Jean Pierre Coopman or Richard Dunn

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  1. Unforgiven

    Unforgiven VIP Member banned Full Member

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    Even ABC were publicly questioning Evangelista's phoney world ranking leading up to the Ali challenge.
    Of course they had to do so, because this was when the "U.S. Boxing Championships" scandal was in the air, RING magazine's phoney records and rankings.

    [url]http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=l0cuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pskEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4809,4903728&dq=muhammad+ali+alfredo+evangelista&hl=en[/url]

    The fight went ahead, and ABC televised anyway, as we all know.
     
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  2. My dinner with Conteh

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    Probably. Lyle secured his shot by losing a wide decision to Young. :yep
     
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  3. MRBILL

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    Don King found out that Lorenzo Zanon wanted more than just a plate of Spaghetti and Garlic bread with a fully paid motel room, so Don King called Alfredo Evangelista who was wiiling to fight Larry Holmes for a plate of Carne Asada, a sixer of Tecate and a hooker...
    :deal

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  4. Unforgiven

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    After the fight, Ali said Evangelista ".. really should be ranked number 3, he's that good"
     
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  5. Il Duce

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    I believe Don King also threw in some Led Zeppelin concert tickets to Alfredo, as they would be playing the Capitol Centre in Baltimore.
    Front row, with backstage passes.

    Anybody know exactly what Ali and Evangilista were paid for that 'bull fight'
    Remember Ali claiming he was the 'matador' and Alfredo was the 'bull',,,,OLE'

    Was it $2,000,000 for Ali and $175,000 for Evangilista.
    Duane Bobick would have fought for nothing, for the noteriety.
     
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