Good innings.
Great pic of him on the bbc website, having just knocked down Ali.

Sad news indeed.

........''I caught Ali with a clean left hook in the fourth round, one of the best I'd ever thrown. As the punch connected, I could see that he was gone. In boxing, the eyes tell you everything and I could see the whites of his. It was a shame that he wasn't in the centre of the ring because as he went down the ropes broke his fall. Then, of co...urse, the bell came to his rescue. It was the first time that anyone had knocked Ali down and I remember thinking how lucky the bell was for him, because when I had people in trouble in those days I always finished them off. But I didn't have chance because his trainer, Angelo Dundee, was a shrewd man and stuck his nails into Ali's glove to rip it and cause a delay.
I remember sitting in my corner wondering what was going on. I hadn't been surprised that he went down. I'd fancied my chances because I suspected that he wouldn't like my style. He was flash, but people forget that he had great heart in the ring.

Ali has since said that I hit him so hard that when he hit the ground his relations could feel it reverberating in Africa, which is a rather nice line, I think.''


A true champion even though he never quite won a title.

R.I.P to a fine man