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inches in to Lucre Wennon knockdowns but Pike up Fri inns Early on and Jill of i Vcra times with l Lifis to Thihoa a tried to cover up with his Roca Dpi to pics but up Lanka so mid disdain by slipping Idis Ihetu Yjih alls snapping the Chi aspirins head Back unlike Karim Laa september Iii Ken Norimi he year Spinks Kipi up his Tempo in the tinal rounds to Clinch the then Dan cd around ring while surround dry by dozens of Ali tried to Pult out inc fight in the lash needing a knockout n Lul never Camp close As Spinks brushed inside All including one stiff right to the i trained said minutes Afleur the decision was i dedicated myself in 1 had a great Opportunity and 1 thank god gods Llu main we knew what we had la Dulo be the Man on i fight him again but 1 Haven decided when the bout began ominously for Ali with Spinks pounding him hard to the head and body in the opening Spinka smiled mockingly at All and slipped several left jabs to his head in the second round As Ali started talking to the Young who had promised before the fight that he Clown u he had so Many limes nor really had the Opportunity to open he danced for the first time in the third changing directions and flicking Light lefts to spirits at limes Ali would cover hoping Spinks would waste but the challengers youth and resilience became More and More evident As the Flohl wore All often boasted that he was the great est heavyweight of All Lime and he May go Down in history a just but on this night he seemed to age about 10 Yean in the Ali won the heavyweight championship for the first time against Sonny Liston in Miami on As a lean Young he scared one of the Tings great upsets by slopping Liston in seven Ali defending his title nine times before he was stripped of it in 1967 after refusing to accept induction into the he became one of the worlds most controversial figures for Hia opposition to the involvement in Vietnam and his religious conversion to the nation of he grew into one of the worlds most rec Gnu Able figures and finally won his Legal Battle against the United slates in a supreme court decision in who always claimed it was important for him to retire with the title intact because of his image among Blacks and the third regained the championship against George Foreman on in he defended the title id More limes in becoming the mos Active Champi on after Joe Spinks Road to sports richest prize began at the age of u when he began taking instructions in the fundamentals of boxing at a recreational Center in he was boxing in exhibitions at the age of u when he entered first Amateur Luu Mamet As a Spinks won his first pro fight on with a fifth round to of Bob he then Beean a bodybuilding program that saw him gain More than 20 pounds in less than a Spinks was Given virtually no Chance of beating Ali after two lacklustre performances late last he fought a draw with Journeyman Scott Idoux in Las vegas on 23 after compiling five knockouts and Ilien won a close decision Over italian a Foo High Ali on also in Las spin jts was watched at ringside by his and younger brother i fond nerd on Page 22
