Heavyweight Champion. I won a small bet that day, though I never became a fan of Ali like many people of that era because I hated the way he humiliated his opponents. I know it was an act, but I relished his getting beat by Joe Frazier in Madison Square Garden, which I watched in a movie theatre in South Bend along with probably 500 students from ND for 6 bucks on March 6th 1971. I never saw two heavyweights ever fight as action packed a fight for FIFTEEN ROUNDS! Boxers who watch that fight today are shocked at what those two warriors gave. Yes, better than the thrilla in Manilla.
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