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...story. Despite my nose ring, I'm still identifiable as someone well-off and comfortable. The cops had on trouble taking me at face value...
When heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe steps into the ring, he is up against two invisible enemies. One is a reputation for playfulness that has earned him the nickname "Riddick-ulous Bowe." The other is the assumption that despite a professional record of 34 wins and no losses, this boxer has yet to get much of a workout...
...meantime, the champ is beginning to make a name for himself outside the ring. He has become a regular on the talk-show circuit, where he is known for his not-bad impressions of Ronald Reagan, Stevie Wonder and Ali. He also has appeared in cameo roles on the television show Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, in the Broadway musical Will Rogers Follies and in a commercial for Fruit of the Loom underwear. Just last month Italian-based Fila Sportswear introduced a new Bowe Motion line of cross-training shoes and workout clothes...
Futch, affectionately nicknamed "Papa Smurf" by his latest champion, was hospitalized with heart problems earlier this year but seems to have recovered and remains a stabilizing force for Bowe both inside and outside the ring. "I'm going to get me one of these, Papa Smurf," Bowe muses as he settles into a seat on the Caesars Palace jet that is flying him from his training camp in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, to a promotional event in Los Angeles...
...friendly competition of high notes from opera stars many decks above them. And for Guido in 8 1/2, it is the knowledge that on celluloid he can do anything: reunite lovers, reconcile families, turn dream into drama and * lead all life's players in a dance around the center ring. Who else has such sorcerer's power? And who, besides Fellini, used that power with such wondrous recklessness...