Word: prefight
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...kind of gimmick. It was nothing of the kind. Clay had actually changed his religion before the Listen fight. Harold Conrad, for mer sportswriter, sometime promoter, and, in the years when Ali was banished from the ring, tireless seeker after the means of his return, was privy to a prefight crisis...
...must be taking retirement lessons from Frank Sinatra. Less than two months after quitting once again, Ali announced plans for a few more lucrative turns around the ring. Taking a break between rounds of his current project, a movie biography titled The Greatest, Ali engaged in some patented prefight name-calling with Heavyweight Challenger George Foreman. George said he was ready for Muhammad, but the champ wants a match with unbeaten Duane Bobick first. "I am the king of boxing," said Ali. "I do what I like when I like...
...rancor separated the fighters. Ali had been guaranteed $6 million. Norton would earn $1 million. Sept. 28 was payday, but as they worked toward summits of conditioning, the world yawned. Ali is proud of his ability to sell tickets, and at the public prefight physical, he staged a vulgar, raucous demonstration...
...Thrilla in Manila more than made up for the routine prefight publicity. As expected, Blowhard Ali filled the tropical city with enough hot air to start a new front moving across Asia. He dubbed his opponent a punching bag and hinted at an early knockout. The act got out of control only when Wife Belinda flew into Manila and flew out less than twelve hours later, distressed by the publicity given Ali's companion, Model Veronica Porche. For his part, Joe Frazier had stayed in character, speaking briefly and bluntly. "Ali can't touch me," he said...
...long beat and forgotten. There's a man on the telephone who's gonna give me $10 million to fight some great white hope who's got Governor Wallace workin' his corner." That vision seemed about as realistic as the rest of Ali's prefight bombast. Then, early last Wednesday morning in Kinshasa, Ali stood proud in the ring over the supine form of George Foreman. As the champion was counted out, Ali's wildest prophecy seemed suddenly, surprisingly plausible...