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I had written previously about " When We Were Kings ," the Academy Award winning documentary about the fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire. I watched it again last week, and I just have to recommend it again to everyone. It is definitely the best documentary I've watched. In addition to getting to know Muhammad Ali, you will also hear the shortest poem in English Language. --SPOILER WARNING-- Muhammad Ali goes to Harvard graduation. He talks at the graduation, and the students shout to him for a poem. He recites poems in his interviews. He then improvises the shortest, but yet powerful poem I've ever heard. " Me, We. Muhammad Ali" He's a great man. --SPOILER WARNING--

I recently watched When We Were Kings on DVD. It is an Oscar-Wining documentary about the tight fight between George Foreman, who was 22 and top of his time, and Muhammad Ali, who was 32, promoted by Ron King as Rumble In The Jungle. The fight took place in Congo, where the the Dictator Mobutu agreed to pay the 10 million dollars to raise the image of his country. The fight was supported with an All-Star troupe of African American entertainers, including BB King and James Brown. I definitely recommend the movie and it's soundtrack to get to learn this inspiring figure. Muhammed Ali is an amazing personality. In addition to being one of the greatest professionals of the history, he was at the same time an entertainer, a man of principles, a social transformer, and a poet in his own right. This clip from Michael Parkinson's show -the famous British TV personality who chose him the greatest entertainer he interviewed- gives a small clue why it is worth watching When We Were Kin...

I started Box training yesterday. Just like my friend Regina warned me, the training was torture. 1.5 hours of running, push-ups, sit-ups and many creative and hard exercises followed by half an hour of basic boxing exercises. Not more than shadow boxing up to now. To keep the tempo of the exercises high, they played a well chosen mix of songs. Among them was the only Guns'n Roses song that I like, "Welcome to the Jungle!"