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Word: pursesâ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1978-1978
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...does not need to fight Spinks for the money. He made nearly $60 million in purses???$3.5 million against Spinks, who got $320,000?and even Ali could not spend all that. Two divorces, bad investments, taxes, profligate generosity and a large, leeching entourage have made tens of millions vanish, but he has an estimated $2 million in cash and real estate. He has no need to stagger through humiliating defeats, as did Joe Louis, trading on memory and affection in order to survive...

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

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