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Word: groomer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1978-1978
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With the aid of his backers, Ali apprenticed under Trainer Angelo Dundee, a skilled groomer of fighters. Dundee recalls: "The Louisville group wanted me to train him. I told them to send him down to Miami after Christmas. Twenty minutes later, I get a call telling me Ali wasn't waiting till after Christmas, he was coming right away. They told me he said, 'I don't want to wait for Christmas. I want to fight.' That's how it all started in October...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Greatest Is Gone | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

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