Muhammad Ali was going to be different

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Muhammad Ali was going to be different

Date12/15/1981

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Ali, Mohammad, 1942- (subject)

Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Muhammad Ali was going to be different. He wasn't going to become a Joe Louis or Sugar Ray Robinson in the afterlife of ring glory. But the taste for frame lingers and Ali, once so great. Becomes a pathetic charade of his former self.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0028996F

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