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...Muhammad prophesied that he would return to spook the sport: "There I'll be, wearing a sheet and whispering, 'Ali-e-e-e-e, Ali-e-e-e-e.' I'll be the ghost that haunts boxing, and people will say Ali is the real champ and anyone else is a fake." Last week, at a telecast of the Frazier-Ellis fight in the Philadelphia Arena, Ali wasn't whispering. He shadowboxed in the aisle and wailed: "I want Frazier! I'm starting my comeback...
Even at Leavenworth. Nonsense or not, the presence of "the loudmouth," as he calls him, bugs Frazier. At 26, Joe is just two years younger than the champion-in-exile, and he knows that not until he defeats Ali in the ring can he completely shuck the "fake champ" label. Frazier's manager. Yancey Durham, has always told him: "Every time you're fighting, you got to think you're in there with Clay." Repeatedly asked about the former champ, whose conviction is currently under appeal, Frazier says: "I'd love to fight Clay, even...
...There is the Siesta Room, where you lie under artificial stars winking in a midnight-blue ceiling. But there is also the Orthion, a space-age torture rack that rolls, vibrates, heats up and stretches you in two directions at once. The end result: minus 5 Ibs. "Nice going, champ!" says Director Hutton as he pastes two gold stars on your report card. "You just can't beat La Costa. It's a special world...
...event of their marriage. The two remained friends after Riha's marriage to Hana, and Galya was present the night that Hana ran screaming from the house. Galya alone claims to know Riha's whereabouts. "He is somewhere between Montreal and Toronto," she told TIME Correspondent Champ Clark, "a summer-resort sort of place...
...Mickey Cohen into calling a police officer a "sadistic degenerate" and an "alcoholic." Libel suits for $3,000,000 followed; they were settled for much less, but within a year the series was dumped. Wallace became a sort of Sonny Listen of broadcasting: the mean, out-of-work ex-champ...