Ali vs. Liston II: Was the fix in?

Gator-Don

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6 million for Holmes.....8 million for Ali.

Ali never hit the canvas though. Angelo Dundee stopped the fight in the 10th rd. Holmes was damn near begging the ref to stop the fight as well.

I truly got fooled by Ali that fight. He was down to 217 for the first time in years and lots of reports being that he was as well conditioned as he had been in years. I was in Okinawa, Japan at the time and could only get radio updates of the fight. It was apparent by the end of the first round that Ali had nothing in the tank. The fight should probably not been sanctioned in retrospect. His former ring doctor Ferdinand Pacheco said the fight was a crime and everyone involved should have been arrested. He said all the signs of the Parkinson’s were evident by 1977.
Sorry the canvas thing was for dramatic effect. Sometimes the Howard Cosell jumps out of me.

I really didn't know what to expect. It didn't take long to figure it out though.

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