Washington Redskins receiver DeSean Jackson never met Muhammad Ali, but he knows his daughter and talked a few times with one of his famous opponents. So Jackson felt he had an understanding of the former boxing champ who was buried Friday.
Jackson met Ali’s daughter, Laila, through a friend of his, former NFL receiver Curtis Conway. And Jackson’s mom was good friends with former boxing champ George Foreman, who fought Muhammad Ali. When Jackson was younger, he spoke a few times with Foreman about Ali. Foreman’s main message was about Ali’s consistency.
“He told me about how on point Ali was and how he used his mind as a weapon to also defeat an opponent,” Jackson told ESPN’s Josina Anderson.