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Chief among the celebrities were the poets Oliver Wendall Homes and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Holmes addressed the children first, reciting a poem he had written while homesick during a trip to Pisa, Italy. "And still in Memory's holiest shrine, I read with pride and joy," he said in a...
The next two rounds followed the same pattern, with Holmes throwing and Ali absorbing the brunt of the blows. The seventh round was Ali's best of the fight, and even then he could only manage to stay even with the defending champ. Both men circled each other in ring...
The eighth and ninth rounds, in which each man had predicted victory, resembled the first seven, with Holmes continuing to throw combinations. Ali seemed happy simply not to be knocked out.
Between the ninth and tenth rounds, Ali's eyes became puffy, and the right eye especially appeared to have absorbed many of Holmes' jabs.
In the tenth round Holmes went to work, landing heavy combinations to Ali's body and head. The champion never staggered Ali, but Ali did nothing to discourage the onslaught of blows.