THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
5 MUHAMMAD ALI w rsf 15 OSCAR BONAVENA
IT still makes the mind boggle when you consider Muhammad Ali went from a three-year layoff into a fight with Jerry Quarry in October 1970 and followed that, six weeks later, with a scrap against Argentinian toughnut, Oscar Bonavena. At the pre-fight medical, Bonavena repeatedly called Ali “Clay” much to the 6-1 favourite’s annoyance. What followed was a gruelling bout and perhaps the first real sight of Ali Mark Two, a version not so fleet of foot as the original and one forced to fight in the trenches by
