“
In a way, Joe is right. I said a lot of things in the heat of the moment that I shouldn't have said. I apologize to him
”. It took three long decades after the “Fight of the Century” opposing him to Joe Frazier in 1971 for Muhammad Ali, plagued by Parkinson's disease since 1984, to finally deign to recognize his past mistakes. A few words released in the
New York Times
in 2001 that his eternal rival greeted with lukewarmness. With lip service, Frazier granted his forgiveness when he saw the proud Ali let his guard down. Before returning to his words, the too tenacious grudge: "
It is to me, opposite, that he should apologize, not in a daily newspaper. Or that he apologize to my children
”.
The absolution so hoped for by Ali never really took place, his compatriot being killed by liver cancer in 2011. In Philadelphia, where the funeral of “Smoking Joe”, the ex-Cassius Clay, took place, decreased, was not invited to speak ...
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