Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

HBO has another documentary on the supreme court fight of Muhammad Ali

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Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

HBO has another documentary on the supreme court fight of Muhammad Ali

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The Lost Art of rope fighting

OVERNIGHT Muhammad Ali sprang a rope trick as baffling as any ever sprung by an Indian fakir. And George Foreman, trapped as anybody tranfixed by the whine of the pipes and the stare of the beady-eyed snake, eventually fell over. The end was his rude awakening as former heavyweight champion—and Ali's song of joy at paradise regained. The name of the game was rope-fighting. To Ali, it was a new gimmick, born of the ingenuity of his 32 years of age and 14 years in the ring. To students of ye olde art of the fistic it was nothing new. It was the best dodge of the game, a way of fighting to let the other fellow burn up energy while you look for a spot to unleash your punching power economically.

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Muhammad Ali "My Ten Toughest Opponents"

CAN FRANK SINATRA name his ten favorite songs? Could a child list his ten favorite candy bars? Can Jim Brown rattle off his ten toughest football games? And make those lists in order of preference? I doubt it. At least not without changing the lists many times over. I guess I have been asked to name "my toughest fights" at least a hundred times. And I have probably come up with almost as many different replies. It's difficult because I consider all of my fights tough and all of my opponents worthy. Until this time, I don't think I've ever had to sit down and give it thought. Running true to form, if you asked me the same question next week, my list might change again. I've had too many milestones in my career to possibly think of picking fights on their importance. There was probably no bigger challenge in my career than the one that George Foreman posed in Kinshasa, Zaire. Strangely, although regaining my crown will remain one of my greatest thrills, it wasn't one of my

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When Muhammad Ali was written off...

Jimmy Cannon writes about the aftermath of the first Muhammad Ali-Ken Norton bout. Ali lost a split decision.

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