Word: alie
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lady who trapped the King of the World." and calling her up to stand with him on the podium (because, he said, he had seen some men trying to flirt with her. He later warned them, "Boy, you'd rather be caught in Vietnam with a BB gun.") Ali made a clear distinction as to which black man can fight the best and why. He made a poetic predic-tion for the Frazier rematch, "... then Ali lands with a right, what a beautiful swing/ and the punch lifts Frazier clean out of the ring/ ... Who have thought when they came...
When asked why he had lost the last fight, and what adjustments he intended to make for the rematch, Ali responded, "I played with him about three rounds-agitating and clowning and showing the critics... signifying... [But] anybody that saw the film knows that he took a terrible whooping.... I hope he's not seriously hurt." Upon the demand of the crowd Ali gave a demonstration of the Ali Shuffle, saying that although he had not used it in the first fight, Frazier would see it-if he can-in the rematch...
However, before actually showing the Shuffle. Ali gave a dissertation on its nature and use. Explaining that his punch had been timed by Sports Illustrated at four one-hundredths of a second, and that the average reaction time is 25 one-hundredths, "It's humanly impossible for you to get out of the way. You're 21 hundredths of a second too slow." The Shuffle is used as a diversion. According to Ali, it lasts roughly half a second. "For ten one-hundredths... he'll [Frazier] look at it. As soon as the Shuffle stops. I come up with...
After rejecting two would be opponents. Ali demonstrated the Shuffle on sportscaster Dick Stockton, warning that "the Ali Shuffle will make you suffer...
...Muhammad Ali is as complete as a man as he is a fighter. Secure and serious in the pursuit of his "purpose in life," his strength, courage and conviction recall to mind Paul Robeson, the hugely talented black singer who parried the assaults that a demi-world of small men thrust at him because of his beliefs. Like Robeson, Ali possesses a majestic grace that allows him to thrive when it is expected he will crumble. Seven years ago when he fulfilled that initial purpose of his life by winning the championship, he said, "I'm free...