UK: BRIAN LONDON TRAINS FOR WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT WITH MOHAMMAD ALI (CASSIUS CLAY).

Record ID: 375904

  • Title: UK: BRIAN LONDON TRAINS FOR WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT WITH MOHAMMAD ALI (CASSIUS CLAY).
  • Date: 28th July 1966
  • Summary: BRIAN LONDON TRAINING. Initials PBS/V-S/RM/EEH SPORT: BOXING Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 12th August 1966 13:00
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  • Location: BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE, UK
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVAAA2K0M44ZMJSG8II4I9U719VR
  • Story Text: BRIAN LONDON, THE BRITISH CONTENDER FOR THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING TITLE, IS CONTINUING A RIGID TRAINING PROGRAMME, APPARENTLY UNAFFECTED BY THE ANTICS OF THE MAN HE IS TO FIGHT, MUHAMMAD ALI, OR CASSIUS CLAY.

    THE WORLD CHAMPIONS ALI YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY) THREATENED TO FRIGHTEN LONDON TO DEATH BEFORE THE FIGHT BY JUMPING OUT FROM BEHIND A TREE DURING THE CONTENDERS EARLY MORNING ROAD WORK.

    MUHAMMAD ALI HAS SAID IF LONDON BEATS HIM HE WILL RETIRE FROM BOXING FOR EVER.

    BUT, THE WORLD CHAMPION, WHO DEFEATED THE BRITISH HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION HENRY COOPER IN MAY, HAD A CONFIDENT POEM TO RECITE WHEN ASKED WHAT HE THOUGHT OF LONDON'S CHANCES.

    "TO BRIAN LONDON I SAY BE COOL, BECAUSE YOU ARE NO FOOL. BUT I WOULD SAY GO BACK TO YOUR STOOL IN A BOXING SCHOOL".

    LONDON IS IN TRAINING AT A HOLIDAY CAMP IN BLACKPOOL. HE HAS ALSO HAD SOME CONFIDENT REMARKS TO MAKE ABOUT THE MATCH.

    HE SAID HE WAS STRONGER THAN HENRY COOPER. ALTHOUGH MUHAMMAD ALI WAS A STRONG FIGHTER, HE WAS NOT UNBEATABLE.
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