Är i princip helt ointresserad av boxning och all sorts s.k. kampsport. Men Muhammed float-like-a butterfly-sting-like-a bee-Ali, tidigare Cassius Clay, var ändå en fascinerande figur. Inför den stora matchen för precis 50 år sen idag, uttalade han sig så här i televisionen:
I can drown a drink of water, and kill a dead tree,
Wait till you see, Muhammed Ali!
Desto mer tragiskt att se honom ett antal år senare, hårt drabbad av Parkinsons sjukdom, säkerligen till stor del en följd av att under lång tid ha blivit misshandlad i boxningsringen (under utövandet av the noble art of self defence).
P.S. George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali, billed as The Rumble in the Jungle, was a heavyweight championship boxingmatch on October 30, 1974, at the 20th of May Stadium (now Stade Tata Raphaël) in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), between undefeated and undisputedheavyweight champion George Foreman and Muhammad Ali. The event had an attendance of 60,000 people and was one of the most watched televised events at the time. Ali won by knockout in the eighth round. D.S.
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