Mohammad Ali's exhibitions
Posted: 17 Nov 2002, 06:14
Here we go; Boston, MA, 1972.10.11.
Ali, 225, sparred two rounds each with Cliff McDonald, 215; John Dennis, 207; Doug Kirk, 190; Paul Raymond, 210; Ray Anderson, 177.
(Kirk, a very good puncher, planned to drop Ali. He covered Ali into a corner where he belabored him and after a solid left hook to the head Ali slumped to the canvas. The question was Clay clowning when he went down or did he cover up a true knockdown with clowning? We may never know but Kirk felt that he scored a knockdown over the former heavyweight king). Don Hamill, The Ring, Jan. 73.
Ali, 225, sparred two rounds each with Cliff McDonald, 215; John Dennis, 207; Doug Kirk, 190; Paul Raymond, 210; Ray Anderson, 177.
(Kirk, a very good puncher, planned to drop Ali. He covered Ali into a corner where he belabored him and after a solid left hook to the head Ali slumped to the canvas. The question was Clay clowning when he went down or did he cover up a true knockdown with clowning? We may never know but Kirk felt that he scored a knockdown over the former heavyweight king). Don Hamill, The Ring, Jan. 73.