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I've always heard that Muhammed Ali knocked around the idea of dodging the draft once his number was called during the Vietnam war - even going as far as to consider fleeing to Canada.
However, given the fact that he eventually decided to commit to service and emerged from duty as a war hero (Even becoming a medal-winning Green Beret, IIRC), I wonder what could've been different had he instead chose the former path.
Would this have butterflied his political career? His business pursuits in military contracting?
And of course, how might the sport of boxing been different of he had remained active?