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Those two certainly were. I remember when I was a kid there was the term that Ali had "the most recognizable face on earth". I'd say MJ eventually usurped him, they know about MJ in the remotest places on earth. Ali had a fit of competitiveness in the early 80's for some nutty reason, it was during the time that the news of his parkinson's came out (ironically), he bragged to a journalist about whether Michael could shake up the news like he did.At one time it was Muhammad Ali. Michael Jackson had to be at one point as well I'm guessing.
It's all so meaningless really, and fleeting. I talk to the young and they often do not even know who some of the famous people of the past were. I'll mention Howard Cosell and say he was once named, "The Most Hated Man In America" and now no one even talks about him. In 200 years who'll know how important any of the people in current and recent past history will be remembered?