The Greatest Mix-Up - Paul Harvey - The Rest of the Story

[@JimKittell6486]

Brad, congrats!. You do something that's not possible: you make Paul Harvey's "the rest of the story" even better!. Thank you.

[@BradDison]

Thank you very much for the kind words. :)

[@toddricketts9498]

I loved Paul Harvey listening to him at lunch and supper everything, sure miss those days 👍

[@BradDison]

I'm glad hearing this brought back fond memories. :)

[@alexbaker2615]

Great story, you guys! This time, I guessed it before Paul Harvey said his name! I'm a life long fan of Muhammad Ali!!!❤

[@BradDison]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I could hardly ever guess them correctly. :)

[@lauriemclean1131]

Very interesting. Thank you.

[@BradDison]

I'm very glad you enjoyed it. :)

[@cindys.9688]

Very informative and interesting! I never knew this part of Muhammad Ali's story. I was particularly moved that Paul Harvey started out with his birth (and a hospital mix-up!). His mama knew her baby! Maybe he took after her in standing his ground since she wasn't going to be convinced the baby was hers when she knew he *wasn't*. Nobody could gaslight this lady!

[@BradDison]

This was a fun one to research. :)

[@josephnapolitano277]

Thanks for the video 🫶 very informative 👍

[@BradDison]

I'm very glad you enjoyed it. :)

[@bodontknowsuperbowl]

I like the history on Cassius Clay.

[@BradDison]

I'm very glad you enjoyed it. :)

[@donchonealyotheoneal5456]

I love that picture at the end of Paul's and rest of the story of young beautiful Muhammad Ali you can see it in his eyes and in the way he stands he was made for greatness he will always float like a butterfly and sting like a bee and not because his name was Cassius Clay but because he represented Muhammad Ali

[@BradDison]

I always liked watching interviews of Muhammad Ali. As a child, I was surprised to see that he had a humorous side. :)

[@robertbernard6410]

I always admired Howard Cosell because he was the first tv announcer to call him Muhammed Ali

[@BradDison]

I didn't know that. How interesting. I liked Howard Cosell as well. :)

[@cotton-Dave]

Thanks Brad. I let that part of my youth go by watching WWW. Yes, there were Coloreds in the system, but the overall theme of the matches centered around the SPORT of Wrestling. At one venue I found myself pounding on the shoulders of the Black woman sitting directly in front of me. (actually, the entire auditorium was standing by this time), so I shouted "sorry!" and she just smiled! During those times in the sixties sports pretty much erased the color thing for us teenagers. I think that some of our (white southern kids) problems with Clay was that he threw his American/English name away for a different religion than our country was based on. Just my memory of that era, you see. Thanks Brad! Loved the content! And I did NOT expect that ending!🙄 edit: I went back to check out the next alert and discovered "greatest" in your title. Keep hanging in there!

[@BradDison]

Hehehehe. The Greatest in the title was just a special touch I added. I'm glad you caught that. I'm glad hearing this brought back fond memories that you shared with us. I've never been to a wrestling or boxing match. I think I may be missing out. :)

[@newshodgepodge6329]

Tunnel vision has a mind of its own. But it seldom seems to put on its thinking cap.

[@BradDison]

Hahaha. :)

[@sailorbychoice1]

It is my understanding _{legally}_ your name is whatever you wish to call yourself (hence actors for centuries having _stage names_ just as an example) as so long as you aren't attempting to defraud or use said name for illegal/immoral purposes.

[@BradDison]

In Louisiana, you can adopt a "stage" name but it is not your legal name. You can't take out a loan, open a bank account, file taxes, etc. with anything other than your legal name. You can go through the legal steps to officially change your legal name, but that's an arduous process because they have to investigate your original legal name and determine if there is any angle on why you want to change the name. :)

[@donchonealyotheoneal5456]

I'm not going to get into a big standoff with anyone about his motives but I think you need to do more research before you start spouting off nonsense that you heard from somebody that heard from somebody you know some young superstars use the war to their advantage and they joined up only to get recognition and they were never put in the front lines or even close to any battle and Mohamed did not want to partake in any of that he was a true patriot he just didn't believe in killing people over land disputes he was a great ambassador for the United States

[@billculver4949]

He changed his name when he refused to be inducted into the armed forces,his boxing title was taken away from him because of his actions. Now that's the the rest of the rest of the rest of the story,( iron Mike Tyson is the greatest boxer of all times)

[@BradDison]

:)

[@henryhanes2322]

I thought he changed his name to not get drafted in the army and go to Vietnam to fight for our country

[@BradDison]

He changed it years before Vietnam. However, that was the reason he would not fight in Vietnam. :)

[@sherwinstaudt1881]

It was not the greatest Rocky Marciano was.

[@BradDison]

It wasn't my opinion that he was the Greatest. That's what the press dubbed him, and what he called himself. :)

[@richstrobel]

​@@BradDisonHe beat Ken Norton twice but in reality he only won one of the three fights. I saw the last one and though I wanted him to win I knew Norton had beat him. The crowd knew it and so did Norton but Ali got the decision. Imo Marciano and Louis were better.

[@sherwinstaudt1881]

Cassius Clay draft Dodger.

[@BradDison]

That's right. :)

[@kevinmccarthy1076]

From what I have been told and subsequent research, he changed his name and became a Muslim to avoid the draft

[@BradDison]

I've heard the same thing but could find no evidence of it. :)

[@twonutsandasquirell]

Mohammad Ali was a great boxer BUT he was a draft dodger. That also needs to be remembered.

[@BradDison]

He was convicted in June 1967 of "refusing to be inducted into military service. It definitely should be remembered. Although I didn't cover this in my spiel, we must remember the positive history as well as the negative. :)

[@newshodgepodge6329]

He was so hard to find that the government scoured all four corners of the earth and still came up empty, right? If they had really wanted to force the issue by making an example out of him or something they could have done so at any time. You do the math. 🤨

[@BradDison]

@@newshodgepodge6329 I guess when you have unlimited resources, you can hide for a while. :)

[@newshodgepodge6329]

@@BradDison I was mostly being sarcastic. But you're still not wrong.

[@billculver4949]

He changed his name when he refused to be inducted into the armed forces,his boxing title was taken away from him because of his actions. Now that's the the rest of the rest of the rest of the story,( iron Mike Tyson is the greatest boxer of all times)

[@BradDison]

I wish I would have delved into that aspect of his life. If I do another on him I'll be sure to include it. :)

[@billculver4949]

@@BradDison he did go buy Muhammad Ali 3 years be for his refusal into the army,my mistake, you're "the rest of the story" is just great and very enjoyable.i have listened to all of them at least twice.thanks