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...fight itself was a surprise of another sort. Ali, a puffy 238 Ibs. six weeks ago, had forced himself through a crash training program: "Up at five, to bed by ten at night. No lunch, no breakfast, my stomach burnin' with hunger, fightin' temptation, women of all races callin' me on the phone, and the only thing keepin' me from goin' out the window is thinkin' of that short walk to the ring, and all those faces there, lookin' at me and sayin': 'Why it's a miracle! He looks...
...nearby Concord Hotel, the undefeated champion, Joe Frazier, 25, growled: "I'll come out smokin'." Fight fans have learned to expect that the loud er the talk the duller the fight - but not this time. At Madison Square Garden last week, both fighters were burnin' and smokin' in one of the hottest heavyweight bouts in recent years...
...soles of my feet I swear they're burnin...
...shmoky ol' lamp wuz burnin' bright In Finnigin's shanty all that night- Bilin' down his repoort, wuz Finnigin- An' he writed this here: "Musther Flannigan: Off agin, on agin, Gone agin.-Finnigin...
...electric man . . . could of been puttin' me on the bus for New Orleans the way he said 'goodbye,'" Willie recalled, "and I tried to say goodbye but my tongue got stuck in the peanut butter and I felt a burnin' in my head and my left leg and I jumped against the straps...