Sting Like a Bee: Muhammad Ali Elevated Trash-Talk to Poetry

When news broke that boxer Muhammad Ali had passed away at the age of 74 after a long and protracted battle with Parkinson's disease, there was an outpouring of grief from all walks of life. Writers and musicians, artists and athletes all expressed their admiration of the man who declared himself the Greatest long before he knew he was; and while some tributes focused on his exploits in the ring, there were many more that eulogized Ali as a pugilist with a penchant for pithy soundbites, a silver...