Clay vs Terrell Sports Illust. prefight article

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  1. Longhhorn71

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    Clay vs Terrell Sports Illust. prefight article

    Covers a lot of good pre-fight info on both Terrell
    and Clay.

    Maybe time has shortchanged Terrell a little being
    he was so overshadowed by Clay.

    Long article, best to save and read at your leisure.
    https://www.si.com/vault/1967/02/06/543697/muhammad-ali-ernie-terrell-title-fight

    sample:

    "Curiously enough, Terrell may be more confident against Clay than he has been against less formidable foes. His confidence stems from a previous experience in the ring with the champion. Back in 1962 Terrell was a sparring partner for Clay when the latter was preparing for a bout with another heavyweight—Don Warner. Jimmy Jacobs, the world four-wall handball champion, who has possibly the most comprehensive collection of fight pictures in the world, filmed a few rounds of the two fighters working together in the Fifth Street Gym in Miami Beach, and the film shows that Terrell bullied Clay. Much bigger and stronger, he hit Clay often with his left and sometimes crowded Clay into a corner, where he ripped him with damaging punches to the belly."
     
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