a few folks have been willing to speak out in a negative way about Ali and his brash, self-promoting personal style.
One of those who wasn’t particularly impressed with the way Ali comported himself? Former Minnesota Vikings head coach Bud Grant.
The 89-year-old Grant told Pioneer-Press reporter Chris Tomasson about his meeting with Ali before a fight at the Astrodome in 1967, describing how everyone lined up to meet the fighter and all he wanted to do was tell everyone how great he was:
“I met him and we shook hands and then he went on to the next guy.