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Oliver Wendell Holmes once observed that every profession is great that is greatly pursued. Boxing in the early '60s, largely controlled by the Mob, was in a moribund state until Muhammad Ali—Cassius Clay, in those days—appeared on the scene. "Just when the sweet science appears to lie like a painted ship upon a painted ocean," ... Read More
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Feb. 27, 1978An era ends as an aging Ali yields his crown
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Mar. 8, 1971Ali-e-e-e! Ali-e-e-e! There I'll be wearing a sheet and whispering Ali-e-e-e. I'll be the ghost that haunts boxing, and people will say, "Ali is the real champ and everyone else is a fake." SO predicted Muhammad Ali three years ago, after the World Boxing Association, in a fit of moral fervor, stripped him of his ...
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Sep. 23, 1974The money alone makes it a unique event. For trading punches next week, George Foreman and Muhammad Ali each stand to collect a minimum of $5 million—the biggest payday in the history of sport. If the fight goes 15 rounds, they will have earned $110,000 per minute per man. In addition to guaranteeing their wages, ...
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Dec. 24, 2001 | By Jess CagleMUHAMMAD ALI AND WILL SMITH TURN THE CHAMP'S LIFE INTO A MOVIE AS STIRRING--AND COMPLEX--AS THE MAN
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Nov. 11, 1974Muhammad Ali was fantasying again. "I see myself in two years," he predicted during the long wait in Zaire. "Foreman's long beat and forgotten. There's a man on the telephone who's gonna give me $10 million to fight some great white hope who's got Governor Wallace workin' his corner." That vision seemed about as realistic ...
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