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Ali laat mega erfenis na

‘Muhammad Ali laat 50 miljoen dollar na’



Muhammad Ali laat zijn nabestaanden 50 miljoen dollar (bijna 44 miljoen euro) na. Dit bedrag gaat in eerste instantie naar zijn vrouw, ook al mogen zijn ex-vrouwen, kinderen en broer ook aanspraak op zijn nalatenschap maken.

Een grote financiële klapper maakte Ali toen hij in 1980 de bokswedstrijd tegen LarryHolmes won. Hij pakte hiermee 8 miljoen dollar. Ook met zijn eigen bedrijf GOAT (Greatest of all time) en samenwerkingen met onder andere Adidas verdiende de sportman miljoenen.

Afgelopen jaar inden hij en zijn vrouw Lonnie ook nog eens 690.000 dollar met de verkoop van een woning waarin Ali trainde voor belangrijke wedstrijden. Daarnaast bezat het stel volgens Forbes nog landgoed in Arizona en Kentucky.

Overleden
De Amerikaanse bokslegende Muhammad Ali is vrijdag op 74-jarige leeftijd overleden in een ziekenhuis in Arizona. Ali was donderdag opgenomen vanwege een stoornis in zijn ademhaling. Al snel kwamen berichten naar buiten dat de situatie van de oud-bokser hard achteruit ging.

De man uit Louisville, door velen gezien als de beste bokser ooit, trouwde vier keer en kreeg negen kinderen.

Familie
Met zijn tweede vrouw Belinda Boyd kreeg hij vier dochters Maryum Ali,, tweeling Reeshemah en Jahmillah en oudste zoon MuhammadAliJunior (42). Zijn derde vrouw VeronicaPorscheAli kreeg hij Hana en eveneens boksende LailaAli (37). Buiten zijn huwelijken om kreeg Muhammad Ali nog twee dochters Miya and KhaliahAli. Met zijn vierde en laatste vrouw Yolanda 'Lonnie' adopteerde hij zoon AsaadAmin.

Ferry schreef:@Cruijff: mooie background info over Rudi Lubbers.

brigade zuid schreef:Gisteren een stukje van hem op tv gekeken. De man was wel erg vol over zichzelf, laten we het daar op houden..

brigade zuid schreef:Verder trok hij wel erg vaak de racisme kaart, ik dacht ff dat ik naar Sylvana Simons zat te kijken, al zou dat toen in die tijd wel gespeeld hebben.

Tyson Fury: I took cocaine but don’t want to live anymore

Tyson Fury has admitted taking cocaine as he battles bipolar disorder, with the world heavyweight champion once again casting doubt on whether he will box again.

Fury, who backtracked from his pledge to retire from the sport on Monday, is receiving professional help for mental health issues that have arisen as a result of what he called a “witch-hunt” against him following his victory against Wladimir Klitschko in November last year.

The 28-year-old pulled out of his proposed rematch with Klitschko last month and it has since been reported that he tested positive for cocaine. In his first interview for several months, with Rolling Stone magazine, which was published on Tuesday, Fury admitted that he had taken the drug “in the last few months” and raised questions about whether he would even live to the end of the year.

“It’s been a witch-hunt ever since I won that world title,” he said. “Ever since I got a bit of fame for doing good there’s been a witch-hunt on me because of my background, because of who I am and what I do, there’s hatred for travellers and gypsies around the world. Especially in the United Kingdom.

“Especially with the British Boxing Board of Control and some of the sanctioning bodies of the world titles. From then on, they’ve tried to get me chucked out of boxing because they cannot tame me, they cannot hire me, I’m not for sale, no one can turn a key in my back, no one can do nothing to stop me. So now they’re saying I took some cocaine and whatever.”

Asked if he meant that he had never taken cocaine, Fury said: “Listen, I’ve done a lot of things in my life. I’ve done lots of cocaine. Lots of it. Why shouldn’t I take cocaine? It’s my life, isn’t it? I can do what I want. Yeah, I have done cocaine. Plenty of people have done cocaine as well. What the fuck has that got to do with anything? That ain’t a performance-enhancing drug.


“Am I not allowed to have a life now as well? Do they want to take my personal life off me, too? I’ve not been in a gym for months. I’ve not been training. I’ve been going through depression. I just don’t want to live any more, if you know what I’m saying. I’ve had total enough of it. They’ve forced me to the breaking edge. Never mind cocaine. I just didn’t care. I don’t want to live any more. So cocaine is a little minor thing compared to not wanting to live any more.

“I hope I die every day. And that’s a bad thing to say when I’ve got three children and a lovely wife isn’t it? But I don’t want to live anymore. And if I could take me own life – and I wasn’t a Christian – I’d take it in a second. I just hope someone kills me before I kill me self. I’ll have to spend eternity in hell.”

Fury, who was stripped of his IBF title when it became clear he planned to face Klitschko again instead of the mandatory challenger Vyacheslav Glazkov, had postponed the first defence of his WBO and WBA titles from July because of an ankle injury. But he admitted that he has been trying to postpone the fight in a bid to deal with his depression.

“To be honest, yes. I’ve not been in the gym for months. I’ve been awol. I’ve been out drinking, anything to get me mind off what’s been going on to me. You wouldn’t understand it if I told you. It’s so corrupt. And the real people inside of boxing know what’s going on. They know it.

“I don’t see a way out, I don’t even see a way of living for me, I don’t want to live any more. It has brought me to the brink of death, that’s where I’m at at the moment.

“It is crazy that’s what’s going on but listen, I don’t really care. They’ve won. They’ve got what they wanted. That’s it. I’m as fat as pig. I’m 285 pounds, 290 pounds. It is what it is. I’ve been out. I’ve been an emotional wreck.”

Fury was then asked whether he was still taking cocaine. “I stopped it all on the first of the month,” he responded. “I’m trying to forget about it all. I’m putting boxing behind me, the drinking, the drugs, just getting back in the church and right with God. Cause that’s all that matters with me. This is me first and last interview. I just want time alone with my family, I’m going through a lot of personal demons, I’ve got demons on me, I’m trying to shake them all off. I want a normal life. I don’t want to box anymore, I don’t want it no more.”