Word: muhammad
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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SATURDAY: Boxing. Dutch champion Rudi Lubbers meets former world heavyweight titlist Muhammad Ali in a 12-rounder live via satellite from Jakarta, Indonesia. CH. 5. 5 p.m. Color...
...fountain of youth, and here is Riggs, one of the most publicized and highest paid athletes over 50 in history, telling them that F. Scott Fitzgerald was wrong and there are second sets in American lives. Says Perenchio, who also masterminded the Ali-Frazier fight: "Riggs is the Muhammad Ali of the Geritol set." As Bobby boasts: "I've got Bobby's battalions all over the country, the over-45 guys who want to see one of their own make it big. I know beating a woman isn't like winning seven gold medals. But how many...
...season. Now 39, he claimed that he was less able to handle the "hard stuff," the 90-m.p.h. screamers that are thrown by fastball pitchers. Though the sources of his power-a rippling physique (6 ft., 190 Ibs.) and thick, whippy wrists that are bigger (8 in. around) than Muhammad Ali's-seem as sound as ever, he has been conserving himself by sitting out the second half of doubleheaders and avoiding afternoon games when he has played the night before...
SATURDAY: ABC Wide World of Sports. Live from the San Diego Sports Arena, Howard Cosell brings you Muhammad Ali vs. Ken Norton in a scheduled 12-round heavyweight bout. Also, taped highlights of the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships from Knoxville, Tenn., in which Harvard swimmers placed 16th overall. CH.5. 5 p.m. Color...
...Muhammad Ali was right in his element-both his elements, as a matter of fact. In the ring, Ali slugged out a twelve-round victory over his sometime sparring partner, European Heavyweight Champion Joe Bugner. "He's going to be one of the greatest after I'm through," said Ali when the fight was over. Sporting a robe given him by Elvis Presley, he then hobnobbed with such fans as Diana Ross and Sammy Davis Jr. But it wasn't all fisticuffs and show biz. Ali was also promoting his new toy Oop-fli (a ring spun...