Ringside at the Fight of the Century
Ringside at the Fight of the Century Alan Hubbard explains what it was like to be a ringside reporter at The Fight of the Century WE were strangers in the night exchanging glances when the guy with the trilby standing next to me in a men’s urinal at Madison Square Garden enquired: “How ya doing fella?” “Fine thanks, Mr Sinatra.” I stuttered. “Who d’ya fancy?” he enquired. “Well… Ali,” I replied hesitantly. “Nah, Frazier’ll destroy him,” came the snapped response. End of conversation. We returned to the press seats – Sinatra was accredited as a photographer for L...
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