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This boldness in telling the truth overshadows sport greatly. You couldn't get Joe Frazier or no boxer on this show and get interest in a subject like this. He couldn't talk about it.

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Muhammad Ali
Age: 74 †
Born: 1942
Born: January 17
Died: 2016
Died: June 3
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