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Muhammad Ali -- I AM THE GREATEST ... Tree Sculpture! (PHOTO GALLERY)
PhilBoxing.com Wed, 23 Nov 2016

TMZ SPORTS -- Float like a butterfly, sting like a ... tree?
Check out this tree carving New Jersey artist James O'Neal made of Muhammad Ali ... a piece that took roughly 6 months from start to finish.
O'Neal says he was inspired by the outpouring of love for the boxing icon after he passed away -- and felt the walnut tree he recently cut down was the perfect canvas.
It's not the first fighter O'Neal has carved -- he also sculpted a Conor McGregor piece.
So, who's next? O'Neal says he wants to do a female fighter ... but not Ronda Rousey. He's all about Cyborg.
Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2016/11/23/muhammad-ali-wood-statue/
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