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"The greatest boxer of them all, actually was destroyed by his occupation"
Michael Parkinson, the chat show host who interviewed Muhammad Ali four times over ten years, spoke to Sarah Montague about his memories.
He said: "The greatest boxer of them all, actually was destroyed by his occupation."
(Picture: Mohammad Ali and Michael Parkinson Copyright: BBC)
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