"Elvis was my close personal friend. He came to my Deer Lake training camp about two years before he died. He told us he didn't want nobody to bother us. He wanted peace and quiet and I gave him a cabin in my camp and nobody even knew it. When the cameras started watching me train, he was up on the hill sleeping in the cabin. Elvis had a robe made for me. I don't admire nobody, but Elvis Presley was the sweetest, most humble and nicest man you'd want to know." - Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali trug die Robe nur ein einziges Mal... Im Kampf gegen Ken Norton. Der als Aufbaugegner ausgesuchte Norton brach Ali den Kiefer und schickte ihn zu Boden. Diese magische Nacht in San Diego bescherte Norton zu Lebzeiten den Spitznamen "Jawbreaker". Gestern verstarb der Mann, gegen den Muhammad Ali nach eigenen Aussagen nie mehr boxen wollte, im Alter von 70 Jahren in einem Pflegeheim an Herzversagen.
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