Posts Tagged with "Muhammad Ali"

Burma through bilious eyes

Friday, July 19, 2013

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In The Fight, his classic account of the “Rumble in the Jungle”, Norman Mailer arrives in Zaire to learn that George Foreman has cut his eye during training and the showdown with Muhammad Ali is postponed. This is just as well, because Mailer is suffering from “some viral disruption” and is in no shape for [...]

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Atomic: How Manny Pacquiao Got To Congress

Sunday, August 1, 2010

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Atomic: How Manny Pacquiao Got To Congress

The Post Magazine 1 August 2010 Manny Pacquiao is the world's sixth-richest sportsman and arguably the best pound-for-pound boxer on the planet. But one prize has always eluded him: political office. That's why, when he campaigned for a seat in the Philippine Congress in May, the gloves came off.

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